IPL 2024 Match 60 | KKR vs MI | Fantasy Tips, Prediction & Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders will be locking horns with the Mumbai Indians in match 60 of IPL 2024. Shreyas Iyer and co. are on a roll and are at the top of the points table with 16 points under their belt. On the other hand, MI have already been eliminated and are playing for pride and prestige in the remainder of their campaign in IPL 2024.

Kolkata Knight Riders are on a three-match winning run and topping the points table. In the last game, Sunil Narine played a magnificent innings which helped them post a huge total of 235. Knight Riders also got good support from other batters, as a result, they gave a huge target to LSG. While bowling Harshit Rana, who came back after missing the previous game because of a ban, bowled beautifully, which helped KKR to restrict Super Giants to just 137 and won the game by a huge margin of 98 runs. Varun Chakravarthy also bowled superbly and gave excellent support to Harshit. The team will look to continue with their winning momentum. 

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians won their previous game against SRH which was after four consecutive losses. In the last game, Suryakumar Yadav played a magnificent innings and scored his second ton in IPL, helping Indians to chase the par total of 174 within 18 overs. Tilak Varma also played a superb anchoring role and gave excellent support to Yadav. In the bowling department,  Jasprit Bumrah was economical as always and bowled beautifully and continued his superb form. Meanwhile Piyush Chawla and Skipper Hardik Pandya also bowled great spells. The Indians will aim to repeat the same against the KKR. 

Match Timings

Match Toss Time - 07:00 PM IST (01:30 PM GMT)

Match Start Time - 07:30 PM IST (02:00 PM GMT)

Match Venue - Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Head to Head

Matches Played - 33

KKR won - 10      MI won - 23

Last 5 meetings

KKR won - 3       MI won - 2

Pitch Report

The surface at this venue continues to be one of the best batting surfaces in this year’s IPL and a par score is likely to be around 220-230 in this match. There will be plenty of pace in the wicket and accurate pace off options may well be the best approach to keep the runs down.

Weather Report

The weather forecast for this game is expected to be cloudy and humid with some chances of rain. The temperature is likely to be around 29°C on the match day with 61% humidity and 13 km/h wind speed. 

Probable Playing XI  

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Philip Salt(wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Impact Player - Vaibhav Arora

Mumbai Indians (MI) - Ishan Kishan(wk), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah

Impact Player - Nuwan Thushara

Must Picks

KKR - Sunil Narine, Andre Russell

MI -  Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya

KKR vs MI Fantasy Team

Wicket-Keeper : Philip Salt, Ishan Kishan

Batters : Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma

All-rounder : Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Hardik Pandya

Bowlers : Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

Captain and Vice-Captain picks

Captain : Sunil Narine

Vice-Captain : Suryakumar Yadav

Prediction

This encounter is expected to be a close contest but the batting power of Kolkata Knight Riders makes their side stronger than Mumbai Indians. As KKR will be playing at their home ground they will get the home advantage. Hence KKR are favourites to win this fixture.

Sportco predicts Kolkata Knight Riders to beat Mumbai Indians in match 60 of IPL 2024.

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