MI vs KKR IPL 2022 Highlights: MI collapse to 113 all out, lose by 52 runs

Venkatesh with the first big hit of the night off Murugan Ashwin in the second over. Iyer pulls away over deep midwicket as Ashwin messes up what seems to be an attempted wrong 'un.

Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer it is at the top of the order for KKR. Adam Milne has got the ball in his hands. 

“We are seeing the remaining games as a mini-IPL and look to build the team for next year. We've got nothing to lose while these teams have something on the line and we'll look to express ourselves.”

Both Baba Indrajith and Aaron Finch have been dropped so it does look like Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane could open the innings again for KKR. In fact, with the inclusion of Sheldon Jackson, they seem to have decided to go back to the combination they used in the early part of the season. Another important returnee, of course, Pat Cummins. 

Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma (captain), Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy

Shreyas Iyer chuckled a bit when he was asked to give the team news by Anjum Chopra before listing out the five players who are coming in. The tinkering continues for KKR. Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Pat Cummins and Varun Chakravarthy all return to the eleven. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma says that Suryakumar Yadav will be replaced by Ramandeep Singh. Pollard retains his place.  

Mumbai Indians win the toss and choose to field. Both captains hop around a little bit as the coin hits the ground and spins towards both of them. 

Suryakumar had sustained the injury while batting for MI against GT in their last match. Ramandeep Singh had taken the field in his place at the time. 

There was some speculation of whether Arjun Tendulkar would make an appearance in the playing XI today. Nothing of that sort has occurred, with no new caps being given out in the MI huddle. 

The IPL has said in a statement that the batter has been ruled out due to a to a “left forearm muscle injury” that he sustained in the match against Gujarat Titans. 

In MI's previous game, Kieron Pollard stuttered to four runs off 14 deliveries while Tim David smashed 44 off 21. The promising Dewald Brevis was left out and, considering Pollard middling returns throughout this season, one wonders if today might be the day when MI start accepting that it might be the end of an era as far as their association with the former West Indies captain is concerned. 

Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith, Jaydev Unadkat, Fabian Allen, Basil Thampi, Anmolpreet Singh, Sanjay Yadav, Ramandeep Singh, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Buddhi, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis

Baba Indrajith(w), Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Nabi, Sam Billings, Pat Cummins, Sheldon Jackson, Chamika Karunaratne, Venkatesh Iyer, Pratham Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Aman Hakim Khan, Ashok Sharma, Ramesh Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane

10 matches have been played at the DY Patil Stadium thus far this season of which just four have been won by teams batting first.  

Humidity is quite high in Navi Mumbai today which means the chasing side will have an advantage. That is unless the team batting first score 208 runs and then dismiss the chasing side for 117, which is exactly what happened when CSK beat DC by 91 runs yesterday.  

KKR started out in a promising, albeit shaky, fashion, winning three out of their first four matches. But they then went on a five-match losing streak and while that was stopped by an encouraging seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals, their troubles were there for all to see in their 75-run capitulation to LSG in their last match.

While the season has largely been bleak for MI, they can take solace in the fact that they have at least unearthed a potential future star in Tilak Varma. The 19-year-old is MI's highest run scorer this season with 328 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 136.66. 

The KKR head coach spoke to the media before the match. “We struggled in the PowerPlay which has been a frustration for us throughout the season. We've been good throughout the middle phase and not too bad at the death, but in the PowerPlay, we've been a little unstuck and we've to find a method to not lose many wickets and also throw a few punches and get a few boundaries. At the moment we're stuck in between and it's not really working and our opponents are taking advantage of that”

Aaron Finch and Baba Indrajith are only the latest in a list of players that KKR have tried out as an opening combination. This is also yet to work and KKR are the only team to not yet have an opening stand that has gone beyond 50 runs this season. 

Unlike Virat Kohli, who seemed to have a bat made of edges this season, Rohit Sharma has looked rather assured in his short stays in the middle. His average and strike rate have both improved in the last three games and while he is yet to score a half century this season, Rohit scored 43 off 28 in MI's last match against Gujarat Titans

Finch is yet to stake a claim as an IPL regular, despite establishing himself as one of the best openers of his generation in international limited overs cricket and despite being one of the leading run scorers in the BBL. This season, he has scored just 86 runs in five innings. 

If a prediction is to be made based on the head to head stats, this won't even look like a match up. Out of the 30 matches played between the two teams, MI have won 22. However, the fact remains that MI have lost the last two matches they have played against KKR. 

Veteran fast bowler Umesh Yadav had not played the last game for KKR due to an injury and it is unclear whether he will be available for the MI match. 

There were as many as seven changes between KKR sides that last played MI this season and the one that crashed to a 75-run defeat to Lucknow Super Giants in their previous match. This little stat does not count the number of changes they have made to their team in the matches played in between, which shows to what extent KKR have struggled to find any sort of a combination, let alone a winning one.