In a blow to the Mumbai Indians (MI), their star batter Suryakumar Yadav has been ruled out after suffering a left forearm injury, which he sustained in a previous match. Replacing him in the team for their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is Ramandeep Singh, who made his debut for the side against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), scoring six runs.
Mumbai, meanwhile, won the toss and choose to bowl first. Speaking at the toss, MI skipper Rohit Sharma said, "We would like to field first, no particular reason. We keep changing what we want to do as a team. The season has been up and down for us. Everyone games us a new opportunity, we need to put our right foot forward."
And with a win needed to keep them in the tournament, KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer has made five changes to his team, "was looking to bat first, the wicket looks green. It's good that you bat first and find out. Looking at the changes in the batting line up, we have a good batting lineup, we need to put up a good total. The opening partnership has been lacking from the first match. Players are in form, they are out of form, that's the beauty of game. We need to come up with a fresh mind. We have made five changes. Rahane, Cummins, Venkatesh, Chakaravarthy, Sheldon Jackson come in."
Mumbai Indians Playing XI
Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson(w), Tim Southee, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakaravarthy.
