KKR vs MI live updates: Mumbai off to decent start, Rohit-Ishan in the middle

In redhot form twotime former champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to seal an IPL 2024 playoff berth for the first time in three years when they take on the struggling Mumbai Indians in their final home match of the season on SaturdayThe return of their twotime titlewinning skipper Gautam Gambhir as team mentor has done wonders for the side which has found ways to win games from difficult situations this seasonSitting at the top of the 10team standings with eight wins from 11 matches another win will guarantee them the playoff berth as the Shah Rukh Khanowned franchise will look to end on a high its campaign at the home venue of Eden GardensGambhirs ploy to back Sunil Narine as an opener along with World No2 T20I batter Phil Salt has been a masterstrokeThe duo have scored bulk of the teams runs giving it the perfect platform in powerplays to post six 200plus totals from eight matches batting firstWith 32 sixes to his name Narine is also the second in the list behind Abhishek Sharma 35The consistency with which Narine keeps churning out high scores match after match has been phenomenalWith one century and three fifties the Trinidadian has also been their leading rungetter amassing 461 runs at a strikerate of 18366 Englishman Salt has scored 429 runs at a strikerate of 18333The duos explosive form has also meant that the likes of Andre Russell and Rinku Singh who have been their designated finishers have not got enough opportunities Their performance has also covered up the teams bowling profligacy particularly that of Mitchell StarcThe young Angkrish Raghuvanshi at No3 has also proved his worth while Ramandeep Singh has been spectacular at the deathIn contrast fivetime champions Mumbai Indians under Hardik Pandya became the first team to be knocked out after Sunrisers Hyderabad demolished Lucknow Super Giants the other dayAlso ReadMan enters ground to meet MS Dhoni during IPL match at Motera arrested WatchComing on the back of a moraleboosting win over SRH MI will look to salvage some prideFresh from his knocks of 56 and 102 not out Suryakumar Yadav has been in scintillating form which augurs well for Team India ahead of the T20 World cup in less than a monthAt the same time Team India fans will hope that Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya also return among runsThe India captain has four singledigit scores and one 11 in last five games while Pandyas best this season has been 46 The struggling allrounder has failed to cross 10 in his last six inningsPandya would be desperate to strike form given that it would be crucial to Indias chances in the T20 World Cup next monthKKR vs MI live updates Full squadsKolkata Knight Riders Shreyas Iyer c KS Bharat wk Rahmanullah Gurbaz wk Rinku Singh Angkrish Raghuvanshi Sherfane Rutherford Manish Pandey Andre Russell Nitish Rana Venkatesh Iyer Anukul Roy Ramandeep Singh Varun Chakravarthy Sunil Narine Vaibhav Arora Chetan Sakariya Harshit Rana Suyash Sharma Mitchell Starc Dushmantha Chameera Sakib Hussain Mujeeb Ur Rahman Gus Atkinson Allah Ghazanfar and Phil SaltMumbai Indians Hardik Pandya c Rohit Sharma Suryakumar Yadav Dewald Brevis Jasprit Bumrah Piyush Chawla Gerald Coetzee Tim David Shreyas Gopal Ishan Kishan wk Anshul Kamboj Kumar Kartikeya Akash Madhwal Kwena Maphaka Mohammad Nabi Shams Mulani Naman Dhir Shivalik Sharma Romario Shepherd Arjun Tendulkar Nuwan Thushara Tilak Varma Harvik Desai wk Nehal Wadhera and Luke WoodKKR vs MI live updates Dream11 PredictionWICKETKEEPERS Phil Salt VC Ishan KishanBATTERS Rohit Sharma Tilak Varma Rinku Singh Shreyas IyerALL ROUNDERS Andre Russell Sunil Narine CBOWLERS Jasprit Bumrah Varun ChakaravarthyKKR vs MI live updates Predicted playing XIMumbai Indians Ishan Kishan wk Rohit Sharma Suryakumar Yadav Tilak Varma Hardik Pandya c Nehal Wadhera Tim David Mohammad Nabi Gerald Coetzee Jasprit Bumrah Piyush ChawlaKolkata Knight Riders Phil Salt wk Sunil Narine Angkrish Raghvanshi Rinku Singh Shreyas Iyer c Andre Russell Venkatesh Iyer Ramandeep Singh Mitchell Starc Harshit Rana Varun ChakravarthyKKR vs MI live updates Toss updateMI captain Hardik Pandya wins toss and elects to bowl first against KKR1108 PM 60 1 OverRohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan begin the chase for Mumbai Indians of 158 runs KKR need wickets at the moment early in this innings1058 PM 1577 16 OversRamandeep Singh gets six from the last ball of the innings as Bumraj gives away just 10 from the last one Rinku Singh failed to impress in the last over against Bumrah1033 PM 1225 123 OversNitish Rana departs as Tilak Varmas fielding brilliance effects a muchneeded runout KKR lose their fifth wicket and Rinku Singh comes in now1022 PM 974 10 OversAndre Russell gets going and MI have to anyhow prevent the run flow Nitish Rana and Russell both looking to attack1010 PM 613 7 OversVenkatesh Iyer on fire as he is batting on 38 off 18 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes against the hot firing MI bowlers Hardik Pandya comes into the attack the stumps now958 PM 453 5 OversShreyas Iyer gets bowled by Akash Kamboj MI bowlers on fire at the moment as KKR captain walks back and it is Nitish Rana who comes in the middle now940 PM 262 32 OversJasprit Bumrah continues the attack as Mumbai Indians look to keep the pressure on their opposition KKR captain Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer in the middle now923 PM 102 11 OversPhilip Salt 6 5 gets bowled by Nuwan Thushara KKR off to a bad start as in the next over Sunil Narine gets clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah856 PM Match to kick off at 915 PMThe match will begin at 915 PM and it will be a 16over contest between the two teams The toss will take place at 9 PM830 PM Inspection to be held at 845Inspection time for the umpires is 845 PM and there is to a shorter game tonight due to the time lost so far800 PM Umpire inspect pitchThe umpires are out for inspection looking at the conditions at the moment Hopefully the sky stays clear throughout the evening746 PM Covers being removedRain finally stops the covers are being removed The Eden ground staff will take some time to dry the surface after which the toss could be held At the moment a full match tonight looks impossible736 PM Rain persistsThe rain has not stopped as a result of which the match has been put on hold here The players meanwhile are relaxing in their dressing rooms