Our expert tipster has cast their eye over the upcoming match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, and sees no way that the visitors leave without a win.
Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians
13th April
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Live on Sky Sports Cricket
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Historically, Mumbai Indians have come out on top when these two sides meet. They’ve played each other 26 times, with MI coming out on top of 20 of those matches. Star player Quinton de Kock will be back in full force after his enforced quarantine, and he’s going to be looking to have a big game here. Kolkata Knight Riders haven’t won this fixture since a tremendous April 2019 performance, and previous to that it was an eight-game winning streak for this week’s visitors.
Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Odds
Mumbai Indians are the bookies favourites, a pick we tend to agree with. A KKR win is priced at 21/20 while a MI victory is 20/29.
Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Tips
We foresee a big game for Quinton de Kock this time out. The 28-year-old South African will be at his best for the first time of the year, and he’s expected to do big things. He’s favourite to be top batsman for the visitors, and that’s a bet we’d definitely take if you’re interested in making money off this game. Should Mumbai Indians plan on retaining their IPL title for a third straight year, these are the types of games, with all due respect to KKR, that they need to be winning. We expect that there isn’t much value in betting on Rohit Sharma and co to win outright, but they’ll score the most sixes in this game as well which is priced at 5/7.
Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Eoin Morgan (captain), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer and Pawan Negi.
Mumbai Indians Squad
Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, and Arjun Tendulkar.
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