It’s Match 56 and the last league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as Mumbai Indians (MI) take on the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at home. While Mumbai Indians have already qualified and are placed third on the table, KKR is placed fifth and desperately looking for a win to make it to the top four.
Earlier this season, KKR had defeated MI by 34 runs in a match was Andre Russell and Hardik Pandya stole the show for their respective teams.
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Here are the five things to watch out for in MI vs KKR:
#5 Weather & Pitch
The Mumbai weather might be a little hotter than normal. The pitch here offers big scores and also the ones that can be chased. Against the Royals, the score in excess of 180 was chased down. Both the teams are heavily loaded with batting and should be able to put up an average of 150 with ease.