Team News and Predicted XI

Mumbai Indians:
MI opted to exclude Will Jacks and debutant Vignesh Puthur in their previous game against GT, bringing in Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Hardik Pandya instead. For their upcoming match on a red-soil surface that favors pace and bounce, they may consider including left-arm quick Reece Topley. His ability to bowl yorkers could strengthen MI’s death bowling, especially on a ground with small boundaries. If Topley plays, either Mujeeb or Mitchell Santner might make way.

Mumbai Indians (Probable XI):

1. Rohit Sharma

2. Ryan Rickelton (wk)

3. Tilak Varma

4. Suryakumar Yadav

5. Hardik Pandya (capt)

6. Robin Minz

7. Naman Dhir

8. Deepak Chahar

9. Mitchell Santner/Mujeeb Ur Rahman

10. Trent Boult

11. S Raju

12. Reece Topley

Kolkata Knight Riders:
KKR will bring Sunil Narine back into the XI, which means Moeen Ali is likely to sit out despite his impressive 2 for 23 performance against RR.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Probable XI):

1. Quinton de Kock (wk)

2. Sunil Narine

3. Ajinkya Rahane (capt)

4. Angkrish Raghuvanshi

5. Venkatesh Iyer

6. Rinku Singh

7. Andre Russell

8. Ramandeep Singh

9. Spencer Johnson

10. Vaibhav Arora

11. Varun Chakravarthy

12. Harshit Rana