Mumbai indians target to stay alive

Kolkata Knight Riders will seal their place in the play-offs if they defeat the Indians in Mumbai.
Mumbai Indians will have to win the remaining two matches and hope other results of investigation conducted their way in order to progress in ways that reject
Sunil Narain return to form is good for the Kolkata Knight Riders news.
Sunil Narain return to form is good for the Kolkata Knight Riders news. © BCCI

This is the last week of the IPL 2015 is confirmation of any team in the playoffs. It is safe to say that this issue of the IPL was more open than ever tournament. After Chennai Super Kings missed their chance to seal their place, and it gives the Kolkata Knight Riders a chance to seal a spot in the ways outs while it gives potential lifeline for Mumbai Indians.

Scenario is not that simple for Mumbai Indians. They will have to win on each of the Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, and we hope Rajasthan Royals lost their last match. After losing at a crucial time in the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians have a tough task against a team which reached its peak at the right time.

The equation is simple for Kolkata Knight Riders. If they win the next match against Mumbai Indians, they will be through. Should they lose, they will have to defeat the Rajasthan Royals in his last match in the league to secure their passage.

Location: Stadium Wankhede, Mumbai

Date: May 14, 2015

Time: 20:00 IST

Weather: Low 31 ° C with 25 percent of the rain chances

Team News

Mumbai Indians

Bowling team was taken to the cleaners in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Batting came under pressure chasing 236 but the real concern is bowling. Jasprit Bumrah, who finished with figures of 4-0-52-0, can be replaced by R Vinay Kumar for this crucial match.

XI likely

1 Parthiv Patel (wk) 0.2 Lendl Simmons 0.3 Rohit Sharma (c), 4 Kieron Pollard, 5 Ambati Rayudu, 6 Hardik Pandya 0.7 Harbhajan Singh, 8 R Vinay Kumar, 9 Jagadeesha Suchith, 10 Mitchell McClenaghan, 11 Lasith Malinga

Kolkata Knight Riders

Sunil Narine returned to form by finishing center with superb figures of 4-0-19-4. Level, along with the depth in bowling for the team, give them a boost for the game. Given that small gate Wankhede may not favor spin, the team can be solved Johan Botha replaced with Morne Morkel.

XI likely

1 Robin Uthappa (wk) 0.2 Gautam Gambhir 0.3 Manish Pandey, 4 Suryakumar Yadav 0.5 Yusuf Pathan 0.6 Andre Russell 0.7 Johan Botha / Morne Morkel, 8 Piyush Chawla 0.9 Brad Hogg 0.10 Umesh Yadav 0.11 Sunil Narain

Statistics

Gautam Gambhir needs three more runs to become the first Kolkata Knight Riders batsman to reach 2000 runs in the IPL.
Sunil Narine has the most seizures of four wickets in the IPL. It has six seizures four small gate to go with one five-wicket transfer.
Quotes

"And we just got out of prison." - Kolkata Knight Riders commander Gautam Gambhir admits that atheist ten Punjab Kings gave them a rude jolt.

"With a very tight schedule, and we need to continue to play well." - Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma commander emphasizes the need to win all the time.