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However, the away side will go into Friday’s match at the stadium full of confidence against a home side who will be fighting for their survival. KKR’s positivity comes as they have held firm in their recent encounters with the five-match champions, winning three of their last five games and currently sitting in second place with 12 points after nine games.
For MI, who are currently second from bottom in the table with six points, they need to win their remaining four games and then hope the other results fall through to boost their meager promotion hopes.
One thing that will work in KKR’s favor this term is how open their partnership is Sunil Narine and Phil Salter Already defeated the opponent. The same cannot be said for MI’s skipper’s opening act. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishanthey have stopped boiling recently.
The KKR duo have recorded five 50-plus partnerships, four of which came in the last seven games, with the highest of 138 coming while batting first against Kings XI Punjab, who tied the mammoth Total Score.
Rohit and Ishan have scored 50-plus runs on four occasions, with two of them (including the highest 101) coming in back-to-back wins over Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. They then lost to Chennai Super Kings by 70 runs but have been struggling since then. The highest-ranked team in their last four games against DC in New Delhi is 35 points. The remaining alliances are 18, 6, and 7 respectively.
Before Thursday’s game, Salter and Narine ranked fourth and fifth on the list of top scorers this season. Salter replaced fellow Englishman Jason Roy, who scored 392 runs in nine games at a strike rate of 180.64, while Narine scored 372 runs at a strike rate of 182.35.
MI’s Rohit and Ishan combination scored 315 and 244 points respectively, with strike rates of 158.29 and 148.78 respectively.
Apart from focusing on winning the remaining matches, Rohit, who is the India T20 captain, will also need to pay attention to the performance of his national team teammates in the MI camp in the future.
While Jasprit Bumrah has been at the top of his game, he hopes Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik PandyaApart from his bowling, they need to achieve something because after all, they will be the core of India’s middle class T20 World Cup The tournament will begin on June 2 with India taking on Ireland on June 5.
