The 22nd match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday 16th April 2023 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians are the most successful team in the history of the Indian Premier League but they made some key changes in their squad in the previous edition and since that, they had lost the good and winning momentum. They were not much impressive in the previous season of this tournament and things are almost the same in this edition. They had played three matches with just one win to their name. They had lost two matches and are holding the 8th position on the table and now they are going to host Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground where they have a good record. Kolkata Knight Riders had been good in this tournament. They had won two out of four matches played. They had lost two matches and are situated in the fourth position on the points table. Both teams are almost equal in strength and this match will be very interesting.

Mumbai Indians lost their two opening matches in a row against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings but finally, they opened the account on the points table and won their most recent match against Delhi Capitals with a margin of six wickets. The bowling unit of Mumbai Indians is not stronger than previous editions of IPL but they have some young Indian and international bowlers in their squad. Jason Behrendorff is leading the bowling unit of this team with Arshad Khan, Cameron Green, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Piyush Chawla, and Tilak Varma. They also have some good bowlers in their bench strength. The bowling unit of Mumbai Indians was not good in the previous match where they leaked 172 runs and send the full team of Delhi Capitals back to the pavilion in 19.4 overs. Piyush Chawla was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with three wickets to his name in four overs against just 22 runs. Jason Behrendorff also had an outstanding performance with the ball and picked three wickets in three overs while he was charged with 23 runs.

Riley Meredith also performed well and picked two wickets but he leaked plenty of runs. He was charged with 34 runs in 3.4 overs. Hrithik Shokeen was the other bowler who leaked a lot of runs. He picked up one wicket in four overs against 43 runs. Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, and Arshad Khan were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The batting order of Mumbai Indians was struggling in the previous two matches but finally, they got their key players in good form and this was a key reason why they won their most recent match. Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Tilak Varma are back to good form but Suryakumar Yadav is still struggling with the form and now he had made a record of getting out on a golden duck. Tim David is also part of the batting squad of Mumbai Indians but had also had not started firing. Cameron Green is another batsman who can handle the middle batting order and he is also in good form. The skipper, Rohit Sharma was the most successful and highest run-scorer in a previous match where he scored 65 runs on 45 balls with the help of six boundaries and four huge sixes. Tilak Varma also had an outstanding performance with the bat and scored 41 runs. He faced 29 balls and smashed one boundary and four huge sixes. Ishan Kishan was the other batsman who put some runs on the board in the previous match. He scored 31 runs while he faced 26 balls and smashed six boundaries during his inning. Cameron Green remained not out after scoring 17 runs while Tim David had 13 runs in his account.

Kolkata Knight Riders are the team that played the most interesting matches in this edition of the Indian Premier League. They had lost very close and also had lost very close matches but. They won two matches in a row against Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore but were beaten by Sunrisers Hyderabad in their most recent match by a margin of 23 runs. The bowling unit of Kolkata Knight Riders had performed well in the previous matches but they were not good in their most recent match where they leaked 228 runs in 20 overs. Umesh Yadav is leading the bowling unit of this team with Lockie Ferguson, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, and Shardul Thakur. Andre Russell was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side in the previous match with three wickets to his name in 2.1 overs against 22 runs. Varun Chakravarty was the other bowler who had a wicket to his name but he leaked plenty of runs. He was charged with 41 runs in four overs. No other bowler from their side could manage to pick any wicket in the previous match.

Shardul Thakur, Suyash Sharma, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, and Umesh Yadav were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders also had performed well in almost all previously played matches but they failed to chase the target of 229 runs and scored 205 runs in 20 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and N Jagadeesan are opening the batting inning of this team but both batsmen had not provided a good opening star to the team. Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, and Rinku Singh are available to handle the top and middle batting orders of this team. The skipper, Nitish Rana was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side in the previous match where he scored 75 runs on 41 balls with the help of five boundaries and six huge sixes. Rinku Singh is in the superb form of his life and he also performed well in the previous match. He remained not out after scoring 58 runs. He faced 31 balls and smashed four boundaries and the same huge sixes. N Jagadeesan was the other batsman who put some runs on the board. He scored 36 runs on 21 balls with the help of five boundaries and one huge six. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine failed to open the account on the scoreboard while Venkatesh Iyer could manage to score just ten runs.

Mumbai Indians had faced Kolkata Knight Riders in 31 matches where they had won 22 matches while Kolkata Knight Riders had won just nine matches.

Mumbai Indians had won two out of the most recent five matches while Kolkata Knight Riders had not won three out of the previous five matches.

Mumbai Indians is a strong and well-balanced team and have a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to today’s prediction, Mumbai Indians is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Mumbai Indians a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Mumbai Indians had a decent record while playing against Kolkata Knight Riders
• The main players of Mumbai Indians are back in the good form
• Mumbai Indians are weak in bowling unit than Kolkata Knight Riders
• The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders is also strong
• Kolkata Knight Riders have advantages of home ground and crowd

Mumbai Indians is overall a strong team when we compare it with Kolkata Knight Riders. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Mumbai Indians have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Mumbai Indians have a 56% chance to win this match
Kolkata Knight Riders have a 44% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL 2023 as we had observed in the previous editions of this tournament. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL. Remember that 52% of matches had been won by chasing teams at Narendra Modi Stadium.

The 22nd match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The pitch at the ground is known to be generally flat and batsman-friendly, with a tendency to produce high-scoring matches. Spinners can also play a crucial role in the middle overs of the game.

The weather forecast for Mumbai is good for this cricket match. In April, Mumbai experiences a hot and humid climate with occasional rainfall. The average temperature during the daytime can range from 32°C (90°F) to 36°C (97°F), while at night, it can drop to 26°C (79°F) to 28°C (82°F). The humidity level is typically high, which can make the weather feel more uncomfortable. Mumbai generally receives some rainfall in April, and the average rainfall for the month is around 11 mm. The city may also experience thunderstorms during this time.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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• Date: Sunday, 16th April 2023
• Time: 10:00 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL / 03:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Wankhede Stadium
• Location: Mumbai, India
• Opened: 1974
• Capacity: 33,000
• Ends: Garware Pavilion End, Tata End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Mumbai
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Sudhir Naik

• Total matches: 28
• Matches won batting first: 13
• Matches won bowling first: 15
• Average 1st Inns scores: 238
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 201
• Highest total recorded: 438/4 (50 Ov) by RSA vs IND
• Lowest total recorded: 79/10 (27.1 Ov) by INDW vs AUSW
• The highest score chased: 284/4 (49 Ov) by NZ vs IND
• The lowest score defended: 192/9 (50 Ov) by WI vs IND

Kumar Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Jofra Archer, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Akash Madhwal, Duan Jansen, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff.