Mumbai Indians win the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders; choose to bowl first

The 51st match of the IPL 2024 season will be played between Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, May 3, 2024. However, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl first.

MI won three games so far and lost seven as well. On the other hand, KKR won six games so far and they lost three games as well. However, both teams will try to win the game and keep the momentum on. This is going to be an exciting match for both teams as well.

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IPL 2024: MI vs KKR, Match 51: Who said what at the toss?

Shreyas Iyer: It’s always about doing the small things well, obviously the dew is a factor but we have to keep that out of mind. The message is clear, each one of them knows their role and responsibility. Batting first we are going with the same team.

Hardik Pandya: We will bowl. It’s always about playing for pride, it looks quite tough for us but at the same time, we want to play good cricket, feels good to be back home. Looks like a good track, it’s a fresh wicket so thought that bowling first will be good. Only one change, Naman Dhir comes in place of Nabi.

Playing XIs:

Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara

Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Romario Shepherd.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Srikar Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya