Today at IPL 2022, MI vs KKR: Clueless Kolkata Knight Riders face bottom-placed Mumbai Indians in must-win game

Today at IPL 2022, MI vs KKR: A bottom-placed Mumbai Indians, who have already been knocked out of the playoffs race, will look to spoil the party for clueless Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday.

A struggling Kolkata Knight Riders will take on bottom-placed Mumbai Indians, who are already out of reckoning, in a must-win game in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Heading into the game, the Mumbai Indians enjoy an advantage thanks to their massive 22-8 head-to-head record against the Knights Riders.

MI under Rohit Sharma have already been eliminated from the race to the playoffs as they have just four points from 10 matches and even if they win all their remaining games, the five-time champions can reach only 12 points, far from what is needed to advance to the next stage.

MI captain Rohit is approaching a milestone as he is 88 runs away from completing 5000 runs for the franchise in the IPL, and he can very well reach the mark on Monday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have 12 points already and three other teams have 16 and 14 points. Two-time winners KKR, under new captain Shreyas Iyer, came a cropper against Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday and the huge margin of defeat has left them with eight points from 11 games. They have three matches left and the maximum they can reach is 14 points, which is again something that cannot guarantee even a fourth-place finish.

FORM GUIDE - MI vs KKR

Mumbai Indians (last 5 matches): beat Gujarat Titans by 5 runs, beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets, lost to Lucknow Super Giants by 36 runs, lost to Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets, lost to Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders (last 5 matches): lost to Lucknow Super Giants by 75 runs, lost to Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets, lost to Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets, lost to Gujarat Titans by 8 runs, lost to Rajasthan Royals by 7 runs