Rohit Sharma has won the toss and Mumbai Indians are bowling first against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022. The skipper wants to know the total they will have to chase. “The last two games have been good for us, and we want to carry on with the momentum. The season has been full of ups and down for us so we want to finish on a high,” said Rohit Sharma.
Shreyas Iyer would have batted first, and Rohit’s decision has fulfilled his wish. He feels the wicket has a bit of grass and the best way to find out about the track is by batting first. “I would have batted first. The wicket looks a bit green, and it is good to bat first on a track to know its nature. We have made five changes – Pat Cummins, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheldon Jackson, Varun Chakravarthy, and Venkatesh Iyer have been included in the playing XI.
MI: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Ramandeep Singh, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Tim David, 7 Daniel Sams, 8 M Ashwin, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 Kumar Kartikeya, 11 Riley Meredith
KKR: 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Venkatesh Iyer, 3 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Sheldon Jackson (wk), 7 Andre Russell, 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Pat Cummins, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Varun Chakravarthy