After a long wait, the 60th match of IPL 2024 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians is finally set to be on the stage. Because of the rain interruption, the match is taking place late. Kolkata Knight Riders are playing their last match at their home ground in this season. Before facing Mumbai Indians in this match, KKR made a change in their playing xi as Angkrish Raghuvanshi is missing out on his place. In this article, we will explore the reason for his absence. Find out why Angkrish Raghuvanshi is missing from today’s IPL 2024 clash against MI.
Angkrish is Missing Today’s Match:
The IPL 2024 is going to experience the 60th match of this season, in this match, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians are all set to lock horns at the Eden Gardens. In the last home game, KKR is facing Mumbai. After the rain interruption, the match started lately and all set to being played only 16 overs for each side. Before that, there is a little change.
KKR’s youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi is not playing today’s match against Mumbai. This year, he has made his debut for the franchise and is now set to miss the match. This is a purely strategic move by the KKR management. Along with that, the team got a big boost. After missing previous matches because of injury, Nitish Rana has come back in the team.
Toss Update:
After meeting previously in this tournament, both teams are set to lock horns for the second time in this tournament. After winning the toss, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first. After the toss, he said, “We are going to bowl. Just want to see how the pitch behaves. It has been under covers for two days. We all are aware of the stats, but you got to turn up and play good cricket on the day. Same team.”
Mumbai Indians XI: Naman Dhir, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana
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