Jasprit Bumrah To Face Off Against Shreyas Iyer; 3 Player Battles To Watch Out For In MI vs KKR

Jasprit Bumrah to bowl to Shreyas Iyer during MI vs KKR (AP)

Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians will take on each other for the first time in IPL 2024 on Friday (May 3) in Match 51 of the ongoing edition at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. 

While KKR are placed second on the points table, MI are ninth, with three wins and seven defeats.

Let's have a look at which matchups are set to be interesting for the viewers, as there will be plenty of superstars in action in this fixture.

Shreyas Iyer Vs Jasprit Bumrah

We all have been eagerly waiting for this battle, won't we? The duo have been teasing each other in an advertisement for over a month even before the tournament began, and they are finally going up against each other. Surprisingly, even though Shreyas tends to struggle against short balls at an extreme pace, his record against Bumrah is quite pleasing. Hopefully, this will be a fight to bring joy to fans. 

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Rohit Sharma Vs Sunil Narine

Although Rohit has been performing horribly against left-arm pacers this season, making Mitchell Starc the primary threat in this fixture, his records against Sunil Narine is not encouraging either. The Indian skipper has been dismissed by Narine seven times in the competition over the years, and a strike rate of 110.2 tells the story by itself.

Suryakumar Yadav Vs Andre Russell

Ah, two flamboyant superstars will be in action tomorrow. And guess what, whenever Russell the bowler arrived against SKY, only fireworks were the outcome. Interestingly, SKY has lost his wicket twice as well, making it a mouth-watering mini-battle.

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