IPL 2018: Match 50, MI vs KXIP- Weather Forecast

The eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is in the middle of the crunch matches and the teams are vying for the four berths in the playoffs. The Mumbai Indians (MI) and the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will be pitted against each other and the contest is expected to be fateful for the teams. Mumbai, the hosts are required to win their remaining matches to fathom any chances of making progress.

Punjab, on the other hand, is placed fifth and need to turn over Mumbai to arrest their recent slump. Moreover, they have the worst Net Run Rate among the eight teams courtesy of the colossal defeat at the hands of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Indore, the other night. Ravichandran Ashwin’s men looked jittery and stumbled throughout the contest.

Albeit the franchise can qualify with seven wins, the possibilities of Punjab moving to the top four with those many wins are bleak owing to their shambolic NRR. Rohit Sharma’s men are in with a golden chance to qualify with seven wins as they have the most impressive NRR in the points table. The match at the Wankhede Stadium is expected to be a high-scoring one bearing in mind the nature of the track.

Dew to affect contest?

As per reports in AccuWeather, there aren’t any chances of rain, which is a good news for the teams to start with. However, the humidity is expected to be on the higher side with the numbers showing between 77 percent and 79 percent and therefore the need for the players to keep themselves hydrated becomes that much more important.

Overall verdict

Most importantly, dew is speculated to play a crucial role. Hence, the teams should elect to field first, provided they win the toss. Therefore, toss might play may a vital part in deciding the fate of the game.

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