IPL 2015 - KKR vs MI: Venue, date and predicted line-ups

Kolkata Knight Riders come into IPL 2015 as defending champions
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The eighth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on Wednesday with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) squaring off against 2013 champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Here are all the details about the fixture:

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Date and Time: April 8 2015, 20:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)

Previous meeting: KKR won by 6 wickets at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Highest run-getters:

KKR: Gautam Gambhir (1709 runs in 64 matches)

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Gautam Gambhir
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MI: Sachin Tendulkar (2334 runs in 78 matches)

Highest wicket-takers

Lasith Malinga
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KKR: Sunil Narine (67 wickets in 47 matches)

MI: Lasith Malinga (119 wickets in 83 matches)

Predicted line-ups:

KKR: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav.

MI: Aaron Finch, Aditya Tare, Rohit Sharma (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Corey Anderson, Harbhajan Singh, R Vinay Kumar, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Pragyan Ojha.

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