IPL 2021, Match 5, KKR vs MI: Preview: Kolkata Knight Riders, who began the 14th season of the Indian Premier League with a bang, will take on Mumbai Indians in the league match of IPL 2021 on Tuesday. This will be the second match of each the group and it will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Two-time IPL champion KKR is confident ahead of the match against MI – the most effective franchise ever with a record 5 titles. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are hunting for an chance to bounce back as they began the season with a defeat.
KKR underperformed in the final season of the T20 league but this time the group looked a absolutely diverse unit, in the manner, they clinched victory against Surnrisers Hyderabad in their IPL opener on Sunday. Under skipper Eoin Morgan, KKR had a fearless method and this was displayed in the aggression shown by the leading-order. Even the finish by Dinesh Karthik was explosive.
The new method was written all more than ideal at the toss when Morgan chose not to choose the team’s most trusted player Sunil Narine. Openers Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill have been offensive ideal from the initially ball. The group, which currently had a strong middle order, has additional bolstered it by adding Bangladesh superstar Shakib Al Hasan.
Despite twin blows in the type of Shubman Gill and Andre Russell from Rashid Khan, brut energy and deft wrist work of Rana was on complete show. His impressive batting kept the group in a comfy position. Later, underfire Karthik propelled KKR to a winning total of 187 by hitting an unbeaten 22 runs.
Despite this, it is a truth that KKR has managed to clinch just one victory in their final 12 games against Mumbai Indians. But in the end it will be the battle of wits involving Morgan and Rohit when they meet today at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Despite a not-so-excellent begin in the 14the season of the IPL, Mumbai Indians have all that calls for to give a difficult competitors to KKR. Also, the 5-time titleholder is desperate to safe their initially victory of the season. The group had lost against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL opener on April 9.
Today’s match is not at all going to be a cakewalk for KKR as MI bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult all the firepower to make the KKR batting lineup struggle for every single single run.
And the most significant factor is that MI lost its match against RCB due to the fact of the person brilliance of Harshal Patel and AB de Villiers.
MI have an explosive middle-order batting line thanks to Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Hardik and Krunal Pandya. But it didn’t work as anticipated in the match against RCB. It may perhaps also have to believe about the opening mixture if Quinton de Kock continues to be in quarantine. This is due to the fact Chris Lynn, who created his debut in the final match, became MI’s leading scorer just after surviving some edges and mishits.
Squads (from):
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (captain), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.