Probable XI –
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (C & WK), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav
Mumbai Indians –
Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Dinesh Karthik
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Shubman Gill
4. Saurabh Tiwary
5. Hardik Pandya(C)
6. Krunal Pandya
7. Sunil Narine(VC)
8. Andre Russell
9. James Pattinson
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Kuldeep Yadav
-Rohit has smashed 824 runs at an average of 45 in 24 innings so leaving him might fureback in SLs.
-Dinesh Karthik has much better average than Quinton de kock in H2H & also available in less credits so can be picked easily in SL teams.
-Took Punt on Shubman Gill considering his average of 31 in three innings against MI & less credits in D11.
-Both Pandya Brothers are must have. Hardik has scored at an average of 81 & took wickets consistently while Krunal has taken atleast a wicket and can hit well down the order.
-Sunil Narine took atleast a wicket in every 17 balls bowled against MI.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Dinesh Karthik
2. Rohit Sharma(C)
3. Eoin Morgan(VC)
4. Shubman Gill
5. Kieron Pollard
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Krunal Pandya
8. Sunil Narine
9. Trent Boult
10. Pat Cummins
11. Kuldeep Yadav
-Dropped Andre Russell & took Kieron Pollard since he he was suffering from injury during CPL so might not bowl.
-Pat Cummins averaged 21 against opponent which means that he will surely get a wicket in his 4 overs.
-Eoin Morgan is in good form as seen in couple of matches this year recently so might play a big knock in this match especially while chasing as he’s known as a chasing master.
Grand League Combination –
1. Dinesh Karthik
2. Saurabh Tiwary
3. Suryakumar Yadav
4. Shubman Gill
5. Hardik Pandya(C)
6. Krunal Pandya
7. Sunil Narine
8. Nitish Rana(VC)
9. Jasprit Bumrah
10. Trent Boult
11. Pat Cummins
-Dropped Rohit Sharma & Kieron Pollard from GL combination since Narine has taken them 7 & 4 times respectively .
-Nitish Rana has decent average of 26 with bat in three innings against MI & might get to bowl some overs too.
-Andre Russell has struggled against all the main bowlers of MI so dropped him too from GL combo.
-Took all the three international pacers since pitch is favourable to the pacers.