Squads –
MI –
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (wk), Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson
KKR –
Dinesh Karthik (c), Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Chris Green, Eoin Morgan, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Tom Banton, Varun Chakravarthy
Team News –
MI –
– MI have won 5 out of their 7 games this IPL and are placed 2nd in the points table with 10 points. MI are again favorates to win this game . Mumbai Indians will go unchnaged.
– Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult and James Pattinson will be their likely 4 foreign players.
– Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will open the innings. Both will attack from the ball 1 especially De Kock. De kock scored 53 against DC while Rohit scored 80 when this two teams faced each other last game.
– Suryakumar Yadav will bat 1 down. He had an excellent domestic season scoring lots of runs while also scored 400+ runs in last IPL. He scored a brilliant 53 last game.
– Ishan Kishan will bat 2 down. Kishan scored brilliant 99 against RCB and 28 against DC last game.
– Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard will bat next followed by Krunal Pandya. Both Pandya and Pollard are playing the finishers role. Hardik is playing solely as a batsman.
– Rahul Chahar the young leggie will lead the spin attack along with left arm spinner Krunal Pandya. Rahul has taken 7 Wickets in 7 games this IPL.
– Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and James Pattinson will lead the pace attack. Kieron Pollard (1-2 overs) will assist them. All three pacers are in top 10 Wickets takers this season.
KKR –
– Knight Riders lost their last game in a one sided contest against RCB by a massive margin of 82 runs. They need to badly win this game to be in the top 4.
– Sunil Narine haa been reported for suspect action so he didn’t featured in last game and will likely be out for this game too.
– Lochie Ferguson can play for Tom Banton and as a result Kuldeep Yadav will replace Prasidh Krishna this game Which will strengthen the bowling attack.
– Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton/Lochie Ferguson (high) and Pat Cummins will be their 4 foreign players.
– Shubman Gill and Young Rahul Tripathi will open the innings. Tripathi showed why he deserves to open the Innings by scoring a brilliant 81 runs against CSK. Gill is scoring runs but at a very alow pace.
– Nitish Rana will bat at 1 down. Rana is a very attacking Batsman and was very consistent scoring 350+ runs last season. Rana after scoring 58 against DC failed badly in next 4 games.
– English team t20 captain Eoin Morgan will bat 2 down. He is one of the best hitters in world cricket and has been in good form this season.
– Andre Russell and Dinesh will bat in middle and be involved in finishing the game. Kartik played a captain’s knock scoring 58 against KXIP.
– Kuldeep Yadav will lead the spin attack along with Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Varun has been bowling brilliantly this IPL.
– Pat Cummins, Lochie Ferguson/Prasidh Krishna, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Andre Russell will be leading the pace attack.
Probable XI –
MI –
Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock(wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
KKR –
Shubhman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (c, wk), Andre Russell, Tom Banton/Lochie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna/Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
Pitch Report –
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Pitches at Abu Dhabi are generally at the slower side giving assistance to spin more than pace in 2nd innings.
Average Score : 168
Head to Head –
Total games : 26
MI Won : 20
KKR Won : 06
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Quinton de Kock( Opener + wk, a must have combo, very attacking batsman, failed completely this season, 53 last game)
Dinesh Karthik ( 1/3 down, had a decent IPL 2019 with 242 runs at a SR of 143, 58(29b) last 2nd game )
I Kishan( 2 down, very attacking batsman, 99 runs against RCB, failed after that knock)
BAT –
R Sharma( Opener, no introduction needed, 4800+ IPL runs, 200+ runs this season already, 80 against KKR last game, Must have )
Chris Lynn( Opener, very poor CPL 2019, Just 138 runs in 9 games, will not play as team already has filled overseas slots )
Eoin Morgan ( 2/3 down, English team t20 captain, 6000+ t20 runs in 271 games , 42(29b), 34(23b),44(18b), 7(10b), 24(23b) last 5 games, very experienced, Must have )
Shubman Gill( Opener, very talented, can play big innings, 294 runs in 13 innings last IPL, 70*(62b), 47(34b),57(47b) last 3 of 4 games , Must in batting section)
Tom Banton ( Opener, strikes the ball at 154 in t20s, very good form , 71,20,46 in 3 t20s against Pak, failed last game, could be dropped)
Nitish Rana ( 1 down, very excellent domestic season along with 350 runs with SR of 143 last IPL, 26, 22,55, 9 last 4 games, poor form but must against MI, he may also bowl )
Rahul Tripathi ( Opener, very attacking batsman, scores most of his runs in boundaries, 81(51b) against CSK, Must have)
H Pandya( 3 down, 402 runs + 14 wickets at a SR of 191 in IPL 2019, poor form, playing only as a batsman )
Suryakumar( 1 down, 404 runs at a SR of 135 in IPL, 79(47b),53(32b) last 2 games, Must have)
Saurabh Tiwary( 2 down, made a comeback after almost 3 years,will likely not play )
ALL –
Andre Russell ( 3-4 down + 2-3 overs of pace, one of the best hitters in t20 cricket, 510 runs at SR of 202 in IPL 2019 also 11 Wickets with bowl , 1w + 16 runs against RCB)
Sunil Narine ( Any position + off spin, mystery spinner, very experienced, 380+ T20 Wickets with 10 in last IPL, will likely not play)
K Pollard( 3-4 down + 2-3 overs of pace, Man of tournament in CPL recently, 207 runs + 8 Wickets in CPL 2020, 60(24b),47(20b), 25(13b), last few games , bowling good no of overs)
Krunal Pandya( 4-5 down + 4 overs of spin, left arm spin, bowls tight line and length, 2w last game )
BOWL –
Jasprit Bumrah( Right Arm Fast, no introduction needed, 4w last 2nd game, Must have )
Pat Cummins ( Pacer, world class bowler, 98 t20 wickets on his name, bowls at 145+ ks , wicketless very economical with bowl last game, Must have)
Kuldeep Yadav ( Chinnaman, mystery bowler and a must have choice from KKR, 115 t20 Wickets in 92 innings, just 1w in 3 games, didn’t played last game )
P Krishna ( Pacer, raw pace, bowls upto 145ks, poor last IPL with just 4 Wickets in 11 games, good at 8cr ,3 Wickets last 2nd game)
K Nagarkoti ( Pacer, bowls with an average pace of 144, 11 Wickets in 9 list A games, wicketless but was bowling beautifully)
Rahul Chahar( Leggie, Must have in this conditions, 7 Wickets in 7 games this IPL)
Trent Boult( Left arm fast, world class bowler, will bowl in death, 1 Wicket last game, Must have)
James Pattinson( Pacer, excellent form, 2w last 2nd game, bowling with good pace)
S Mavi( Pacer, eco in very high close to 10, 6 Wickets in 5 games, death bowler for KKR, will likely not play )
M Siddharth( Slow left arm, 5 Wickets in tnpl 2019, can also bowl in powerplay)
Varun Chakravarthy ( Leg spin, mystery bowler with lot of variations, 1 Wicket last game, good at 8cr )
C/VC Options –
MI –
Rohit Sharma
Quinton de Kock
Kieran Pollard
KKR –
Andre Russell
Eoin Morgan
Shubman Gill