By IPL 2021-MI vs KKR-Kolkata Knight Riders confidently faces Mumbai Indians: Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders, who performed brilliantly against Sunrisers Hyderabad, will enter the IPL on Tuesday against arch-rivals Mumbai Indians with the intention of maintaining this rhythm.
KKR, who could not make it to the playoffs in the last two seasons, defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by ten runs in the first match on Sunday.
After the aggressive batting of the top order, Dinesh Karthik’s nine-ball 22 helped KKR adopt a fearless attitude. Captain Eoin Morgan hinted at the toss only when he kept his most trusted player Sunil Narayan out.
The opening pair of Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill showed their attitude by attacking with the first ball. KKR was expected to perform well in 2020 with batsmen like Andre Russell, Karthik and Morgan in the middle order, but it could not happen due to lack of strategy.
This time KKR has strengthened the middle order by including Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan.
A full view of Rana’s wrist use and aggression was seen on Sunday when KKR kept the pressure on despite Rashid Khan’s double whammy.
After Rana’s 56-ball 80, Karthik scored 22 off nine balls to take the team to 187 for six.
KKR’s intentions will be to settle the old account of the five-time champion Mumbai. KKR have won just one of the last 12 matches against Mumbai. His record against Mumbai in IPL 6. Has been 21.
Now it is also the captaincy of Morgan and Rohit Sharma. Mumbai lost by two wickets to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match would be eyeing a return to victory.
It will not be easy for the KKR batsmen to play openly in front of bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult. Gill’s poor form is a matter of concern for KKR and now they will face the best bowlers.
Mumbai, who always started slow, suffered defeat in the first match due to the brilliant performances of RCB’s Harshal Patel and AB de Villiers. In his first match for Mumbai, Chris Lynn scored the most runs but his innings was not flawless.
If Quenton Dickock remains in isolation, Lynn will have to start the innings. Suryakumar Yadav, Ishaan Kishan and Pandya brothers will also be expected to perform better.
Teams:
KKR: Eoin Morgan (captain), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narayan, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Famous Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakraborty, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer and Pawan Negi.
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwari, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Suchit Roy, Ishaan Kishan , Quintone Dickock, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Nathan Kuplter Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhveer Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.
Match time: 7:30 pm.
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