Kolkata Knight Riders is going to play their second match on Tuesday against the strongest team of IPL so far i.e. Mumbai Indians. This is going to be the fifth match of IPL 2021 whereas, it will be second match for both the teams. Their combat is scheduled to be taking place at the venue of M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai on April 13. The Indian viewers can watch the live broadcasting of KKR vs MI match on Star Sports channels, starting at 7:30 PM IST.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Preview
In the fifth match of IPL 2021, Kolkata Knight Riders will be facing-off Mumbai Indians on Tuesday. This is going to be the second match of both the teams in this on-going season, however, their previous performance was totally opposite from each other, individually. Mumbai Indians was featured in the opening match of IPL 2021 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, in which RCB won by 2 wickets. In that match, RCB won the toss and then chose to field first. MI scored 159/9 in 20 overs, which was overtaken by RCB by scoring 160/8 in 20 overs. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders played against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening match (3rd match of IPL 2021). In that match, Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to field first after winning the toss and KKR scored 187/6 in 20 overs, which SRH failed to surpass and lost by scoring 177/5 in 20 overs, and KKR gained victory by 10 runs.
KKR vs MI Team Squads
Mumbai Indians Squads
Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Jayant Yadav, James Neesham, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Milne, Arjun Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh, Chris Lynn, Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma(c), Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni
Kolkata Knight Riders Squads
Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Ben Cutting, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Karun Nair, Venkatesh Iyer, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vaibhav Arora, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Eoin Morgan(c), Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik(w)
Predicted Playing XI
Team MI: Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Marco Jansen, Chris Lynn/Quinton de Kock, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar/Piyush Chawla, Trent Boult
Team KKR: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan (C), Harbhajan Singh, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (WK)
Key Players & Winner Prediction
Well, the opening match for both the teams resulted differently where MI lost their first match and KKR started their campaign on good note. Obviously, KKR must be very confident after getting a win in their previous match and they must be looking forward to continue thee winning momentum in this upcoming match as well. However, MI is not an easy team and after losing their previous match, they must be looking for a strong comeback. It is going to be tough competition, but the odds are more with MI to win this combat against KKR. Meanwhile, the top picks for this match which you can’t miss are Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Hardik PandyaSurya Kumar Yadav (VC), Nitish Rana, Jaspreet Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, and Rohit Sharma (C).
