IPL 2021, Live Cricket Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians (KKR vs MI): KKR received the toss and opted to subject first. They are unchanged.
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Despite shedding their first match within the IPL 2021 to Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians face an issue of loads.
Their common opener Quinton de Kock, who had to sit out of the event opener in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as he was serving his quarantine on arrival from South Africa, was again at coaching on Sunday and can function within the second match in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday.
It implies that Chris Lynn, who was MI’s top-scorer within the loss in opposition to RCB on April 9, might have to heat the bench because the Proteas wicketkeeper-batsman will possible face the brand new ball with skipper Rohit Sharma.
“Quinton de Kock is out of his quarantine. He did a practice session yesterday (on Sunday) with the team looking forward to the season. Yes, he will be available for tomorrow’s game,” mentioned MI director of cricketing operations, Zaheer Khan.
“It is a good headache to have. To be lucky and be fortunate to have such a squad where people are waiting for opportunities and pushing each other,” Zaheer added.
MI’s power-packed center and decrease batting failed in opposition to some impressed and clever bowling from Harshal Patel. But their power-hitting unit comprising the Pandya brothers and Kieron Pollard amongst others batting are too good to fail as a complete twice in a row.
Containing them shall be a giant problem for Kolkata Knight Riders who on Sunday scored a detailed however spectacular win over SunRisers Hyderabad.
With their spin bowlers, who they relied on final season, not proving efficient in Sunday’s recreation, MI’s batting might fear Eoin Morgan’s aspect.
Pat Cummins, who got here in as second change, will once more maintain key for the KKR bowling unit.
An attention-grabbing contest shall be between Nitish Rana, who top-scored for KKR with 80 (off 56 balls) in opposition to SunRisers’ sturdy bowling unit, and Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult.
While Boult is correct, Bumrah’s tempo and bounce will be scorching to deal with.
KKR will even like their new buy, the seasoned Harbhajan Singh, bowl a couple of over within the IPL 2021.
Squads:
KKR: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Eoin Morgan (captain), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Adam Milne, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), James Neesham, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Quinton De Kock (wicketkeeper), Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Yudhvir Singh.
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