Preview Mumbai Indians (C), the five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions, didn’t build a good beginning to the 2021 edition of the T20 tournament. Rohit Sharma and Co lost to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 2 wickets at the Chepauk. But going into their second game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on 23rd Sept at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the chances are favoring Mumbai Indians. On the head-to-head count, MI are unit leading the Knights by 21-6. Moreover, in their last twelve conferences, the Mumbai-based unit has embarked on trumps eleven times. Though Eoin Morgan and Co don’t have numbers in their favor, they’ll embolden by the fact that they won their opening match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by ten runs. They’re going to be trying to defy the chances.

Match Details

Match – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – fifth match Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai Time – 7:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM UT1

Pitch Report

The pitch at the Chepauk has been a sporting one up to now. However, within the first 2 games, chasing looked a shade arduous. Scores over the 165-mark region might not be straightforward to trace down. Batting initial is to be the way forward. The conditions can largely be clear with the temperature around 32 degrees. Clouds are going to be there, however with no probability of rains. Avg initial innings score: 151 (Last ten IPL T20s at the Chepauk) Record of chasing teams: Won – 5, Lost – 5, Tied – 0

Probable taking part in XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

• Nitish Rana
•  Shubman Gill
•  Rahul Tripathi
• Eoin Morgan (c)
•  Dinesh Karthik (wk.)
•  Andre Russell
•  Shakib Al Hasan
• Pat Cummins
•  Harbhajan Singh
•  Prasidh Krishna
• Varun Chakravarthy

Bench:

• Karun Nair
• Gurkeerat Mann Singh
•  Sunil Narine
•  Venkatesh Iyer
•  Ben Cutting
•  Pawan Negi
•  Shivam Mavi
• Sheldon Jackson
•  Tim Seifert
•  Kuldeep Yadav
•  Lockie Ferguson
• Vaibhav Arora
•  Sandeep Warrier

Mumbai Indians:

• Rohit Sharma (c)
•  Chris Lynn
•  Suryakumar Yadav
•  Ishan Kishan (wk.)
• Hardik Pandya
• Kieron Pollard
•  Krunal Pandya
•  Rahul Chahar
•  Marco Cornelius Jansen
• Trent  Boult
• Jasprit Bumrah

Bench: 

• Anmolpreet Singh
•  Saurabh Tiwary
•  Anukul Roy
• James Neesham
•  Arjun Tendulkar
•  Piyush Chawla
•  Nathan Coulter
•  Aditya Tare
• Jayant Yadav
• Yudhvir Singh
•  Adam Milne
• Dhawal Kulkarni
• Mohsin Khan
•  Quinton DE Kock

 

Head-to-Head

Overall Played – 27 | Kolkata Knight Riders– 6 | Mumbai Indians –21|N/R – 0 At neutral venues Played –8| Kolkata Knight Riders –2| Mumbai Indians –6|N/R – 0 The probable best batsman of the match Rohit Sharma- Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma has unimaginable numbers against the Knight Riders and is merely sixty-one runs short of the 1000-run mark. In twenty-seven games, the Nagpur-born has notched 939 runs at a mean and strike rate of forty-six. 95 and 133 severally. With six half-centuries associate degreed one ton with a high score of an unconquered 109, Rohit has added to be a colossal headache for the Knights. Probable best bowler of the match Jasprit Bumrah– Mumbai Indians Jasprit Bumrah was sharp within the initial game against the Challengers and he’s during a pretty smart rhythm. Against the Knights, he has performed likewise. In forty-four overs he has bowled versus KKR, the speedster has picked up twelve wickets. Bumrah has an associate degree economy rate of eight.02, however, that’s comprehendible as he largely bowls within the powerplay and the death overs. Match prediction: Mumbai Indians to win the match. Scenario 1:

• Toss: Kolkata win the toss and bat
• Powerplay score – 40-45
• First innings score – 140-160
• Result – Mumbai to win the match
• Scenario 2
• Toss – Mumbai to win the toss and bat
• Powerplay score – 50-55
• First innings score – 165-185
• Result – Mumbai to win the match