ABOUT THE MATCH
The 5th match of the Indian Premier League is going to be played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on 23rd September 2020 (Wednesday). Kolkata Knight Riders team is the last side to play its first match of the IPL. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have gone through a defeat from Chennai Super Kings in the opening match.
MI Vs KKR is scheduled to be held at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Match Preview:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
- KKR strength is its ultimate batting order. We can expect Shubman Gill to open the match. In place of Narine, KKR has the option to choose Tom Banton or maybe moving Rahul Tripathi up the order to include another foreign bowler.
- Eoin Morgan, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, and Dinesh Karthik form a very powerful middle –order.
- The bowling unit of KKR is not that strong. KKR is making it’s bowling powerful by picking Pat Cummins, who is the costliest player of this season.
Probable Playing XI:
Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, M Siddharth, Chris Green, Tom Banton, Nikhil Naik, Ali Khan.
Mumbai Indians:
- In the last match, Mumbai Indians looked a little bit rusty. Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma looked good before the dismissal. We can say the same thing for Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav.
- In the last match, it was strange to see the form of Jasprit Bumrah. He was not looking confident to bowl his Yorkers and concluded with conceding a lot of runs to CSK batsmen. We can say Trent Boult was the best bowler for Mumbai Indians in the last match.
- The strength of the team is not going to be reviewed in a single match. We can expect better performances from them in this match.
Probable Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Ankul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rahul Chahar, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, James Pattinson
Pitch Report:
In this venue, the pitch is batting friendly. The ball comes very nicely on the bat and there is not that much turn.
Weather condition:
A lot of dew during the match can be expected which helps the side who is batting in the second innings.
Probable top performers:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Dinesh Karthik:
The wicket-keeper-batsman of team India, Dinesh Karthik may feel that he has something to prove his skill sets in this IPL edition. In IPL, he has made 29 numbers of T20 fifties on his way to earn 5,708 runs with a good strike rate of 132.92.
Andre Russell:
In last year’s IPL season, Andre Russell was the star performer. He has played some outstanding innings with bat as well as ball and claimed some wickets also. But sometimes, questions appeared regarding his fitness. When he is totally fit, then there is nobody better than him in T20 cricket.
Pat Cummins:
At this year’s IPL auction, KKR spent a Lot on this Australian bowler. He can be the most dangerous weapon for KKR. Previously, in 77 matches, he claimed 92 wickets.
Get the highlights of SRH VS RCB: https://stumpsandbails.com/ipl-2020-srh-vs-rcb-rcb-start-their-campaign-with-a-fabulous-victory
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma:
Since the last year IPL, Rohit Sharma is in his fantastic form, where he was a little bit unstable but still able to earn more than 400 runs.
Quinton de Kock:
The wicket-keeper-batsman of South Africa was the top run-scorer of Mumbai Indians in the last season and since then his batting form is growing enormously.
Jasprit Bumrah:
Jasprit Bumrah is not only the wicket-taker but also keeps the bowling order very tight. In the last season, he was the top wicket-taker by claiming 182 wickets in 157 games.
Have a look at the previous match highlights of MI Vs CSK: https://stumpsandbails.com/chennai-super-kings-starts-the-season-of-ipl-2020-on-a-winning-note
Head to head:
- Overall T20I Matches – 25
- Kolkata Knight Riders won – 06
- Mumbai Indians won – 19
- No Result – 00
- Tie– 00
Team form in last 5 matches:
- Kolkata Knight Riders – L, L, W, W, L
- Mumbai Indians – W, W, W, W, L
Broadcast Details:
- Tv – Star Sports Network
- Live Streaming – Disney+ Hotstar
- Match Timings – 23rd September 2020 at 07:30 PM IST (06:00 PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC)
Probable winning team:
The team of KKR is looking full balanced as well as impactful with the KKR new coach, Brendon McCullum. Both Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders are on the same terms but team KKR got outstanding spin options with commendable cricketing minds, which Mumbai Indians is lacking. The previous poor record of Mumbai Indians bleak their winning chances. But we can’t say who will fire in the match, surely it is going to go down the wire.
Check out the Dream11 Prediction of RR VS CSK: https://stumpsandbails.com/ipl-2020-rr-vs-csk-dream11-prediction-match-4-rr-vs-csk
