Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have to look for the quickest combination if they want to keep their bleak hopes alive in the IPL as they take on Mumbai Indians, who will go into this match with a boost of morale despite being ranked last.
Trying many combinations in the top order and making frequent changes in the team has been a problem for KKR this season. She will enter this match after suffering a crushing 75-run defeat to table-toppers Lucknow Supergiants. On the other hand, Mumbai, who have been out of the race for the playoffs, will take the field with a boost of morale due to a five-run victory over second number team Gujarat Titans.
KKR, drove by new skipper Shreyas Iyer, experienced an enormous loss against Lucknow on Saturday. He has eight focuses from 11 matches. She can arrive at a limit of 14 places in the excess three matches, yet even that doesn't promise her fourth spot. Notwithstanding the misfortune, both the groups will attempt to give an intense battle to one another at the DY Patil Stadium here. Both the groups will currently be peering toward a positive finish to their mission.
In the matches played between these two groups up to this point, Mumbai has won 22 matches and KKR has won eight matches. Mumbai will attempt to further develop this record considerably more. The beneficial thing for Mumbai is that both their openers, commander Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, started the group off very well against the Titans. Against KKR, they will attempt to change over their great begin huge scores. Rohit is likewise 88 takes off from finishing 5000 runs for Mumbai in IPL and he can arrive at this achievement on Monday.
While Mumbai batsmen Rohit, Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav are capable at utilizing the powerplay well, KKR are battling to score runs in the initial six overs which their lead trainer Brendon McCullum faults for the loss. McCullum said, "We have battled in the powerplay which has been frustrating as far as we're concerned this season. We did well in the center overs all through the competition and didn't play severely in the last overs too.
Teams :
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Aaron Finch, Abhijit Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Inderjit, Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Ashok Sharma, Pat Cummins, Rasikh Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty , Aman Khan, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Chamika Karunaratne, Muhammad Nabi, Ramesh Kumar, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Arjun Tendulkar, Basil Thampi, Hrithik Shokeen, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith , Tymal Mills, Karthikeya Singh, Daniel Sams, Dewald Brevis, Fabian Allen, Kieron Pollard, Sanjay Yadav, Aryan Juyal and Ishan Kishan.
