KOL vs MI Dream11: Kolkata Knight Riders were successful in their first outing and seemed to have understood their team pretty well and figured out their compositions early on and that is a sign of what things can be for them this season particularly when their key players start performing. Mumbai have been slow starters and lived up to that moniker by losing it but they showed how they can be competitive at all stages of the game. They will get into the competition with the coming games.
Fixture:Match 5 . Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
When: 13 April, 7 : 30 IST
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
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KOL vs MI Playing 11.
KOL Probable XI
Shubman Gill
Rahul Tripathi
Nitish Rana
Eoin Morgan
Dinesh Karthik
Andre Russell
Shakib Ul Hasan
Pat Cummins
Harbhajan Singh
Prasidh Krishna
Varun Chakravarthy
They made a decision to play Shakib Ul Hasaan ahead of Sunil Naraine and that proved to be a masterstroke as he was one of the pick of the bowlers. The catalysts of the win in the first game were their younger Indian players although both Rahul Tripathi and Nitish Rana are seasoned professionals now but when Russel and Eoin Morgan are back in form, this team can be indominable
Nitish Rana – He is a professional who has been over the years scored a lot of runs for whichever franchise he has played. He looks to be in great touch here with his first performance of 80 of 56 balls making him a candidate . At the openers slot he has ample amount of time to do well here.
Rahul Tripathi – He is one of the Unsung heroes of IPL and plays really important innings for whichever team he plays. He looks to be an important cog in their wheel with the 53 of 29 he played last time around..
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MI Probable XI
Chris Lynn
Rohit Sharma
Suryakumar Yadav
Ishan Kishan
Kieron Pollard
Hardik Pandya
Krunal Pandya
Rahul Chahar
Jasprit Bumrah
Trent Boult
Marco Jansen
They are known to start slow and get into the competiiton. They will be looking to get one back here against the knight riders and would need the likes of Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard getting back to their best. There were positives in the form of Jasprit Bumrah and Marco Jansen being in form. They will also be buoyed by the performance of Krunal Pandya who took a wicket.
Marco Jansen – He made an impressive debut and bowled critical overs for his team. He has got 2 wickets for 28 runs in the 4 overs that he bowled. His captain and others are all impressed and should make him play the key moments out her.
Jasprit Bumrah – He is a key bowler for tham and has been one for many years. He picked a couple of wickets in the last game and is going to be one of the more important players for this team. This will be the game where you expect him to stop the powerful KKR batting lineup
Kolkata Knight Riders will be looking to capitalize on early momentum here and is going to be the team which is going to edge this in a narrow contest. Expect this one to be a run fest again. KOL vs MI Dream11 today match prediction
Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keepers: I Kishan
Batsmen: R Sharma, S Yadav, N Rana, R Tripathi
All-rounder: S Al Hasan, A Russel, H Pandya
Bowlers: M Jansen, P Cummins, J Bumrah
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