Match Details:
The 5th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020
will be played between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the
Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
This game is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST (06:00
PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC). The game will be telecasted on the Star Sports
Network (Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali).
Also, live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
Preview:
The defending champions, Mumbai Indians (MI), are
usually slow starters in the IPL. Since 2013, they have won the title four
times but never managed to win the opening fantasy cricket game in any of the
seasons since then. It went that way this year too as they lost their opening
game of the season against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Both their bowling
and their fielding looked quite rusty in the opening encounter.
Thus, they have got a few amends to make before they
take on the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the upcoming Dream11 IPL 2020 game.
This will be the first game of the season for the men in ‘Purple and Gold’.
They have got a formidable squad in place. It is about getting their act
together and putting up a good show. Last year, both these sides won one game
each in the league stages.
KKR vs MI Match 5 Weather Report
It will be yet another hot day in Abu Dhabi with the
temperatures expected to be quite high combined with humidity levels that touch
nearly 70 per cent.
Pitch Condition/Report:
The pitch at this venue is a sporting one. Teams
should look to score some quick runs against the new ball. Dew might come into
play and chasing could be preferred.
Average first innings score: 162 (Only game played in
Dream11 IPL at this venue this season)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 1, Lost – 0, Tied – 0
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
KKR vs MI Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan,
Dinesh Karthik (c)(wk), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh
Nagarkoti, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav.
Bench: Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik,
Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton, Sandeep Warrior, Manimaran Siddharth, Lockie
Ferguson, Ali Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar
Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, James
Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
Bench: Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Mitchell
McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin
Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai, Nathan
Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan.
KKR vs MI Top Picks for Today’s Dream11 Match:
Andre Russell mustered 222 runs in 8 innings in CPL
2020 at a strike rate of 141. He picked up 3 wickets in 5 innings.
Kieron Pollard was good in the CPL 2020 with 8 wickets
and 207 runs. However, he missed out in the last IPL game having scored only 18
runs.
Rohit Sharma failed to score big in the last IPL game
with only 12 runs under his belt. But he’s been in good form and scored 140
runs in 4 T20Is this year.
Quinton de Kock looked very good in the first game
where he scored 33 off 20 balls. Should he convert his starts, he can put up a
big total.
Eoin Morgan is the second-highest run-scorer for
England this year in T20Is with 238 runs in 8 games at an average of 34.
Hardik Pandya might have scored only 14 runs in the
last game but seems to be in fabulous touch. He’s been timing the ball
brilliantly. He could chip in with the ball as well.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan,
Quinton de Kock
Vice-Captain Options – Rohit Sharma, Hardik
Pandya, Nitish Rana
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for KKR vs MI Fantasy
Cricket:
Keeper – Quinton de Kock
Batters – Rohit Sharma (vc), Suryakumar Yadav, Eoin Morgan,
Shubman Gill
All-Rounders – Hardik Pandya, Andre
Russell (c), Nitish Rana
Bowlers – James Pattinson, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
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