Mumbai Indians, currently sitting at second spot, would look to consolidate their position on the IPL 2019 points table when they square off against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians presented their title contendership with a crushing win over Chennai at their backyard, although the hosts were not full-strength. Indeed, they boast plenty of match-winners in the ranks to go the distance.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders are in shambles. They started brightly but the last two weeks have been quite tough for the franchise. They come here with six defeats on the bounce and must turnaround to save their fledgeling campaign.
Head-to-head (Last 5 meetings):
Mumbai Indians -5, Kolkata Knight Riders- 0
Where: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
When: 28 April at 8:00 PM IST
KKR Team News – KKR can bring in reinforcements for Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh and Carlos Brathwaite. Robin Uthappa and Kuldeep Yadav can return to the side.
MI Team News – Mumbai Indians can change Anukul Roy who was brought for slow Chepauk track in the last game.
KKR vs MI Playing 11 & Squads
KKR Playing 11: Dinesh Karthik (c), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Robbie Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, Rinku Singh
Doubtful: Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Carlos Brathwaite, Kuldeep Yadav, Robin Uthappa
Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2019 squad: Dinesh Karthik (c), Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Yarra Prithviraj, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Carlos Brathwaite, Robin Uthappa, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Harry Gurney, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Nikhil Naik, Matthew Kelly, KC Cariappa, Lockie Ferguson
MI Playing 11: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Evin Lewis, Barinder Sran
Doubtful: Anukul Roy
Mumbai Indians IPL 2019 squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Rahul Chahar, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Evin Lewis, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Jayant Yadav, Beuran Hendricks, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Ishan Kishan, Yuvraj Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad and Pankaj Jaiswal.
Kolkata
IN: Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, Robbie Uthappa
OUT: Carlos Brathwaite, Yarra Prithviraj, Prasidh Krishna
Mumbai
IN: Barinder Sran
OUT: Anukul Roy
KKR vs MI Dream 11 Team
Top picks for Small League Team
Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock hold key to Mumbai’s batting while Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah can put brakes on the opposition batting.
Andre Russell has produced hard-hitting knocks consistently for Kolkata. Nitish Rana and Dinesh Karthik and Piyush Chawla are among others who can deliver.
Grand League Team
You can punt on Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine and Evin Lewis. If favourites fail and they deliver kind of scenario.
Kindly revisit for the final update of the KKR vs MI Dream11 Prediction.