Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the IPL Match No. 5 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Wicket Maiden: Great start for Shivam Mavi as he breaks through with Quinton de Kock’s wicket and then tries Suryakumar with quality bowling. There is a hint of movement and conditions are exploding. Good start. Mumbai 8/1 after 2 overs.
Suryakumar Yadav joins Rohit
WICKET – Mavi attacks on her first changeover and what a start for KKR. In short, de Kock goes for the pull, gets a top edge, and Nikhil Naik settles under the skier in the middle of the wicket.
Shivam Mavi on the attack
Mumbai is out, as after a very good start, Rohit Sharma opens his arms and hits Sandeep Warrier over the deep spot for a six. Meanwhile, Quinton de Kock is also out of line. Mumbai 8/0 after 1 over.
The players are there in the middle and it will be Rohit Sharma along with Quinton de Kock for Mumbai. With the ball, it will be Sandeep Warrier. Here we go!
Kieron Pollard is set to make his 150th IPL appearance for the Mumbai Indians tonight. A special jersey was presented to him before the crash.
Playing XI:
Horsemen of the Kolkata Knights: Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (WK / C), Nikhil Naik, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Launch: Kolkata Knight Riders won the launch and Dinesh Karthik chooses to launch first.
Dinesh Karthik: First we will launch. We saw the first game, there was some dew, so we want to take advantage of it. Really proud to start the tournament today. We have Morgan, Cummins, Russell, and Narine. I think they are looking forward to this. We look forward to the youth.
Rohit: What happened in the past is past. There are some areas in which we must rectify. Hopefully we don’t make those mistakes. We are playing with the same XI. Having someone like Pollard on the team is always good. He is a huge player for us, hopefully he will go out and enjoy his game as always. Malinga, like Pollard, has been a huge player for us. It was a shame that I couldn’t attend for personal reasons. That gives others a chance. We need to enjoy our cricket as a squad.
Launch report: JP Duminy and Deep Dasgupta reckon there is some grass on the surface but it is dry and hard. Experts believe that the wind will play an important role in Abu Dhabi and that the wind will help to beat towards the pavilion, but that is the longest limit. However, the wind will help the bowler when the batsmen try to hit towards the shorter limit.
IPL heavyweight clash and the Mumbai Indians will be eager to turn things around after their loss to Chennai Super Kings, while Kolkata will aim to start things off from scratch. Stay tuned as we bring the Toss, Playing XI and all the details of the match in a moment.
One of the most one-sided rivalries in IPL history will revive when Mumbai Indians (MI) assumes Kolkata Knights Riders at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
IPL 2020: KKR vs MI- Head-to-head record, players to watch out for
Mumbai, which lost its first game of the 2020 IPL season to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by five wickets on Saturday, has a massive 76% win rate over Kolkata in 25 outings between the two sides.
THE ACCUMULATION
However, MI has not won a single game in the United Arab Emirates in six attempts. The franchise had lost to KKR by 41 runs in the 2014 IPL opener at the same venue in Abu Dhabi.
During Saturday’s clash at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, the pacemakers, with a combined economy rating of 8.1, were slightly more successful than the spinners, who had an overall economy of 8.5.
IPL 2020: The expectations of the ‘strongest’ Kuldeep Yadav
After finishing in the playoff spots from 2016 to 2018, KKR failed to reach the final four stages in net run rate in the previous edition.
Head-to-Head overall: (25 games – IM: 19 | KKR: 6)
MI and KKR have met 25 times in previous editions and the Mumbai side clearly rules the roost. They have won 19 of those meetings, while KKR have only won six.
Podcast: The Ingredients of Sharjah with Asif Iqbal
Recent Head-to-Head: (last 5 games)
The story is no different in the recent past. MI has been victorious in four of its last five matches against KKR.
IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – Head to Head, Stats
Squads
Horsemen of the Kolkata Knights: Dinesh Karthik (Captain and Guardian), Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Varun Ladin Chakravarthy, Tom Banton (Guardian), Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik (Guardian), Ali Khan.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper), Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Mohs Khan Boult, Prince Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), Aditya Tare (Wicketkeeper), James Pattinson.
MATCH DETAILS
Game No. 5: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians.
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Date: Wednesday, September 23.
Time: 7:30 PM IST.
.
