IPL 2020 Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, Live Updates: IPL KKR Live Score 146-9: Rahul Chahar finishes off the finish and gives up just 4 runs and the stump of Shivam Mavi. MI gets their first win of the season, by a dominating 49 races no less. KKR begins its campaign with a defeat.
Advance: The defending champion Mumbai Indians did not get off to the start they would have wished for the 2020 IPL against Chennai Super Kings and will now look to get back on the winning track against the Kolkata Knight Riders, who will play their first match of the tournament on September 23 in Abu Dhabi. The availability of England’s World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan and Tom Banton, and Australian Pat Cummins, definitely strengthens the KKR team, while Mumbai needs its Indian contingent in the batting lineup to support the Rohit starters. Sharma and Quinton de Kock. Without Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, bowling is a lot less scary and adds a bit more pressure on hitting. A surprise pick for them was Saurabh Tiwary at No. 4 over Ishan Kishan. A move that worked when Tiwari scored 42 of 31 balls with a strike rate of over 135. However, the greatest attention and concern will be around Hardik Pandya, who felt no more comfortable on the first day after coming back from a long break due to injury. An injury to its star SUV is the last thing Mumbai will want.
Not only will the Mumbai expert group, with vast experience, need bowlers to be more effective against a high-impact Kolkata lineup, they will also expect the field field to return to its generally high standards. For Kolkata, which is playing its first game, Dinesh Karthik has a wealth of talents to choose from. Young Shubman Gill along with a fit Sunil Narine are likely to be followed by Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan and Karthik, forming a formidable lineup. Undeniably, the expensive Pat Cummins will lead the charge, which means Lockie Ferguson and America’s first IPL cricketer Ali Khan will have to wait their turn. Kuldeep Yadav from India is also likely to get the go-ahead, as do young Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti.
Karthik and KKR have made it clear that after the disgusting 2019 season, they are going to be looking to shoot full blast early on, which is potentially dangerous for most opponents. The two-time champions are the last to play their first game and will be eager. Will that enthusiasm or over-enthusiasm hurt Karthik and will KKR or Mumbai continue to stick to its tradition of starting slowly?
WHAT: IPL 2020, Match 5
WHEN: September 23 at 7:30 pm IST
WHERE: Abu Dhabi
TELECAST: Star Sports Network
LIVE STREAM: Disney + Hotstar
Planned XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna
Mumbai Indians (MI) – Quinton de Kock (week), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, James Pattinson, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Squads:
KKR: Dinesh Karthik (c), Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Chris Green, Eoin Morgan, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Tom Banton, Varun Chakravarthy.
LM: Rohit Sharma (captain), Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock (goalkeeper), Aditya Tare, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni , Jaspreet Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Jayant Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson
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