KOL vs MI Live Score, 5th Match IPL 2020, KOL vs MI Live Updates, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Live Cricket Score

Date:            Wednesday 23rd September, 2020

Time:            07:00 Pm IST.

Venue:          Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Match 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 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.

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.

Weather Report & Pitch Condition

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.

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

KOL vs MI Team News

1. Sunil Narine and Shubman Gill will open the inning for Kolkata Knight Riders.
2. Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan and Rahul Tripathi will handle the middle order batting lineup of Kolkata Knight Riders.
3. Sunil Narine and Andre Russell will key role of all rounder for Kolkata Knight Riders.
4. Kuldeep Yadav and Sunil Narine will lead the spin atttack duty for Kolkata Knight Riders.
5. Pat Cummins, Andre Russell, Prasidh Krishna and Sandeep Warrier will lead the pace attack duty for Kolkata Knight Riders.
6. Mumbai Indians lost their previous match against Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets.
7. Rohit Sharma and Quinton De Kock will open the inning for Mumbai Indians.
8. Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwari and Krunal Pandya will handle the middle order batting lineup of Mumbai Indians.
9. Saurabh Tiwari and Quinton De Kock performed well in batting department in last match against Chennai Super Kings. He scored 42 & 33 runs.
10. Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson and Rahul Chahar take 1-1 wicket in last match against Chennai Super Kings.
11. Hardik Pandya, Kieran Pollard and Krunal Pandya will key role of all-rounder for Mumbai Indians.
12. Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Trent Boult and James Pattinson will lead the pace attack duty for Mumbai Indians.
13. Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar will lead the spin attack duty for Mumbai Indians.

Best Choice For Captain And Vice-Captain

Captain Options – Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik

Vice-Captain Options – Hardik Pandya, Eoin Morgan

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