Both KKR and MI are stacked with superstars well capable of making their presence felt on the back of incredible performances.
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Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on the two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday, in a game that promises to be an enthralling encounter, at least on paper. KKR have not won the Indian Premier League (IPL) crown since 2014 while MI have been serial winners. Both sides have potential game-changers who can be valuable additions to a Dream 11 side. It also poses a dilemma to managers, given the limited amount of funds required to pick the players.
The Knight Riders marginally missed out on making it to the playoff stages of the tournament last season. They finished fifth, level on points with fourth-placed Royal Challengers Bangalore, only behind on net run rate. MI, however, won their fifth title and is by far the most successful franchise in the league.
After the opening matches of both teams, it is safe to say the Knight Riders would probably not experiment with the starting lineup after a win. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, might tweak the starting XI a bit.
Wicket-keeper: Dinesh Karthik, Ishan Kishan
Batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Lynn
All rounders: Hardik Pandya, Shakib Al Hasan
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy
KKR: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Dinesh Karthik, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Harbhajan Singh.
MI: Rohit Sharma, Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Marco Jansen, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla.
The game will begin at 19:30 hours IST on April 13.
KKR: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.
MI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Quinton de Kock, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh.
