The Mumbai Indians will face off Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 34 of the Indian Premier League 2021 season on September 23 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
The Kolkata Knight Riders are coming on the back of a clinical victory against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the same venue. They restricted Royal’s to 92 runs in the first innings and chased down the score in just 10 overs. Varun Chakravarthy was awarded the Player of the Match for his outstanding spell 3/13 in four overs. KKR are sixth on the points table at the moment, with three wins in eight matches.
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On the other hand, the Mumbai Indians lost their match against the Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs. After a brilliant performance with the ball in the initial stages of the first innings, they let go of the advantage as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Dwayne Bravo slammed their bowlers to take CSK to 156 runs. Mumbai Indians were restricted to 136 runs in the second innings.
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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 21, 2021
Heading into Match 34, the Kolkata Knight Riders will be high on confidence whereas the Mumbai Indians’ side will also be boosted by the return of their skipper Rohit Sharma, who was rested for the first game. With both the teams, trying hard to stay in the qualifiers race, we are in for an exciting contest.
Match Details
Match: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 34, IPL 2021
Date & Time: September 23, 2021, at 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi offers assistance to the bowlers. Like the KKR vs RCB game, it is again expected to not be a high-scoring affair. A score of 160 should be par at the ground.
Predicted Playing XI
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton De Kock, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Keiron Pollard, Hardik Pandya/Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (C), Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna
IPL 2021 – MI vs KKR – Fantasy Tips
Fantasy Suggestion 1: Quinton De Kock, Rohit Sharma, Eoin Morgan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell (C), Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Lockie Ferguson, Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy
Fantasy Suggestion 2: Quinton De Kock, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy (VC)
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