Kolkata Knight Rider will play their first game of this season against the Mumbai Indians at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST.
Mumbai Indians have lost their opening game against the Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets. Mumbai Indians were completely failed to seal the crucial moments in the first game against the CSK. They have roped in Chris Lynn into their side who was out of the 11 in the previous game against Chennai. The Rohit-led side is likely to go unchanged in this match as well and they will trust in their core to move forward in the tournament.
Moving on Kolkata Knight Rider side, they roped Eoin Morgan into their side and he is likely to take the Number 3 spot in the team. Sunil Narine is all set to take up the opening slot yet again but his inclusion in the opening position could create trouble for the team balance. Shubhman Gill and Rahul Tripathy should take up the opening slot for KKR in the initial phase of the tournament.
DNP India Dream11 for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Quinton de Kock (captain), Nitish Rana (vice-captain), Dinesh Karthik, Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Sunil Narine, Krunal Pandya, Eoin Morgan, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Trent Boult, Pat Cummins
Probable XI for both the sides
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (c, wk), Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti/Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary/Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile/James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
SQUADS
Kolkata Knigh Riders: Dinesh Karthik (captain and wk), Andre Russell, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarti, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik, M Siddharth, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Mitchell McClenaghan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rahul Chahar, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Kieron Pollard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Mohsin Khan