The defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) are facing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi) in the 32nd match of the IPL 2020. While Rohit Sharma is leading Mumbai Indians, newly-appointed KKR captain Eoin Morgan is starting his leadership job in IPL career from this evening.
It is the eighth match for both these teams in the IPL 2020. Mumbai Indians are currently in the 2nd position in the IPL 2020 points table with 10 points (5 wins and 2 loses) while KKR are standing in the 4th position in the same points table with 8 points (4 wins and 3 loses).
It is their second meeting in the ongoing IPL season. KKR started their IPL 2020 journey during the 5th match of the season where they met the reigning champions Mumbai Indians (at Abu Dhabi on 23rd September 2020). MI won that match by 49 runs.
IPL 2020, Match 32: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (MI vs KKR) – Toss Report
Newly-appointed Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to bat first. KKR made two changes in their playing XI as Shivam Mavi and Chris Green replaced Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Tom Banton.
Morgan said, “We are gonna bat first. the wicket looks good, hopefully we can get good score on the board. It all happened yesterday, DK came to myself and head coaches, decided it is better for the team and he also needs to focus on his batting. It just shows the culture we’ve created. We have made two changes. Banton and Nagarkoti go out. Mavi and Green come in.”
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma confirmed that they made one change in the playing XI for this match. Their alteration for this match is Nathan Coulter-Nile has joined as a replacement of James Pattinson.
Rohit said, “Feel confident. We had a great last game here, it’s another challenge to come out and chase a target. It gives us another opportunity to come out and express ourselves. It is important to make sure everyone are fresh, not playing for a long period is easy for players to get injured. We have one change. James Pattinson misses out and Nathan Coulter-Nile comes in. We are managing the workload and that’s the thought behind it.”
IPL 2020, Match 32: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (MI vs KKR) – Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Chris Green, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jasprit Bumrah