Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) don’t need to change their playing combination for their upcoming match against the Mumbai Indians (MI). However, he added that their middle-order batters’ form cannot be judged as they haven’t yet been tested well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “KKR’s last game was near perfect. When they came to bowl first, they restricted the opposing team to a manageable total. Everyone took wickets. Moeen Ali, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana picked up wickets, and Spencer Johnson also bowled well. So I don’t think they are looking for any change whatsoever. They have come with great confidence here. So they won’t change anything. Quinton de Kock gave a Player of the Match performance as an opener. So why should you change? The thing that has not been tested is that we haven’t seen Ramandeep, Russell, Rinku and Venky’s form.”

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“They got to bat once, and runs weren’t scored. That was the story against RCB. However, they didn’t need to do anything when they played against RR. You won the match by eight wickets, where Angkrish Raghuvanshi remained unbeaten with Quinton de Kock. I think their middle order will be tested in this match because there will be more chances of wickets falling with the new ball,” Chopra shared again.

Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra also stated that Sunil Narine, if fit and available, would return to the Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI at Moeen Ali’s expense as well.

“There is just one thing. If Narine is fit, he will come in, and Moeen will go out. Moeen didn’t do that well as an opener. He played only one match, but he didn’t really set the world on fire. This team would need Sunil Narine here. As for the rest, if the middle order does well, Kolkata will stay the same and become stronger,” Aakash Chopra concluded.