After facing each other on Sunday, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders square off against each other once more but this time at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Mumbai Indians are currently fifth on the points table while Kolkata enjoys the fourth position. The position may well get interchanged if Mumbai managed to defeat Kolkata tomorrow. Here are the five things to look out for from the high-profile clash.
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR after the loss to Mumbai Indians is on the fourth spot in the IPL points tally. Of the ten matches that they have played so far, Kolkata has managed to win five and have lost five. With the competition at the top getting denser, Kolkata will push themselves in the home match.
Nitish Rana was back in the team in the last match in place of Rinku Singh. played in his place for the last match. Tom Curran should replace Mitchell Johnson. Prasidh Krishna who played in place of injured Mavi is likely to retain his place.
Playing XI
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians won their last match against Kolkata Knight Riders playing at the Wankhede Stadium. They now have won two consecutive matches as they also won against Kings XI Punjab at the Holkar Stadium, Indore. They are at the fifth spot in the points table now.
With the so many early losses, Mumbai Indians need to win every match from here on in the tournament. They will be pushing hard with the star-studded team they have and that they are the defending champions.
In the last match, they went in with an unchanged XI. Mumbai is likely to continue with the combination unless an injury springs up.
Playing XI
Jean-Paul Duminy, Rohit Sharma (c), Mitchell McClenaghan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Evin Lewis, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan (wk), Krunal Pandya, Mayank Markande
