KKR vs MI Dream11 Team: Top 5 Fantasy Cricket Picks for IPL 2021 Match 5

KKR vs MI IPL 2021: In the fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be locking horns with the Mumbai Indians (MI) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 13. Both the teams witnessed contrasting results in their previous outings in IPL 2021. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs in their first match while Mumbai suffered a heartening defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both these teams have pretty exciting line-ups and they will be hoping to do well in this match.

KKR vs MI Dream11 Team Fantasy Picks

1. Nitish Rana

Kolkata Knight Riders’ opener Nitish Rana looked in a fabulous touch in their first match of IPL 2021 against Hyderabad, Rana smashed a superb knock of 80 runs off just 56 balls that consisted of 9 fours and 4 sixes. He first put up a brilliant opening stand of 53 runs with Shubman Gill and then also composed a wonderful partnership of 93 runs with Rahul Tripathi. The southpaw batsman also performed impressively well in the recent domestic season.

Nitish Rana vs SRH in IPL 2021
Runs: 80
Balls: 56
SR: 142.86
Fours: 9
Sixes: 4

Related: What did Nitish Rana Celebration after Fifty in SRH vs KKR mean?

2. Suryakumar Yadav

Mumbai Indians’ batsman Suryakumar Yadav did looked in a beautiful touch during his brief stay of 31 runs off 23 balls in the first match of the season against Bangalore. He was involved in a half-century partnership with Chris Lynn before getting dismissed by Kyle Jamieson. However, Suryakumar has an excellent record against KKR in the history of the tournament. In KKR vs MI matches, the right-hander is the second highest run-getter with a tally of 367 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav vs KKR since 2018
Matches: 6
Runs: 224
Avg: 44.8
SR: 149.3
50: 1

3. Rahul Tripathi

While batting at the No.3 position, Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rahul Tripathi played an impressive innings of 53 runs off only 29 balls that included 5 fours and 2 sixes. Tripathi and Rana’s sensational partnership of 93 runs helped Kolkata Knight Riders reach an imposing total of 187 for 6 in their 20 overs against SRH in their first match of IPL 2021. Rahul Tripathi played some crucial knocks last year as well but his inconsistent batting position was a big problem for Kolkata. However, now with him getting a fine fifty in the opening game, Tripathi will be backed by KKR to continue his brilliant form throughout the season.

Rahul Tripathi vs SRH in IPL 2021
Runs: 53
Balls: 29
SR: 182.76
Fours: 5
Sixes: 2

4. Rohit Sharma

Although, Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was involved in an unfortunate run out dismissal in the opening game against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), but he will be keen do well in this game. Rohit is also the highest run-scorer in MI vs KKR matches in the IPL history with a remarkable tally of 823 runs. The right-hander smashed a brilliant half-century against England in the final T20I match and has batted really well across formats in the recent few months. Rohit also played a match-winning knock of 80 runs off 54 balls against KKR in IPL 2020.

Rohit Sharma vs KKR in IPL
Matches: 19
Runs: 823
Avg: 43.31
50: 6
100: 1

Related: Rohit Sharma Run Out in an unfortunate manner-WATCH VIDEO

5. Ishan Kishan

Mumbai Indians wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan failed to contribute with much of runs in the first game against Bangalore. However, Ishan delivered a stupendous performance for the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2020 having notched up a total of 516 runs in 13 innings at a strike-rate of 145.76. He also slammed the most number of sixes in the last season with a tally of 30 towering sixes to his name. Mumbai Indians will definitely need an impactful innings from Ishan in this match against KKR.

Ishan Kishan in IPL 2020
Innings: 13
Runs: 516
Avg: 57.33
SR: 145.76
50: 4

Related: Watch: Krunal Pandya’s bat broken by Kyle Jamieson

KOL vs MI IPL 2021 Match Day

Mumbai Indians bowling coach Zaheer Khan has already confirmed that Quinton de Kock will be available for selection in this game after missing the first game due to quarantine. However, it will be interesting to see whether they drop Chris Lynn after a fine performance with the bat in the season opener. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are likely to play with an unchanged side.

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