MI vs KKR: Hardik Pandya drops Mohammad Nabi for young Indian batter, check playing XIs here

Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first at Wankhede Stadium against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Pandya made just one change to his side as he replaced uncapped batter Naman Dhir with Ramandeep Singh. Former MI skipper Rohit Sharma is not in the playing eleven as he will walk in as their impact player. This will be the first time Rohit has been given the role in the ongoing season. 

“We will bowl. It's always about playing for pride, it looks quite tough for us but at the same time, we want to play good cricket. Looks like a good track, it's a fresh wicket so thought that bowling first will be good. Only one change, Naman Dhir comes in place of Nabi,” the 30-year-old all-rounder said after winning the toss. 

KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer did not make any changes to his winning combination against MI.

“It's always about doing the small things well, obviously the dew is a factor but we have to keep that out of mind. The message is clear, each one of them knows their role and responsibility. Batting first we are going with the same team,” Iyer said at the coin toss.

 

MI Playing XI: Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara

 

Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Romario Shepherd.

 

KKR Playing XI: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

 

Impact Subs: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Srikar Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya

Head-to-head

MI and KKR have gone up against each other 32 times in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history. KKR have managed to win nine matches.

 

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