Fresh from their clinical display against Sunrisers Hyderabad, two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to set the record straigh...
Fresh from their clinical display against Sunrisers Hyderabad, two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to set the record straight against nemesis Mumbai Indians in their second match of Indian Premier League 2021 on Tuesday.
Having missed the last two playoffs, KKR looked a completely different unit in the manner in which they defeated SRH by 10 runs in their IPL opener on Sunday but the Mumbai Indians are a different challenge.
Rohit Sharma’s team are notoriously slow starters but once they get it together, they are a hard team to stop. They have few weaknesses as a team and that has seen them win two titles on the trot.
But, under skipper Eoin Morgan, KKR will look to bring a fearless approach to the table. We saw evidence of that in the first game in the aggression shown by the openers and the explosive finish by Dinesh Karthik. As skipper of the England team, Morgan has shown the willingness to push the envelope and he will continue to do that at KKR too.
With Andre Russell, Karthik and Morgan, 2020 was a season of promise for KKR but they were let down by poor planning and form. They will be looking to set it right this...
