IPL 2021: KKR vs MI
SECTION 1: VENUE:
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Average scores at Chennai:
| Year | Matches | Avg 1st innings score | Avg 1st innings winning score |
| IPL 2019 | 8 | 144/5 | 166/4 |
| Overall | 57 | 164/6 | 173/6 |
Toss impact at Chennai: (only venue where batting first have won more games)
| Year | Matches | Bat 1st won | Bat 2nd won | Toss win bat | Toss win bowl |
| Overall | 57 | 35 | 22 | 36 | 21 |
| IPL 2019 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
In IPL 2019, while defending 150+ at Chepauk
Matches:5, won: 4, lost: 1
IPL overall, while defending 150+ at Chepauk
Matches: 39, won: 29 (74%), lost: 10
Stadium wise numbers in IPL: (All the numbers mentioned below are since 2018)
Stadium wise runs break-up:
Stadium wise Pace vs Spin:
Phase wise numbers at Chennai: (last two seasons)
| Overs | Average wickets | Others |
| 1-6 | 1.9 | 1.3-1.4 |
| 7-15 | 2.2 | 2.3-2.4 |
| 16-20 | 1.4 | 2 |
So, at Chennai, you can expect more wickets with the new ball than any other venue and interestingly, the lowest at the death among all the current venues.
You already know how to use that in your fantasy team.
Best bowling type at the venue: Off-spin (Thanks to Bhajji)
IPL 2021:
MI vs RCB: MI 159-9, RCB: 160-8
(Only two wickets to spinners)
KKR: 187-6, SRH: 177-5 (6P-5S)
MI & KKR at Chennai:
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost |
| MI | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| KKR | 10 | 3 | 7 |
(Don’t miss the team H2H numbers in section 5)
SECTION 2: Predicted XI’s:
MI:
Rohit (C) (RHB)
QDK (WK) (LHB)
Suryakumar (RHB)
Kishan (LHB)
Hardik (RHB, RAM)
Pollard (RHB, RAM)
Krunal (LHB, LAO)
Marco Jansen (LAM, RHB)
Rahul Chahar (RALB)
Boult (LAM)
Bumrah (RAF)
*QDK out from Quarantine, and should replace Lynn at the top. Adam Milne is now also available for this game.
KKR:
Gill (RHB)
Rana (LHB)
Tripathi (RHB)
Morgan* (LHB) (C)
Russell* (RHB, RAM)
DK: (RHB, WK)
Shakib (LAO, LHB)
Pat Cummins* (RAF, RHB)
Harbhajan (RAO)
Krishna (RAF)
Varun (RALB)
SECTION 3: Recent Form:
KKR:
Gill:
Practice game: 21(17), 76*(35)
Vs SRH: 15(13)
Rana:
Pre-season form: Excellent
Practice game: 10
Vs SRH: 80(56)
Tripathi:
Practice game: 32(26)
Vs SRH: 53(29)
DK:
Practice: 42*(19), 92(62)
Vs SRH: 22*(9) (No6)
Morgan:
Pre-season form: Below average
Vs SRH: 2(3)
Russell:
Practice game: 22*(6), 17(7) and most importantly, is bowling fit.
Vs SRH: 5(5), 3-32-1
Overs: 8,18,20
Nair:
Practice game: 41(30), 46(29)
Shakib:
Practice game: 2W
Vs SRH: 4-34-1 (3,5,7,14)
Varun:
Practice game: 3W, 2W
Vs SRH: 4-36-1 (10,12,15,17)
Venkatesh Iyer: (Will help you win a GL in at least one KKR game)
Practice game: 34(30), 3W
Vaibhav Arora: (Another very important GL pick on a seaming wicket)
Practice game: 1W
Tim Seifert:
Practice game: 68(39)
Cutting:
Practice game: 10*(4) & 1W, 1W
Krishna:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs SRH: 4-35-2
Overs: 2,4,11,16
Mavi
Pre-season form: Good
Cummins:
Vs SRH: 4-30-1
Overs: 6,9,13,19
MI:
QDK:
Pre-season form: Decent.
Rohit:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs RCB: 19(15) (RO)
Ishan Kishan:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs RCB: 28(19)
Suryakumar:
Pre-season form: Excellent
Vs RCB: 31(23)
Hardik:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs RCB: 13(10)
Pollard:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs RCB: 7(9)
Krunal:
Pre-season form: Excellent with the bat, poor with the ball.
Vs RCB: 7(7) 4-25-1
Overs: 5,7,9,11
Rahul Chahar:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs RCB: 4-43-0
Overs: 8,12,14,16
Trent Boult:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs RCB: 4-36-1
Overs: 1,3,6,18
Bumrah:
Pre-season form: Good. Has been away from white ball cricket for a while.
Vs RCB: 4-26-2
Overs: 2,3,17,19
Marco Jansen:
Pre-season form: Decent
Vs RCB: 4-28-2
Overs: 4,10,15,20
Adam Milne:
Pre-season form: Decent
NCN:
Pre-season form: Good
Piyush Chawla:
Pre-season form: Good
Jayant Yadav:
Pre-season form: Good
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SECTION 4: Player Battles:
Rohit vs Russell, Shakib, Harbhajan, Krishna, Cummins & Varun:
| Balls | 254 |
| Runs | 353 |
| Average | 117.7 |
| Outs | 3 |
| Average | 117.7 |
| SR | 139 |
QDK vs Russell:
| Innings | 9 |
| Balls | 35 |
| Runs | 59 |
| Outs | 4 |
QDK vs Harbhajan:
| Innings | 8 |
| Balls | 44 |
| Runs | 41 |
| Outs | 2 |
Lynn vs Shakib: (unlikely to play)
| Innings | 8 |
| Balls | 62 |
| Runs | 39 |
| Outs | 4 |
Surya vs Russell:
| Innings | 5 |
| Balls | 14 |
| Runs | 24 |
| Outs | 2 |
Hardik vs Cummins:
| Balls | 21 |
| Runs | 50 |
| Outs | 0 |
(Has been dismissed only once against this bowling lineup by Russell)
Gill vs Hardik:
| Innings | 3 |
| Balls | 5 |
| Runs | 1 |
| Outs | 3 |
Nitish Rana vs MI bowlers: Only dismissed against Hardik twice, who is unlikely to bowl in this game. (As per Zaheer)
Tripathi vs Boult, Bumrah, Krunal & Chahar:
| Balls | 26 |
| Runs | 11 |
| Outs | 4 |
DK vs Bumrah:
| Balls | 26 |
| Runs | 50 |
| Outs | 0 |
DK vs Rahul Chahar:
| Balls | 9 |
| Runs | 9 |
| Outs | 2 |
Rohit Sharma vs KKR: (His most runs & highest average against any IPL team)
(Also the most runs by any batsman against an opposition)
| Innings | 26 |
| Runs | 939 |
| Average | 47 |
| SR | 133 |
| 50 | 6 |
| 100 | 1 |
Suryakumar Yadav vs KKR: (His best average against any IPL side)
| Innings | 6 |
| Runs | 224 |
| Average | 44.8 |
| SR | 149 |
| HS | 59 |
| 50 | 1 |
SECTION 5: History between the two teams
The most one-sided rivalry in IPL history
MI vs KKR
| Year | Matches | MI won | KKR won |
| Overall | 27 | 21 | 6 |
| Last 3 years | 6 | 5 | 1 |
MI’s win % of 77.70 is the highest against a particular side in IPL.
2020: MI won by 8W’s
Tripathi 7(9) (Boult) (opened)
Gill 21(23) (Chahar)
Rana 5(6) (NCN)
Morgan 39*(29)
Russell 12(9) (Bumrah)
Cummins 53*(36)
Boult, NCN, Bumrah one each
Chahar 4-18-2
Rohit 35(36) (Mavi)
QDK 78*(44)
Surya 10(10) (Varun)
Hardik 21*(11)
2020: MI won by 49 runs
Rohit 80(54) (Mavi)
SKY 47(28) (RO)
Hardik 18(13) (Hit wk)
Russell 2-17-1 11(11) (Bumrah)
Gill 7(11) (Boult)
DK 30(23) (Chahar)
Rana 24(18) (Pollard)
Boult 4-1-30-2
Pattinson 4-25-2
Bumrah 4-32-2
Chahar: 4-26-2
2019: KKR won
Gill 76
Russell 80*(40) 4-25-2
Bumrah: 4-44-0
De Kock (Narine) & Rohit failed
Hardik: 91(34) 3-31-1
Narine: 4-44-2
2019: MI won
Gill (9) & Russell (0) failed
Bumrah: 4-31-2
Hardik: 3-20-2
Rohit: 55*(48)
Surya 46*(27)
De Kock 30(23)
2018: MI won
Surya: 59(39)
Rohit 11(11) (Narine)
Hardik 35*(20) 4-19-2
Narine: 4-35-2
Russell 2-12-2 9(10) (Bumrah)
Gill failed 7(5)
Nitish: 31(27)
2018: MI won
Surya: 36(32)
Rohit: 36(31)
Hardik: 19(13) 3-16-2
Narine: 4-27-1 4(2)
Rana: 21(19)
Krunal: 3.1-12-2
Section 6: Better numbers in first or second Innings?
MI batsmen vs KKR:
MI bowlers vs KKR:
KKR batsmen vs MI:
KKR bowlers vs MI:
Section 7: Player performance at the venue:
MI & KKR bowlers at Chepauk:
Section 8: Finding the fantasy value:
Top Picks:
Rohit Sharma: Looked very good in the last game before he unfortunately got run out. Will be playing against his favourite side, KKR.
Rohit Sharma vs KKR: (His most runs & highest average against any IPL team)
(Also the most runs by any batsman against an opposition)
| Innings | 26 |
| Runs | 939 |
| Average | 47 |
| SR | 133 |
| 50 | 6 |
| 100 | 1 |
Does even better against them in first innings:
Rohit vs KKR: (innings wise)
| Innings | Runs | Average | 50/100 |
| 10 | 458 | 57.25 | 3/1 |
| 17 | 481 | 40 | 3/0 |
Rohit’s last 5 innings vs KKR: 35, 80, 55*, 12, 36
Captaincy suitability: Small & grand leagues both.
Suryakumar Yadav: Excellent form with the bat, looked very good in the opening game and good numbers against his former side.
Suryakumar Yadav vs KKR: (His best average against any IPL side)
| Innings | 6 |
| Runs | 224 |
| Average | 44.8 |
| SR | 149 |
| HS | 59 |
| 50 | 1 |
Captaincy suitability:Small & grand leagues both.
Shubman Gill: Looked very good before he got out to Rashid in the last game. He has struggled against Boult recently, but with Rana playing aggressively at the other end, he can take his time.
Coming after a very good knock of 75*(36) in the practice game and also his highest IPL score of 76 came against MI.
Captaincy suitability: Small & grand leagues both.
Jasprit Bumrah: In the last two games at Chepauk, 16 wickets fell in 16-20 overs phase and nobody is better than Bumrah in that period. Also got a couple of wickets in the opening game and has 12 wickets against KKR.
Captaincy suitability:Grand leagues.
Dinesh Karthik: KKR has a never ending obsession with a R-L combination every time which makes KKR’s games the most unpredictable in fantasy. If the KKR top order fails (with Rana & Tripathi in the top 3, will happen regularly) DK will get enough deliveries to face and he is in some exceptional form right now.
DK in practice games: 42*(19), 92(62)
DK vs SRH: 22*(9)
Also, he’ll be facing Bumrah at the death who he has absolutely bossed.
DK vs Bumrah:
| Balls | 26 |
| Runs | 50 |
| Outs | 0 |
All of these factors, makes DK one of my top picks again.
Captaincy suitability:Grand leagues.
Rana & Tripathi’s consistent inconsistency:
Both Rana & Tripathi are not known for their consistency and have been very hot & cold in IPL.
Rana’s scores as opener: 68, 81, 0, 87, 0, 80
(Also averages only 21 against MI)
You cannot drop Rana in small leagues after his last knock, but should definitely drop at least one between Tripathi & Rana in your grand league combinations.
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