Xtra Time Web Desk : Kolkata Knight Riders will on Saturday will play their seventh game of this season’s Indian Premier League against the table toppers Gujarat Titans, as they look to get back to winning ways under their new skipper Shreyas Iyer.
Against Kane Hardik Pandya’s men however, the Kolkata franchise is expected to place a side, which would possibly see Sheldon Jackson being replaced by Baba Indrajith.
The opening pair of Aaron Finch and Venkatesh Iyer is expected to be back in action after being replaced by Sunil Narine in the last match. The next three are expected to be skipper Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana and Baba Indrajith, since the 2 time champions would need a wicketkeeping replacement for Sheldon Jackson as he would probably sit outside in Saturday’s game due to being out of form. Followed by the middle order, the lower middle order would surely consist of the big hitting Andre Russell and Pat Cummins respectively.
The bowling line up is also expected to be the unchanged with Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy and the Umesh Yadav respectively.
Here’s the KKR predicted XI against Mumbai Indians : Aaron Finch, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Baba Indrajith (WK), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav.