KOL vs MUM (Kolkata vs Mumbai), Match 5 - Match Information
Match: Kolkata vs Mumbai, Match 5
Date: 13th April 2021
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Match Officials: Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (IND), Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and KN Ananthapadmanabhan (IND), Referee: Sunil Chaturvedi (IND)
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KOL vs MUM, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket taking is going to be difficult. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 4 matches is 189 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 50% of its matches. So the toss does not make much of a difference here.
The pacers have earned 81% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
KOL vs MUM, Head to Head
In the 27 matches played between these 2 teams, Kolkata have won 6 matches and Mumbai have won 21 matches. Kolkata do not have a good record against Mumbai. We expect the trend to continue. Kolkata Bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Batsmans have earned the most fantasy points for Mumbai.
KOL vs MUM Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Rohit Sharma was looking good in the 1st match (19 runs in 15 balls) but was unfortunately run out and could not continue to bat for long.
However, Mumbai is playing against Kolkata next which is Rohit’s favorite opponent in the Indian T20 league. No player has made more runs against Kolkata in the Indian T20 league than Rohit Sharma has (939 runs in 27 matches at an average of 47 & strike rate of 133).
Moreover, he has scores of 35, 80, 55*, 12 & 36 in his last 5 matches against Kolkata which again proves that whenever he has batted against them, he has guaranteed fantasy points.
His Fantasy Gully rating for this fixture is 8.9 which is the highest among all players for this fixture and thus can be a dependable player.
Suryakumar Yadav proved again exactly why he is future cricketer in the making as he scored 31 from 23 balls and gave 47 fantasy points which was enough for him to end up in the Dream team.
He has played 6 times against his former team Kolkata and in these matches, he has scored 224 runs at an average of 45 and strike rate of 149, which is very good. Moreover, only once has he scored less than 25 runs against Kolkata in these 6 matches and thus, he has guaranteed given more than 35 to 40 fantasy points every time he has batted against Kolkata.
His scores against Kolkata in the Indian T20 league are 10, 47, 46*, 26, 36 & 59. Thus, overall considering his current form and his record against Kolkata he has been a Fantasy Gully rating of 8.6
He can prove to be crucial against the likes of Shakib and Chakravarthy on a turning track of Chennai as he thrives on spinners and thus can give fantasy points again in this match as well.
Nitish Rana started his season with a bang scoring 80 from just 56 balls and thus gave 119 fantasy points in the 1st match.
He entered this season with a good form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in which he had scored 183 runs in 5 matches at a massive SR of 165 and gave an average of 50+ fantasy points in that tournament.
He was promoted up the order to open the innings against Hyderabad and interestingly he has great numbers as an opener in the Indian T20 league. He has batted 6 times as an opener in the Indian T20 league and in these 6 matches his scores are 80, 0, 87, 0, 81 and 68 and thus he has been either scoring big or nothing but given the form he is in, you can expect great points from him against Mumbai as well.
He can also be handy with the ball with his occasional off spin which could work for him as the match is at Chennai. He also had taken 2 wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
KOL vs MUM Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Bumrah once again proved why he was one of the best in the world as he took 2/26 against Bengaluru in the 1st match this season.
At Chennai, Bumrah has played 3 T20 matches and has taken 4 wickets at an economy of 6.09 and thus can be an ideal Pace bowler to take wickets cheaply.
Interestingly, Bumrah has been wicketless in only 2 out of his last 9 T20 matches (total 18 wkts in these matches) which proves a point that he guarantees fantasy points in almost every match. Very seldom times does he take only a single wicket and thus more fantasy points are gettable from him.
He has a Fantasy Gully rating of 8.6 (which is the highest among all bowlers for this fixture)
Prasidh Krishna has certainly carried his form of the ODIs against England (6 wickets in 3 matches) in this Indian T20 league as he had a good outing with the ball in the 1st match.
In his match against Hyderabad last night, Prasidh took 2/35 and thus gave 50+ fantasy points which was more than enough for him to feature in the Dream team.
He has a knack of picking up early wickets inside the first 6 overs as he did the same against Warner in the 1st match and thus can be effective against the mighty top order of Mumbai.
With 2 matches already played at Chennai, if the wicket slows down then Prasidh can exploit his change ups and slower ones at the death as well.
KOL vs MUM Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Hardik Pandya has a great record against Kolkata in the Indian T20 league. In his 12 matches against them he has scored 284 runs at a massive strike rate of 196 and has taken 11 wickets which accounts to an average of 50+ fantasy points per match.
Because of his current form in T20 cricket and his record against Kolkata, he has a Fantasy Gully rating of 7.8 which is quite high for an all-rounder and thus can be a good vice-captain choice.
In the last match, Hardik was seen batting at number 5 which was a promotion for him given that he batted at 6 or 7 in the previous season (2020) and this will certainly increase the amount of runs he can score.
He did not bowl in the last match, but he could in this one as Rahul Chahar and Boult were struggling with their length in the 1st match and if the same happens, Hardik can maybe bowl couple of overs and thus increase his chance of taking a wicket and give more fantasy points.
Shakib was ineffective in the 1st match with the bat (only scored 3 runs) but took a wicket and thus ended up with 40 fantasy points which was enough for him to enter in the Dream team.
Shakib Al Hasan has had a good bowling record against Mumbai in the Indian T20 League. In his 11 matches against Mumbai, he has taken 12 wickets with being wicketless in only 1 match which proves that he has given fantasy points with the ball whenever he has faced Mumbai.
With this match to be played at Chennai again, Shakib is expected to bowl all 4 overs of his and thus increasing the chances of him getting wickets.
As far as batting is concerned, he did not get enough time at the crease in the last match but if at all he gets to face 15 to 20 odd deliveries, he can give close to 30 fantasy points with the bat and thus can be a good pick for your fantasy team.
KOL vs MUM Dream11 Prediction: Top Players of the Last Match
The Top Point Getters for Kolkata are Nitish Rana with 119 match fantasy points. Rahul Tripathi with 80 match fantasy points and Prasidh Krishna with 54 match fantasy points.
The Top Point Getters for Mumbai are Chris Lynn with 85 match fantasy points. Jasprit Bumrah with 75 match fantasy points and Krunal Pandya with 57 match fantasy points.
KOL vs MUM Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Rohit Sharma has an average of 38 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.93 and a medium XFactor.
Suryakumar Yadav has an average of 34 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.58 and a medium XFactor.
Jasprit Bumrah has an average of 57 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.56 and a medium XFactor.
Nitish Rana has an average of 67 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.21 and a high XFactor.
Ishan Kishan has an average of 52 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.09 and a medium XFactor.
KOL vs MUM Dream11 Fantasy Team Suggestion
Wicket-Keepers: Q. De Kock and I. Kishan
Batters: R. Sharma, S. Yadav, N. Rana and S. Gill
All-Rounder: A. Russell
Bowlers: J. Bumrah, T. Boult, P. Cummins and P. Krishna
Captain: R. Sharma
Vice-Captain: S. Yadav
KOL vs MUM (Kolkata vs Mumbai), Match 5 Preview
Kolkata will be up against the Mumbai in the 5th match of the Indian T20 League, 2021. The match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Kolkata have played 1 match in the series and they are currently ranked seventh on the points table, while Mumbai have also played 1 match in the series and they are currently ranked fourth on the points table.
Both teams last played against each other in the Match 32 of the Indian T20 League, 2020 where Pat Cummins scored the highest fantasy points for Kolkata with 74 match fantasy points while Quinton de Kock topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Mumbai with 121 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Kolkata against Hyderabad, Kolkata beat Hyderabad by 10 runs. The top fantasy player for Kolkata was Nitish Rana who scored 119 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Bengaluru, Bengaluru beat Mumbai by 2 wickets. The top fantasy player for Mumbai was Chris Lynn who scored 85 fantasy points.