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MI vs KXIP Dream11 Prediction:
Mumbai Indians will face off Kings XI Punjab in the 36th match of Indian Premier League 2020 in Dubai tonight. Mumbai with six wins from eight matches is at second place in the standings and are on a five match’s winning streak and will look to extend it. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab who have only two wins from eight matches is coming with a win and will look to continue their winning momentum which they regained in the last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Match Details :
Match : MI vs KXIP, Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, Dream11 IPL, Match 36
Date : 18 October 2020
Time : 7.30 PM IST
Venue : Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Form Guide (Most Recent First) :
Mumbai Indians – W, W, W, W, W, L, W, L
Kings XI Punjab – W, L, L, L, L, L, W, L
Average Score : Average Score at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai in T20 format – 157
Last Match at this venue –
Royal Challengers Bangalore (179/3) beat Rajasthan Royals (177/6) by 7 wickets.
MI vs KXIP Today Match Prediction Team News :
Mumbai Indians’ strength is their depth in batting as well as in bowling. Their opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma is fine form and gives good start and the middle order of Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard have been good so far so their whole batting line up is in form. In bowling Trent Boult has been amazing with the new ball and Jasprit Bumrah is doing his job in middle and death overs. In the spin department Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar have come back in form and on slow pitches they will be very crucial.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab’s strength is their opening pair of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal who are scoring runs for fun and have scored around 800 runs between them so far. And the addition of Chris Gayle has strengthened them further and Pooran is also in good form so their top four is very dangerous and can smash any bowling attack. In the bowling Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi and Murugan Ashwin have been good so far. Youngster Arshdeep Singh too has impressed and now Chris Jordan is also bowling well so that’s a good sign for their death overs bowling.
MI Team News :
1. Mumbai Indians is sitting on 2nd position with 12 points from 8 matches in the points table.
2. Mumbai Indians is expected to continue with the same playing 11 who played against Kolkata Knight Riders in the last match.
KXIP Team News :
1. Kings XI Punjab is sitting at 8th position with 4 points from 8 matches in the points table.
2. Kings XI Punjab is coming with a win and they will look to continue with the same playing 11 for this match.
MI vs KXIP Dream 11 Prediction Playing 11 :
MI Playing 11 (Probable) :
Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
KIXP Playing 11 (Probable) :
KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Murugan Ashwin
MI vs KXIP Dream11 IPL Match Prediction :
MI vs KXIP Dream11 Team :
Wicket Keepers : Q de Kock, KL Rahul, N Pooran
Batsmen : R Sharma, S Yadav, M Agarwal
All rounders : K Pandya
Bowlers : J Bumrah, R Chahar, C Jordan, M Ashwin
Captain and Vice Captain :
Following players can be picked as captain or vice captain of MI vs KXIP Dream11 teams.
KL Rahul : Captain of Kings XI Punjab is scoring runs for fun and has already smashed more than 400 runs in 8 innings and given his form he should be an automatic pick for fantasy teams.
Quinton de Kock : After a poor start Quinton de Kock is back among runs and has scored fifties in three of the last four innings and once again he will look to give an explosive start to his team.
Mayank Agarwal : He has been most impactful opener of this IPL season. He has scored more than 350 runs at a strike rate of 160 and given his form and confidence we can expect yet another good knock.
Rohit Sharma : Captain of Mumbai Indians hasn’t played a big knock in the last 3-4 matches but he is getting starts and will look to convert this time and in first meeting against Punjab he played a good knock of 70 odd runs.
X Factors or Valuable Picks :
Following players can be good picks for MI vs KXIP Dream 11 Prediction teams who can help in winning in grand leagues.
Suryakumar Yadav : He has been in good form this season. Has smashed 243 runs in 8 innings and in two of the last three innings he scored fifty plus score and in this current form he should continue to scoring runs batting at number 3.
Chris Gayle : The Universe Boss is back with a bang as he played a good match winning knock of 53 runs against his former team RCB in the last match and he will look to continue from where he left. And his record against Mumbai Indians is pretty good as he has over 600 runs against them at an average of 40 plus. Although he needs to be careful against the high pace of Mumbai’s bowlers.
MI vs KXIP Dream11 Teams Today IPL Match Prediction MI vs KXIP Who will win :
We have discussed about Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab and considering all factors our MI vs KXIP Dream11 today match prediction is that Mumbai Indians is a better team and also their form is very good so they’re the favourite for this match. And both the sides would love to bat first and a score of 180 plus will be a good total on this Dubai’s pitch and here are the odds for this match.
Bet365 : Mumbai Indians – 1.61, Kings XI Punjab – 2.30
Betway : Mumbai Indians – 1.57, Kings XI Punjab – 2.25