IPL 2018: Kiwi pacer Adam Milne offers Mumbai Indians cutting edge against Kolkata Knight Riders

Sudhir Gupta 16:44 09/05/2018
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  • Mumbai Indians will look at the pace of Kiwi pacer Adam Milne for added firepower as they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL on Wednesday.

    Ben Cutting is reliable but the express pace of Milne can rattle Kolkata at the Eden Gardens. Since the Knight Riders’ top-order isn’t exactly awe-inspiring, Mumbai can look to shock them at the top.

    Kolkata pacer Shivam Mavi injured his finger the last game and was replaced by Prasidh Krishna. Dinesh Karthik might be inclined to give Mavi more time to rest as Krishna looked effective in the last game against Mumbai even though he didn’t take any wicket.

    Also, Kolkata might be inclined to push Shubman Gill lower down the order and open with Sunil Narine again.

    Likely line-ups

    Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Robin Uthappa, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Tom Curran

    Mumbai Indians: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, JP Duminy, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah

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