The 34th Match of the Indian Premier League is scheduled to play between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday, 23rd September 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Mumbai Indians are known as slow starters and best finishers. We know that Mumbai Indians are a team who can bounce back strongly at any stage of IPL as they have a lot of positive things but they also have some negative things which they have to recover. They leaked plenty of runs in the middle overs of their inning in the previous match against CSK. We are expecting some key changes in their final play 11 squads for this match. Rohit Sharma was missing from the previous match and we are sure that he will lead this team in this match and will open the batting inning with Quinton de Kock but we are not sure about the presence of Hardik Pandya in this match. Krunal Pandya will miss this match is Hardik Pandya may be a part of this match.

Kolkata Knight Riders had a kick start to the second half of IPL but many of us were not expecting it. They are situated in 6th place and another win in this match can move them to the top four. We saw a different approach by KKR as they were in the first half. They adapted the attacking strategy and we saw the result. Shubhman Gill was batting aggressively and was playing fear-less cricket. The debutant, Venkatesh Iyer also batted well like an experienced batsman. Another interesting thing we observed is that KKR send Andre Russell to bat at number three. It is the sign that they will promote Andre Russell in the next matches to up order.

Mumbai Indians had played 28 matches against Kolkata Knight Riders where Mumbai Indians had won 22 matches while Kolkata Knight Riders had won 6 matches.

Mumbai Indians had won three out of five most recent matches played while Kolkata Knight Riders had won also won three out of five recently played matches.

We know that Mumbai Indians is a strong and well-balanced team and have a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on papers. According to our today prediction, Mumbai Indians are the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Mumbai Indians a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• The batting order of Mumbai Indians is strong and experienced
• Kolkata Knight Riders have more strength in their bowling department
• Kolkata Knight Riders are weak when it comes to power-hitting
• Mumbai Indians have depth in the batting and bowling.

Mumbai Indians is overall a strong team than Mumbai Indians. They have the best players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format is part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Mumbai Indians have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Mumbai Indians have a 58% chance to win this match
Kolkata Knight Riders have a 42% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL T20 as we had observed in the previous editions. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL.

The 34th Match of IPL T20, 2021 is going to be held at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting in early overs. We had seen a total score of near about 220 runs in the most recent three matches played here. The track has a good amount of pace and bounce which allows the batsmen for the good cricketing shorts but this ground also has big boundaries which can be a plus point for the bowlers. A score of 180 plus seems to be a par score.

The weather forecast of Abu Dhabi is almost good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Dream11 fantasy team lineup prediction for Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders 34th Match IPL 2021. After checking the latest player’s availability, which players will be part of both teams, the possible tactics that the two teams might use as we had learned from previous seasons of the Indian Premier League to make the best possible Dream11 team.

Date: Thursday, 23rd September 2021
Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 08:00 PM IST (BD)

Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Opened: 2004
Capacity: 20,000
Ends: North End, Pavilion End
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Home to: United Arab Emirates
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 47
Matches won batting first: 22
Matches won bowling first: 25
Average 1st Inns scores: 140
Average 2nd Inns scores: 129
Highest total recorded: 225/7 (20 Ov) by IRE vs AFG
Lowest total recorded: 87/10 (18.3 Ov) by HK vs OMAN
Highest score chased: 166/6 (19.4 Ov) by HK vs AFG
Lowest score defended: 129/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs PAK

Hardik Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Chris Lynn, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Roosh Kalaria, James Neesham, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh, Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard (c), Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.