it again against Mumbai in their second match on Tuesday.The purple brigade demonstrated their unseen aggressive side on Sunday under skipper Eoin Morgan. The top-order thrashed the Hyderabad bowlers without showing any mercy and Dinesh Karthik finished the match with explosive shots.
With Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill in great form and having a solid middle-order in Andre Russell, Karthik, Bangladesh superstar Shakib Al Hasan and Morgan, Kolkata definitely have an edge over their opponent.
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On the other hand, Mumbai lost the tournament opener to Bangalore the other but then they are known as the slow starters. Chris Lynn, who was their top-scorer in the last match, and the explosive middle-order consisting Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and the Pandya brothers can prove to be problematic for Kolkata.
Kolkata Squad:
Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.
Mumbai Squad:
Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.
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