MI vs BLR Dream11 Team - IPL 2021 | 9 Apr

It wasn’t a long wait at all as another edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is upon us. We have IPL betting and fantasy cricket options and today, we’re going to talk about Match 1 of the IPL 2021 season. It’s the defending champs Mumbai Indians in action who has won a total of 5 IPL titles, making them the most successful franchise in the history of this tournament so far. They begin today as favourites to win!

They’ll be taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore in this opening game of IPL 2021 and these two teams put up the biggest show each time they play each other. Last year, they played each other twice and both teams won one apiece. In fact, one was even tied which went on to be won by RCB in the succeeding super over. Keep reading for our complete BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) fantasy preview of the MI vs BLR game…

Game details

Series: Indian Premier League 2021.
When: 9th April 2021, 7:30pm IST.
Where: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India.
Capacity: 50,000+
Series position: Round robin stage.

Form (recent first)

MI: –
BLR: –

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Stats that matter

Last 5 games head to head, Mumbai Indians leads 3-2.
Kyle Jamieson – only 3 wickets in last 8 matches.

Mumbai Indians

We think the side is fixed with its overseas players. However, Quinton de Kock who ended with 500+ runs in IPL 2020 is out because he’s still in quarantine, after leaving from national duties. Don’t pick him in your MI vs BLR fantasy team while we think Chris Lynn may slot in to open the innings in his place, along with Ishan Kishan. Pollard, Boult and Nathan Coulter-Nile are expected to be the other overseas players today.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya can’t be left out of your MI vs BLR Dream11 team because he’s matured as a player over the last year or more and has started bowling in the T20 format as well. His variations will make him a very important player, especially with the ball. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav both had a great time in IPL 2020 and with recent international experience, both are expected to continue their run scoring.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

With the Mumbai top order really solid, we don’t want to be picking too many RCB bowlers in our BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) MI vs BLR fantasy team but Yuzvendra Chahal is a must have since he has 121 wickets in 99 career IPL games. Another bowling option is Kyle Jamieson who was paid big bucks in the IPL 2020 Auction and RCB has confirmed they aren’t worried even with his wicketless run in recent weeks.

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The other international options are likely to be AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell and anyone between Adam Zampa and Dan Christian. The latter has had a great last few months and he wants to make a statement in the IPL as well, having last played in IPL 2018. Daniel Sams misses out as he tested positive for coronavirus while Washington Sundar will be one of the biggest bets because he’s done well for Team India in recent games.

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – IPL 2021 Betting

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – IPL 2021 betting
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Mumbai Indians Squad

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Devdutt Padikkal, S. Bharat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Rajat Patidar, Sachin Baby.