Fantasy Matchday 28, KXIP Vs MI: Best XI to pick for today's match

Kolkata Knight Riders comfortably beat Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets yesterday at Eden Gardens, to move just ahead of Kings XI to third, due to a superior NRR, but Kings XI have played two fewer matches.

Sunil Narine was rightly awarded the man of the match for a wonderful spell of 2-20 and a quick-fire 30 with the bat. Shubman Gill top-scored for KKR with an unbeaten knock of 57 and Karthik finished it off in style for KKR, scoring an unbeaten 45 of just 17 balls, helping KKR boost their net run rate.

KXIP are playing a game after a week and they will be facing MI in their new home, Indore. MI have to win all their remaining games to have a chance of qualifying and they will definitely be up for it today. KXIP meanwhile have a chance to move to the top spot with a huge win today and they will be fresh from a 7-day break.

Stoinis is likely to come in for Finch, and MI are likely to play with the same eleven as their last game in case Lewis has not recovered from his injury. This game is a very good chance for you to score a lot of points if you make the right moves as both teams have power hitters in the top order and bowlers who pick up wickets even if they get hit for runs.

Here’s our suggestion for the playing xi in today’s game (5 core players who are a must have for today’s game are marked as “CP”).

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Today’s Best Eleven for Starpick:

1. KL Rahul (11.2 M- 201 Points) - CP

2. Chris Gayle (10.8 M- 180 Points) - CP

3. Suryakumar Yadav (10.5 M- 208.5 Points) - CP

4. Rohit Sharma (9.8 M- 165 Points) - CP

5. Manoj Tiwary (6.7 M- 6.5 Points)

6. JP Duminy (6.9 M – 18 Points)

7. Hardik Pandya (9.5 M- 214 Points) - CP

8. Marcus Stoinis (7.2 M- 22.5 Points)

9. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (9.2 M- 103 Points)

10. Mitchell Mcclenaghan (8.8 M- 98 Points)

11. Ankit Rajpoot (9.1 M- 95.5 Points)

Alternate Options

There are alternate options for the players who have not been listed under the Core players in the above eleven. You can consider these players in your team but ensure that you are able to accommodate them in your available budget!

1. Ishan Kishan (9.6 M- 141 Points)

2. Krunal Pandya (10.1 M -193.5 Points)

3. Mayank Markande (9.2 M- 142 Points)

4. Andrew Tye (9.9 M- 126 Points)

5. Karun Nair (10.3 M- 151.5 Points)

Captain Options:

1. Chris Gayle – The name is enough and it is hard to look beyond him for options as captain. He is in great form, fresh from a week-long break and determined to take the bowlers to the cleaners.

2. Rohit Sharma – He is also capable of scoring you as many points as Gayle when he gets going. He often performs during crunch games for MI and the MI captain has to lead from the front if they have any chance of qualifying. He is a very good option in case MI are batting first.

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