Fantasy Matchday 30: Best XI to pick for today's matches

Chennai Super Kings thrashed Royal Challenger Bangalore by 6 wickets in the first yesterday after restricting them for a paltry score of 127. Jadeja was the unlikely star for CSK picking up three wickets and claiming a man of the match after a long time.

SRH pulled off their best chase in IPL 2018 in the yesterday to go to the top of the IPL 2018 table. Rashid Khan was once again the man of the match for SRH, claiming his second award in four games.

MI face KKR in the first match of the day at Mumbai where it was a low scoring affair in the last game. SRH scored only 118 but MI lost wickets at regular intervals and were bowled out for only 87, the lowest score of IPL 2018. MI are likely to play with the same line up that won them the game vs KXIP. KKR will hope that Rana is fit for the today’s game but Gill stepped up in his absence the last game.

Rinku Singh is expected to make way for him. The break seems to have made KXIP lose momentum as they lost to MI in their last game and they will be looking to bounce back against RR who lost narrowly to DD in the last game. Both teams are expected to play with the same lineup that played the last game.

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

Today’s Best Eleven for MI vs KKR:

1. Suryakumar Yadav - CP

2. Sunil Narine - CP

3. Chris Lynn

4. Rohit Sharma-CP

5. Dinesh Karthik

6. Nitish Rana

7. Andre Russell-CP

8. Hardik Pandya- CP

9. Krunal Pandya

10. Jasprit Bumrah

11. Piyush Chawla

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 in place of those who are not core players.

1. Robin Uthappa

2. Kuldeep Chawla

3. Mayank Markande

4. Mitchell McClenaghan

5. Ishan Kishan

Captain Options:

1. Sunil Narine – The pitch in the last match at MI aided spin and Narine will be lethal in those situations. He will also play in the PP where he will have the opportunity to play a quickfire cameo.

2. Krunal Pandya – He finished off the game in style vs KXIP and can play spin very well. He will definitely pick up wickets in this pitch and will be a very good differential choice as captain.

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Today’s Best Eleven for KXIP Vs RR:

1. KL Rahul - CP

2. Chris Gayle - CP

3. Ajinkya Rahane

4. Karun Nair

5. Jos Buttler - CP

6. Ben Stokes

7. K Gowtham

8. J Archer-CP

9. Andrew Tye

10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman-CP

11. Ankit Rajpoot

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 in place of those who are not core players.

1. Mayank Agarwal

2. Ravichandran Ashwin

3. Shreyas Gopal

4. Marcus Stoinis

5. Jaydev Unadkat

Captain Options

1. Chris Gayle – He has been in great form and he is delivering consistently. If he can see off the threat of Archer, there is another big innings (and huge points) coming your way!

2. Jofra Archer – He has been among the wickets this season bowling very well in the death overs. KXIP’s middle order have not settled down yet and it provides the opportunity for Archer to add to his wicket tally.