No Eden, but Iyer’s den!
Updated On: 26 March, 2022 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Harit Joshi
Kolkata Knight Riders, like Chennai Super Kings, can’t enjoy any home comfort, but they do have a captain playing on familiar soil in Game One of IPL-15 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai tonight
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The Indian Premier League’s 15th edition will get underway today with a host of new aspects. Two new teams will make an appearance and 70 league matches will be hosted across three stadiums in Mumbai and one in Pune. And for the first time, two new captains will open the proceedings; Ravindra Jadeja leading the Chennai Super Kings and Shreyas Iyer captaining the Kolkata Knight Riders as the last year’s IPL finalists take the field under the Wankhede Stadium floodlights. Mumbai-based Iyer could enjoy the comfort of playing on his homeground.
While CSK are in a position to play their best XI, barring Moeen Ali’s unavailability due to a mandatory three-day quarantine, KKR are worst hit with Australian stars Aaron Finch and Pat Cummins on national duty in Pakistan and New Zealand pacer Tim Southee set to miss the opening game after joining the team bubble late due to his marriage. KKR’s poor record at the Wankhede could be another concern with just one win from 11 games. However, their coach Brendon McCullum is not sweating over this Wankhede track record. “We look to go in with a heavy Indian seam bowling line-up. Umesh Yadav was a good pick in the auction. He is a wicket-taker and his statistics in the Powerplay are quite good,” he said on Friday.
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