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It has been just five months since the Mumbai Indians won their fifth title in Dubai, and the IPL is already back. It’s back, and it’s back in the country again, but in the 2020 edition of the tournament this world-feeling will retain the extraordinary feeling it maintained, because the world hasn’t changed so much in the interim. You may even ask if India, which has recorded more than 1 million new Kovid-19 cases every day since April 4, should host the IPL now.

In these months of epidemics cricket honorable times and strict protocols will answer this question. For now, keep your eyes on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the first stop of a tournament that will be played on a completely neutral ground. If the pitch adapts to its recent nature, it will present Mumbai and Royal Challengers Bangalore a rigorous test of their adaptability.

For different accents, both teams are ready for their high-scoring home field. Chennai is different. All about Chennai spin. Among the 11 Indian pitches since the beginning of 2013, the spinners at MA Chidambaram Stadium have both the best average (19.52) and economy rate (.1.16). If the pitch does not change after India's Test series against England, both teams will choose a third spinner and expect a somewhat exhausted competition to start the tournament.

However, it is still only day 1 of the match, so no predictions - conditions, selection, form, match-ups can be made with any confidence. Instead sit back, switch off your televisions and forget - for a few hours - the world outside your window.

In the news

According to the Mumbai Indians website, Quinton de Kock will not be able to pick in Friday's game after coming from South Africa as he is undergoing a "mandatory seven-day quarantine". Adam Milne will probably be unavailable for the same reason.

Devdutt Padikkal has rejoined the Royal Challengers after recovering from Kovid-19. The opener on Wednesday trained with his teammates and should be fit to play. They will be in addition to Finn Allen and Adam Jampa, who could not complete their quarantine after coming to India.

Probably eleven

Mumbai Indians 1 Rohit Sharma (Capture), 2 Han Shan Kishan (WK), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Hardik Pandya, 5 Keron Pollard, 6 James Neesham, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Nathan Coulter-Neel / Jayant Yadav, 9 Rahul Chah 10 Trent Bolt, 11 Jaspreet Bumrah.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Virat Kohli (Capt.), 2 Angel Padikkal, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Mohammad Azharuddin (WK), Daniel Daniel Christian, Washington Washington Sund, 9 Kyle, 7 Kyle. 10 Mohammad Siraj, 11 Yujvendra Chahal.

Strategy Pont

Where will Glenn Maxwell bat? He fought as a death-over hitter for Kings XI Punjab last season and has been the best for Australia at No. 4 lately, a position that usually gives him some more time to settle at the crease. Given that Maxwell is set to bat before AB de Villiers, he scored an incredible 224.70 in the death over last season but went on to 133.2 in the middle over.

IPL 2021 Rohit Sharma + Virat Kohli 

In recent years, Virat Kohli's strike rate against spin has dropped significantly. It has come down to 117.97 from the beginning of 2013 by pressing 147.99 in three years from 2015 to 2013. Kohli has hinted that he will inaugurate batting during this IPL. If he does, Mumbai could start with Trent Bolt’s left-handed swing from one end and Krunal Pandya or Rahul Chahar - both by removing the ball from the right-hander - on the other hand, gave themselves the option to keep. After a couple of overs by Jesse Bumrah.

Statistics matter

Mumbai have won eight of their last ten meetings with Royal Challengers Bangalore and one of the two games they have lost has been through the Super Over last season. Mumbai, however, have lost their last eight season-openers in the IPL.

Of the six venues for this year's tournament, MA Chidambaram Stadium is Virat Kohli's slowest scoring (strike rate 111.49).

Kartik Krishna Swamy is the Senior Sub-Editor of alwaystimenews.blogspot.com

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