Utah always demonstrates high-quality play during the season, although there were several failed meetings. “Jazzmen” look confident in almost every game and show the dominant basketball. Utah looks especially powerful at home, where even the strongest teams in the league simply have no chance. Only in the last match they interrupted a fantastic home streak of victories, losing to Washington in a bitter struggle.
The winners of the last 2 seasons of the IPL Mumbai Indians, lost their first match to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which did not allow their opponents to snatch the victory in the match. Despite the fact that they fought valiantly, their defeat in the first game did not come as a big surprise, since this trend has continued for 9 consecutive seasons – the team consistently loses in the first matches. Despite a good start, captain Rohit Sharma still failed to lead his team to victory in the first match of the 2021 season. Australian cricketer Chris Lynn made his long-awaited debut while South African cricketer Quinton de Kock was forced to miss the match due to quarantine. Lynn struggled desperately, managed to score 49 shots with 35 goals, of which he made 4 fours and 3 good sixes. Suryakumar Yadav (31) and Ishan Kishan (28) were forced into the bench as the Mumbai Indians only managed 159/9 in the first innings and Harshal Patel’s brilliant performance further limited the team’s action. Bowlers Jasprit Bumra (2/26), IPL debutant Marco Jansen (2/28) and Krunal Pandya (1/25) had excellent ball control. While Rahula Chahara became the anti-hero of the match as his bowling record was 4-0-43-0. Full Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Chris Lynn, Amolpreet 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 Singh, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar. More IPL predictions can be obtained from the link provided.
