2nd leg of IPL 2021 begins in Dubai today; Mumbai Indians to take on Chennai

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Sept 19, 2021: The much-awaited second leg of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) is set to begin today with a high-octane clash between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Dubai International Stadium. The match will start at 7:30 PM Indian time.

During the first leg of IPL 2021, MI had defeated CSK in a high-scoring match, where the defending champions Mumbai chased down the target of 219 and won the match by six wickets.

IPL 2021 was suspended mid-way after the outbreak of second wave of COVID-19 in April-May this year.

The list of replacements of the second leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was officially released on Saturday with Delhi Capitals (DC), Mumbai Indians (MI), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) making changes to their team.

While some of the replacements have already been announced, some were named a day before the resumption of the tournament.

The list of replacements:

Delhi Capitals: Kulwant Khejroliya for M Siddharth; Ben Dwarshuis for Chris Woakes.

Mumbai Indians: Roosh Kalaria for Mohsin Khan.

Punjab Kings: Nathan Ellis for Riley Meredith; Adil Rashid for Jhye Richardson; Aiden Markram for Dawid Malan.

Rajasthan Royals: Tabraiz Shamsi for Andrew Tye; Glenn Phillips for Jofra Archer; Oshane Thomas for Ben Stokes; Evin Lewis for Jos Buttler.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Wanindu Hasaranga for Adam Zampa; Dushmantha Chameera for Daniel Sams; George Garton for Kane Richardson; Tim David for Finn Allen; Akash Deep for Washington Sundar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Sherfane Rutherford for Jonny Bairstow.