With two matches scheduled on April 25, 2012, the first
match is between Kings
XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians, which will be played at Punjab Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh. The match will commence at
4.00 PM sharp. This is a very important match for both the teams as they are
confronting each other for the second time in this season. On April 22, Punjab
defeated Mumbai by 6 wickets, which was an embarrassing loss for Mumbai teams
at their own home ground. So this time, the team is looking for revenge whereas
the Punjab team is ready to grab another win to keep up their winning momentum.
Kings XI Punjab has done a
great job on the other night when they were playing against Mumbai. Although
the team missed the Australian veteran Adam Gilchrist on that match because of
his injury, the young domestic players were the main backbone for that win. In
this season so far, the team has bagged three victories and Shaun Marsh is the
main person behind two victories. Mandeep and Saini Singh were outstanding
along with Captain David Hussey, Chawla and Awana. The team has been giving an
improved fielding to restrict the opponent within an average score.
Losing the last match at Wankhede Stadium pushed one of this favorite IPL teams, Mumbai Indians to the
seventh position in the DLF IPL Standings 2012 with a NRR of -0.117. Opener
Franklin was maintaining an excellent partnership of 75 runs from only 36 balls
with wicket keeper Karthik but, the run-out of the stumper turned the match
towards Punjab. Later in the second half, Mumbai bowling squad was not so
effective to restrict Punjab batsmen and finally the match turned out of their
hands. However, this time, the team can rectify their loopholes because they
are now well aware of the trend of Punjab team and this will be an advantage
for Mumbai when they are eyeing to take revenge.
Standing in successive
positions in the Points Table, both the teams have 50-50 chance to get a
victory in today’s match. So, we all have to wait till the end of the match to
see which team upgrades their position in IPL table.
Probable squad for Kings XI Punjab: David Hussey (c), Nitin Saini (wk), Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh,
Azhar Mahmood, Mandeep Singh, David Miller, Piyush Chawla, Harmeet Singh,
Praveen Kumar, Parvinder Awana.
Probable squad for Mumbai Indians: Harbhajan Singh(c), Dinesh Karthik(wk), Sachin Tendulkar, James
Franklin, Rohit Sharma, Richard Levi, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Pragyan
Ojha, Ambati Rayudu, T Suman, Munaf Patel.
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