PREVIEW: MUMBAI INDIANS V KINGS XI PUNJAB ON APRIL 22, 2012

In the IPL season, weekends are always very colorful and exciting for all IPL viewers. Tomorrow there are two matches; the first is between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This match will commence at 4.00 PM IST. Both the teams are almost at the same level, Mumbai being one level above Punjab. This is the sixth match for both the teams and so both will struggle to get another win to upgrade their respective positions in the Points Table of IPL 2012.

Mumbai Indians has been considered as one of the strongest team in this IPL but still, it is occupying the 6^th position in the table followed by Punjab. With a strong batting and bowling lineup, Mumbai Indians is a potential team but they haven’t yet played an outstanding innings in this tournament. They have won 3 matches and lost 2 with a NRR of -0.088. So this time, they need to bag another victory to retain their original level. Punjab team is not a very strong opponent for Mumbai and so they may get the victory easily.

Punjab on the other side is just below Mumbai with a NRR of -0.585. Among their six matches, they have won only 2 matches and so it is a very important match for them to get another victory. However, if Mumbai can come up with a good score, then batsmen like Gilchrist and Hussey have to be in their outstanding form to chase a good score. But Gilchrist’s presence is yet a doubt because of his injury. Harmeet Singh and Piyush Chawla are the assets of the bowling squad of this team and they have proved their capabilities in most of the matches. They need to be more attacking in tomorrow’s match to pick up some wickets in the beginning to create a pressure over Mumbai and to restrict the score within 130 to 140.

Probable squad for Mumbai Indians: Harbhajan Singh(c), Dinesh Karthik(wk), Sachin Tendulkar, James Franklin, Lasith Malinga, Richard Levi,  Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Pragyan Ojha, Ambati Rayudu, T Suman, Munaf Patel.

Probable squad for Kings XI Punjab: David Hussey/Adam Gilchrist(c), Nitin Saini(wk), Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, Azhar Mahmood, Mandeep Singh, David Miller,  Piyush Chawla, Harmeet Singh, Praveen Kumar,  Parvinder Awana.

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