After an overwhelming atmosphere of
excitement, sentiments and emotional issues, the first match between Pune Warriors India
and Kolkata Knight Riders was
played in Kolkata on May 5. Today, on May 19, 2012, Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium,
Pune will host the second match between these two teams. This match is the
second game of the day which will commence at 8.00 PM sharp.
Whether Pune Warriors wins
or loses i this match, it will hardly make any difference to the fate of this
team in this IPL campaign because an array of defeats for Pune has already knocked
this team out of the playoffs. This is just a pre-scheduled match for the team
where they will play just for pride. Moreover the name of this team has come up
in match fixing issue as one of their players; Mohnish Mishra is involved in
this scandal and has been suspended. On the other hand, when there is no
prospect for this team in this tournament, some of their foreign players have
already set off for their country.
On the other hand, Kolkata
Knight Riders has also secured their position in the IPL 2012 semi-finals. So
there is no such importance in this match and Gambhir may drop some of his best
players for this match because they are concentrating on the semi-final match
at the moment. However, one more win in this match can secure their second
position or can also give them the table topper rank in the DLF
IPL Standings 2012 if Delhi
loses their last game against Punjab in the first match of the day.
Although this is the last
match for both the teams in this IPL before the playoffs, there is no such hype
or tension surrounding this match like the other matches that are going on at
this stage of this IPL because the fate of both the teams are already
determined. With no such beneficial outcome in the match, Pune ground is still
ready to enjoy this match with full enthusiasm as they are eyeing for revenge.
Probable XIs for Pune
Warriors India: Saurav
Ganguly (C), Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa (Wk), Anustup Majumdar, Angelo
Mathews, Steven Smith, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Alfonso Thomas, Rahul Sharma, Krishnakant
Upadhyay, Ashish Nehra.
Probable XIs for Kolkata
Knight Riders: Gautam
Gambhir (C), Brendon McCullum (Wk), Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan,
Debabrata Das, Laxmi Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Iqbal Abdullah,
Marchant De Lange.
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