After giving an overall impressive performance in the league
matches, Mumbai Indians
succeeded to retain their third position in the Points Table and now when they
are in the playoffs, this is the time for them to play a massive innings
against Chennai Super Kings in the Eliminator match to smoothen their way to
the final. This match will be played at M
Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on May 23, 2012 from 8.00 PM sharp.
Since the beginning of IPL 5, Mumbai Indians have been in
the limelight as they clashed Chennai in their home ground at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in the inaugural match of this season.
Mumbai got a fabulous win by 8 wickets. Later, when these two teams confronted
for the second time at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, Chennai was again defeated by
2 wickets. Based on these statistical reports, Mumbai is a favorite for
tomorrow’s match. Not very explosive and not too disappointing, Mumbai Indians
played in a consistent way throughout the series to pave their way into the playoffs.
Throughout this league, Mumbai Indians have got a number of
marginal wins and finally out of the 16 matches, they bagged 10 victories. Rohit Sharma has been the lead
scorer for this team this season with 419 runs. In some of the matches, he has
been outstanding with some explosive innings for his team. Rayadu has been
another such maestro player who has also contributed a lot for teams win. But
the master blaster veteran and the former captain of this team, Sachin Tendulkar
has not been so good in bat this season barring a couple of matches. Dwayne
Smith has proved himself as an explosive batsman in the last match against
Rajasthan Royals and he has also been in a formidable form throughout the
league.
While the batting order struggled in some of the matches,
the bowling department has never faced any trouble like that as Lasith Malinga
and RP Singh have never allowed it but have created trouble for opponent team
with their attacking bowling. From 13 matches in the league stage, Malinga
picked 22 wickets to keep his team in a secured place as long as bowling is
concerned. Amidst these batsmen and bowlers, Kieron Pollard has come out as an
X-factor for this team and in any precarious situation; he has always appeared
as a shield for this team. With 204 runs and 15 wickets from league matches,
Pollard has proved himself as an ideal T20 all-rounder.
If all these players are ready to be in their best forms
tomorrow to grace the Bangalore cricket ground, then it is very difficult for
Chennai to make a way through this. Moreover, according to a bookie, Paf, the
odds on a win for Mumbai is 17/20 whereas, bookies like William Hill, BetFred
and Bet365 are offering 4/5 odds on Mumbai’s victory. All these bookies predict
a 52.39% chance for Mumbai to come out as a winner to play in Qualifier 2.
PROBABLE XIs FOR MUMBAI INDIANS: Harbhajan Singh (c), James
Franklin, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh
Karthik (wk), Kieron Pollard, Dhawal Kulkarni, RP Singh, Lasith Malinga.
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