Deccan Chargers vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians – IPL 5 – Match Preview
The ninth match of the lucrative Indian Premier League sees Deccan Chargers taking on the Mumbai Indians, with both teams looking to bounce back from their previous losses and conjure up a win at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, today, April 9, 2012.
The hosts were disappointing in their season’s opener against Chennai Super Kings and surrendered easily by a massive 74-run margin. After opting to field, the Chargers failed to stem the flow of runs despite managing to get regular breakthroughs. Their domestic recruits have been the weak links so far, as all of them have been pretty mediocre.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Scott-Lehmann-c52487, their coach, to rethink the team's strategy of going in with an out-and-out pace attack
The batting performance was also nothing to rave about, with the highest score being 23, made by skipper Cameron White as the Chargers folded on a disappointing 119 in reply to the 193 put on by their opponents.
They will be boosted with the return of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at home and will need to overcome exhaustion and perform to his usual best.
The other change will see spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, more or less, will always aid the slow bowlers.
The overseas signings will again include http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Harris-c1310 is expected to make way for Sangakkara as the Deccan franchise hope to register their first points of the campaign.
Their opponents, Mumbai Indians, suffered a surprising loss against Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 after convincingly beating the reigning champions in the opening game of the tournament. Nonetheless, the team is packed with experienced overseas and national stars, all of whom will be keen to get back to winning ways.
It is hard to criticize the Mumbai outfit after just one defeat but their weakness lies in the composition of their batting order. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 missed the last game and expected to stay on the sidelines after failing to recover from the finger injury he sustain against Chennai.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 up the order, allowing them to make full use of his power-hitting.
The bowling line is firing on all cylinders, with the fiery nature of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198.
Both teams played each other twice last year, with Deccan winning at Mumbai before losing comprehensively on their home turf.
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