Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors: Batsmen to watch out for (Part 1)
It is said that the Twenty20 format is a batsmen’s game, they have been playing an instrumental role in their team’s victory over the years. With a stronger batting line-up, the chances to win a match increase significantly.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is at its full swing these days, as one big show of the fourth season is scheduled, on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians are all set to take on Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Bettor.com takes a glance at key batting figures of two sides, Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors.
The batting gurus of Mumbai Indians include http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754.
Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly the best player, the World has ever produced. With a quality to score tons in every format of the game, the master blaster’s appetite for runs has been increasing with every passing day.
With an over 21 years of international experience, the maestro is just one century away from his ton of centuries. Tendulkar is leading the table of highest-run getters in the ongoing tournament. In the season IV, the legendary right-hander has scored over
200 runs at a fabulous strike rate of almost 125.
In 47 Twenty20 games, the star batsman has scored 1717 at an average of over-44. The skipper played a pivotal role in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820’s previous IPL campaign, where the team reached the final but failed to win the crown. The Mumbai side is relying heavily on their
skipper, as Tendulkar will be their main spearhead in the batting department.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 is one of the few batsmen in the competition with an aggressive intend plus sound technique. With a knack of finding the gaps with perfection, Sharma mostly depends on his pure timing with the bat.
Sharma shot into the prominence, when he played marvellously as No. 3 batsman in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. Sharma has also shown his class at international level, as he was a key part of India’s World Twenty20 winning squad in 2008.
Sharma has scored over 2000 runs in his 83 Twenty20 games. With an excellent strike rate of over 130, the batsman is capable of making huge damage against any sort of bowling attack.
One of the best Twenty20 players in the Mumbai XI, Sharma will look to give a supporting hand to his captain, Tendulkar, in the batting department.
Andrew Symonds is another stunning batsman in the Mumbai team, who can strike the ball extremely hard with his massive power. Every time, the Australian all-rounder plays his stylish strokes, the ball races away to the boundary within twinkling
of an eye.
Symonds has also played number of blistering innings at international level. The 35-years old batsman is a pure match-winner, who plays so aggressively that even best of the best bowlers fear facing him in the limited-over cricket.
The Twenty20 specialist, Symonds, is just 20 runs short from his 2000 mark in Twenty20 cricket. In his 79 Twenty20 games, the Aussie all-rounder holds an average of 33.55 with an outstanding strike rate of over 150.
Kieron Pollard will also be there to strengthen Mumbai batting line-up. The Windies’ all-rounder knows just one way of batting and that is hitting sixes. With his handy bowling in middle of the innings, Pollard can take game with his brutal
batting in the lower-order.
The right-hander can swing his bat all around the ground and the ball does not take much time to cross the boundary line after being smacked by his bat.
Pollard has played 91 Twenty20 games, in which he scored 1666 runs at an extraordinary strike rate of almost 170. With a vast experience of facing international bowlers, Pollard will definitely will a batsman to watch out for.
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2...
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