Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors – Match Preview
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 will be leading the Mumbai Indians against Yuvraj Singh’s Pune Warriors on the 20th of April, 2011, at Mumbai.
The Pune Warriors were on a winning streak after defeating the Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803; however, their third match, against the Delhi Daredevils, broke the spell.
The Mumbai Indians’ campaign has been similar, winning their first two matches but tasting defeat in their third. They beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore before losing against the Tuskers.
The Master Blaster has an amazing squad under his command, including several international stars such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, Munaf Patel and Lasith Malinga.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 destroying the Delhi Daredevils, who only managed to post 95 runs on the board. Mumbai chased the target with 8 wickets remaining and 19 balls to spare.
Malinga and Pollard did it for Mumbai in the second match, restricting the Royal Challengers Bangalore to 140 runs. Tendulkar led the chase with support from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 as the Mumbai Indians homed in on the target during the 19th over.
The Mumbai Indians were however, outdone in their third match by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Despite posting a 182-run total, the Mumbai bowlers could not restrict the Tuskers, who won with 8 wickets left and 6 balls to spare.
On the other hand, the Pune Warriors made short work of Kings XI Punjab in their first match. Punjab could only manage 112 runs, which the Warriors chased with relative ease.
Their second match was against the Kochi Tuskers and they won again, chasing the 149 target successfully.
The Warriors faced an unexpected defeat at the hands of the Delhi Daredevils in their third match, having posted a total of 187 runs, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881, took it away.
Despite the fact that Pune lost the match, it can hardly be held against them, the massive total they posted was testament to their batting prowess.
The battle between Mumbai and Pune promises to be a thrilling one, Pune’s batting line-up is quite impressive with the likes of Jesse Ryder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 himself.
Mumbai on the other hand, poses a formidable challenge for Pune in the form of an equally impressive bowling attack comprising names such as Lasith Malinga, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987 and Harbhajan Singh.
The Pune bowling attack, though unimpressive in terms of famous names, has performed fairly well so far, though they could not defend the 187-run total against the Delhi Daredevils.
The Mumbai Indians have a strong batting line-up, more so than the Daredevils, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacobs-c65213 amassed a massive 182-run total in their last match against the Kochi Tuskers.
Yuvraj Singh will be looking to maintain the aggressive approach of his team, since the Pune Warriors have been relentlessly performing, be it batting, bowling or fielding. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JD-Ryder-c1679, Pune’s star batsman, has the highest strike-rate (200) amongst players having over a 100 runs in this season.
Tendulkar on the other hand, has a better pick when it comes to names, his team is capable of scoring well against any bowling line-up and he leads them from the front, the Master Blaster has remained unbeaten in all three matches he has played so far, leading by example.
Mumbai Indians are definitely the stronger side prima facie, but the Pune Warriors can be very dominating with their aggression, It should be an interesting competition, especially the Mumbai bowling attack pitched up against the raw batting prowess of the Warriors.
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