Mumbai Indians vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 – Match Preview – Champions League T20 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians will take on Yorkshire tonight in a Group B fixture of the Champions League T20 2012 at the Newlands, Cape Town, with both the teams looking to get off the mark in the illustrious competition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 and company were one of the pre-tournament favourites but just like most of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises, the Indians struggled to adjust to the South African conditions in their first match against the
Highveld Lions at Johannesburg.
Mumbai’s skipper has admitted that the Indian players are finding it hard to cope with the bouncy tracks in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757; however, he wants his side to prove a point on alien conditions as well.
The wily off-spinner said, "It's good for cricket. The Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are dominant when they play in their home conditions. Having a tournament here gives a chance to everyone and there are no favourites."
Majority of the Mumbai batsmen were off to promising starts in their opening match but none of them was able to carry on and make the start count. The franchise heavily relies on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309, who scored a run-a-ball 27 and looked threatening
before being cleaned up by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DP-Nannes-c1396. The stylish right-hander must show good form in the remainder of the matches, if the Indians are to qualify for the semi-finals.
Quite interestingly, Australia’s fast bowler, Mitchell Johnson was given a role of a genuine all-rounder in the team, who did not disappoint, scoring a vital 30 and bowling three economical overs. Johnson, Kieron Pollard, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598, being the foreign players, have a major responsibility on their shoulders.
After their loss against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007.
While defending his decision, the off-spinner from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Phangiso-c884, who was bowling beautifully.
"We need to play better cricket. There was a bit of dew, but we can't complain about that. I think we were 20 runs short," Harbhajan expressed. "http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 was the only left-hand batsman we had."
Yorkshire, on the other side of the coin, have massive problems to solve before taking on the defending champions. They would be extremely low on confidence after their thrashing at the hands of Sydney Sixers earlier this week.
Having managed just 96 runs in their allotted 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets, Yorkshire failed to make an impression with the ball as well, allowing the Sixers to chase down the total in just the ninth over of the innings, with
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 smashing their bowling attack to all parts of the ground.
In order to have any chance of keeping their hopes alive in the tournament, Yorkshire will have to raise their game big time as the likes of Mumbai, Chennai Super Kings and Lions can smell blood.
Mumbai will surely start the game as favourites, being a much more experienced team as compared to Yorkshire, who have been hampered by the absence of their premier batsman, Jonny Bairstow.
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