Mumbai v Kolkata : Mumbai batsmen to watch out for
Mumbai Indians are scheduled to meet Kolkata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders (KKR) in the 70th Indian Premier League game at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
The Twenty20 format of cricket is considered to be a batsman’s game. Therefore, Bettor.com takes a glance at the batting gurus of the two fascinating sides.
Mumbai Indians’ strong batting line-up includes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754.
Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly the best batsman the World has ever produced. With the quality to score tons in every format of the game, the master blaster’s appetite for runs is commendable.
With an over 21 years of international experience, the maestro is just one century away from his ton of international centuries.
Mumbai’s highest run-getter so far in the tournament, Tendulkar has scored 439 runs in 13 matches of the ongoing season.
In 57 Twenty20 games, the star batsman has scored 1955 runs at an average of almost 40.
The MI skipper played a pivotal role in Mumbai’s previous IPL campaign, where the team reached the final but unluckily failed to win the title.
The Mumbai side is relying heavily on their skipper and the legendary batsman will be their http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Main-c73911 spearhead in the batting department.
Rohit Sharma is one of the few batsmen in the competition with an aggressive instinct coupled with sound technique. With a knack of finding the gaps with perfection, Sharma mostly depends on pure timing rather than power.
Sharma shot into the prominence, when he played at the third spot 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, being part of India’s World Twenty20 winning squad in 2007.
Sharma has scored 2368 runs in his 93 Twenty20 games with an excellent strike rate of over 131.
One of the best Twenty20 players in the Mumbai XI, Sharma is the backbone of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820’s middle-order.
Andrew Symonds is another stunning batsman in the Mumbai team, who can strike the ball extremely hard.
Symonds has played a number of blistering innings at the international level. The 35-year-old batsman is a true match-winner, who plays so aggressively that even best of the best bowlers fear facing him in the limited-overs format.
A Twenty20 specialist, Symonds has played 89 games in which he has scored 2115 runs at an outstanding strike rate of a little under 150.
Kieron Pollard will also be there to strengthen the Mumbai batting line-up. The West Indians all-rounder knows his way with the bat and with his handy bowling, Pollard can take away any game.
Pollard has played 101 Twenty20 games and scored 1936 runs at an extraordinary strike rate of 165.40. With a vast experience of facing international bowlers, Pollard http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 definitely be a batsman to watch out for in the crucial game against KKR.
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