Rohit, Krunal blitz keeps Mumbai Indians alive

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Mumbai Indians 176 for 4 (Suryakumar 51, Krunal 31*, Rohit 24*) beat Kings XI Punjab 174 for 6 (Gayle 50, Stoinis 29*, Bumrah 1-19) by six wickets

Rohit Sharma and Krunal Pandya put up a match-winning 56-run stand BCCI

Mumbai Indians are on a cliff edge, but not yet weak enough to be pushed off just yet. Rohit Sharma and Krunal Pandya's unbeaten 56-run stand off 21 deliveries helped them chase down 175 with four balls to spare, after Kings XI Punjab had the upper hand for the most part of the game.

Needing 50 off four overs, Ashwin threw the ball to Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who had picked up two wickets and caused Mumbai's batsmen much trouble. Rohit responded by hitting him for two sixes. The floodgates truly opened when Marcus Stoinis missed his lengths in the next over as Krunal got stuck in to take 20. This brought the target within touching distance, with four leg byes off a missed heave sealing Mumbai's third win in nine matches.

The Gayle-Rahul party continues

Mumbai had a plan for Chris Gayle: to hit hard lengths, target his rib cage, and not give him anything full or wide in his hitting arc. Gayle had scored one off eight balls as a result. His fluency was missing and KL Rahul, who began with a sparkling inside-out six over extra cover off Mitchell McClenaghan, was denied strike. But by hitting Hardik Pandya for three fours in the fourth over, Gayle caught up to get Kings XI going again. His hoist of McClenaghan for a 92-metre six that cleared the roofs at deep square-leg marked his arrival.

Kings XI had averaged 59 in the Powerplay coming into this game. They were slower today - 49 for 0 - but the openers eventually brought up their fifth fifty-plus partnership of the season. They were soon separated, though, when Rahul picked out JP Duminy at deep midwicket off Mayank Markande's half-tracker in the seventh over.

Yuvraj continues to struggle

Yuvraj's Smart Strike Rate of 40.32 was the poorest among 51 batsmen who have faced at least 50 balls this season. He started slowly again after being promoted to No. 3, making just five off his first nine balls. Yuvraj then smacked Krunal for six over deep midwicket, but that was the only highlight of another rusty effort as he was run out after a second mix-up with Karun Nair. Yuvraj's efforts: a run-a-ball 14, taking his season's tally to 34 in six innings. The move to drop Manoj Tiwary after just one game looking even more baffling.

Mumbai's poor finish

Jasprit Bumrah was superb in the Powerplay, and superb in the death; his figures of 4-0-19-1 were his best so far this season. But Mumbai still did not get the finish they wanted. After restricting Kings XI to 135 for 5, they conceded 39 off the last three overs. Two nights ago in Bengaluru, their final over, bowled by McClenaghan, went for 24. Here, Marcus Stoinis scored 21 off the last over, from Hardik. Stoinis finished with 29 off 15 and Kings XI had momentum, even though they may have been 20 runs short.

Kings XI use spin upfront

While Mumbai bowled only five overs of spin, Kings XI bowled those many in the first eight overs. R Ashwin, who kept Evin Lewis and Ishan Kishan quiet, bowled three. Then Mujeeb struck with his fourth delivery in the sixth over, when Lewis nicked a skidder to Rahul. Ashwin eventually bowled out by the 11th over, with Mumbai needing 99 off 54. Suryakumar Yadav scored a quick half-century even as a watchful Kishan, trying to overcome a slump of three ducks in five innings, played himself in. When it got to a point where they had to go, Suryakumar fell to an ugly hoick.

Rohit's batting position

Yuvraj batting at No. 3 and Axar Patel at No. 5 weren't the only surprises of the night. Mumbai played Hardik at No. 4 ahead of Rohit, who had smashed 118 off 43 against Sri Lanka in his previous T20I in Indore. On Friday, Rohit came in at No. 5 after Kishan fell, with Mumbai needing 75 off 42.

Hardik's 13-ball 23 ensured Mumbai kept up with the asking rate, but his dismissal brought Krunal to the crease. And then Kings XI lost their lengths. Stoinis, playing in place of Aaron Finch, bowled three slower length balls and a full toss to concede three fours and a six in the 17th over, as Krunal used the depth of the crease on a true surface and found the leg-side boundary. He finished on 31 off 12 balls, Rohit on 24 off 15, and Mumbai had six points, same as the three teams below them in the league.

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Mumbai Indians 176 for 4 (Suryakumar 51, Krunal 31*, Rohit 24*) beat Kings XI Punjab 174 for 6 (Gayle 50, Stoinis 29*, Bumrah 1-19) by six wickets

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Mumbai Indians are on the edge, but not yet ready to be pushed off the cliff just yet. Rohit Sharma and Krunal Pandya's unbeaten 56-run stand off just 21 deliveries helped them pull off a 175 chase with four balls to spare, after Kings XI Punjab had the upper hand for most parts.

Needing 50 off four overs, Ashwin threw the ball to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who had picked up two wickets and caused Mumbai's batsmen much trouble. Rohit responded by hitting him for two sixes. The floodgates truly opened when Andrew Tye missed his lengths in the next over as Krunal got stuck in to take 20. This brought the chase within touching distance, with four leg byes off a missed heave delivering their third win in nine matches.

Gayle-Rahul party continues

On Friday, Mumbai came up with a clear plan against Chris Gayle: to hit hard lengths, target his rib cage and not give him any width to swing or bowl full in his hitting arc. This left Gayle on one off eight balls at one stage. The fluency was missing, the timing was off and KL Rahul, who began with a sparkling inside-out six over extra cover off Mitchell McClenaghan was denied strike. But in hitting Hardik Pandya for three fours in the fourth over, Gayle caught up to get Kings XI back up again. His hoisting of Mitchell McClenaghan for a 92-metre six that cleared the roofs at deep square leg marked his arrival.

Kings XI averaged 59 in the Powerplay coming into this game. Here, they were only marginally slower: 49 for 0, but considering how dangerous the pair have been so far - four fifty-plus opening stands coming into the game - they would've taken it. They brought up their fifth fifty-plus score, but were soon separated when Rahul picked out JP Duminy at deep midwicket off Mayank Markande's half-tracker in the seventh over.

No end to Yuvraj's struggle

Yuvraj's Smart Strike Rate of 40.32 this season was the poorest among 51 batsmen who've faced at least 50 balls this season. He started slowly again after being promoted to No. 3, making just five off the first nine balls he faced. Then he smacked Krunal, perhaps held back to negate the Gayle effect, for six over deep midwicket, but that was the highlight in another rusty effort as he was run-out after a second mix-up with Karun Nair. Yuvraj's efforts: a run-a-ball 14, taking his season's tally to 34 runs in six innings, the move to drop Manoj Tiwary after just one game looking even more baffling.

Mumbai's poor finish

Jasprit Bumrah was superb in the Powerplay, superb in the death; his figures of 4-0-19-1 his best so far this season. But that didn't translate into the finish Mumbai would've wanted. After strangulating Kings XI to 135 for 5, they conceded 39 off the last three. Two nights ago in Bengaluru, their final over, bowled by McClenaghan, went for 24. Here, Marcus Stoinis took the final over by Hardik for 21. He finished with 29 off 15 as Kings XI had momentum, even if they may have felt 20 lighter.

Kings XI go spin upfront

Where Mumbai bowled all of five overs of spin, Kings XI bowled those many in the first eight itself. R Ashwin, who kept Evin Lewis and Ishan Kishan quiet, bowled three of those. Then Mujeeb struck off his fourth delivery in the sixth over when Lewis nicked a skidder to Rahul. Kings XI had a tight lid on the runs. Ashwin eventually bowled out by the 11th, with Mumbai needing 99 off 54. Suryakumar Yadav held fort to construct a quick half-century, even as a watchful Kishan, trying to overcome a mini-slump after three ducks in five innings, played himself in. When it got to a point where they had to go, Suryakumar fell to an ugly hoick with Rahul taking a swirler to mount pressure.

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Shashank Kishore is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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Ipl 2018 Kings Xi Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians In Indore Live And Updates

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• इस साल मुंबई इंडियंस ने 22.58 के औसत से सर्वाधिक 58 विकेट लिए हैं
• केएल राहुल ने इस सीजन में पावरप्ले में 185.71 की स्ट्राइक रेट से 208 रन बनाए है

इंदौर. होल्कर क्रिकेट स्टेडियम में शुक्रवार को मुंबई इंडियंस का सामना टॉप 4 में शामिल किंग्स इलेवन पंजाब से होगा। मुंबई के लिए मुकाबला करो या मरो का है। रोहित शर्मा की टीम ने इस सीजन में 8 मैच खेले हैं और 6 में हारी है। प्वाइंट टेबल में टीम 4 अंकों के साथ सबसे नीचे आठवीं पोजिशन पर है। अभी इस टीम को 6 मैच और खेलने है। खिताब की दौड़ में बने रहने के लिए उसे सभी मैच जीतने होंगे।

4 साल पहले इन्हीं हालात में थी मुंबई, जीता था खिताब

- 2014 में भी मुंबई ऐसे ही हालात में थी, जैसे अब हैं। 8 मैचों में उसके 4 अंक थे। बाकी 6 मैच में 5 जीतकर टीम ने 14 अंक हासिल किए और टॉप 4 में शामिल हो गई। राजस्थान के भी 14 अंक थे लेकिन वो रनरेट में पिछड़ गई और पांचवें नंबर पर रही। इसके बाद मुंबई ने इस सीजन में आईपीएल भी जीता। रोहित की टीम इस बार भी यही प्रदर्शन दोहराने की उम्मीद कर रही है।

होल्कर स्टेडियम में मुंबई से पिछला मुकाबला हारी है पंजाब

- पंजाब की टीम एक सप्ताह के आराम के बाद मैदान पर उतरेगी। उसने अपना आखिरी मैच 26 अप्रैल को सनराइजर्स हैदराबाद के खिलाफ खेला, जिसमें उसे हार मिली थी।

- मुंबई की टीम ने होल्कर स्टेडियम में पिछले साल किंग्स इलेवन को हराया था। रोहित की टीम ने 199 रन के टारगेट को 15.3 ओवर में हासिल कर लिया था।

पंजाब vs मुंबई

कुल मैच	पंजाब	मुंबई
20	10	10
1(होल्कर स्टेडियम में)	0	1

संभावित टीमें:

मुंबई इंडियंस:सूर्यकुमार यादव, ईशान किशन (विकेटकीपर), जेपी डुमिनी, रोहित शर्मा (कप्तान), कीरोन पोलार्ड, हार्दिक पंड्या, क्रुणाल पंड्या, बेन कटिंग, मिशेल मैक्लेनाघन, मयंक मार्कंडे, जसप्रीत बुमराह, मुस्तफिजुर रहमान, राहुल चाहर, इविन लुईस, सौरभ तिवारी, प्रदीप सांगवान, तजिंदर सिंह, शरद लम्बा, सिद्धेश लाड, आदित्य तारे, अकिला धनंजय, अनुकुल रॉय, मोहसिन खान, एमडी निद्धेश, एडम मिल्ने।

किंग्स इलेवन पंजाब: लोकेश राहुल (विकेटकीपर), क्रिस गेल, मयंक अग्रवाल, करुण नायर, एरॉन फिंच, मनोज तिवारी, रविचंद्रन अश्विन (कप्तान), एंड्रयू टाय, बरिंदर सरन, अंकित राजपूत, मुजीब उर रहमान, अक्षर पटेल, युवराज सिंह, डेविड मिलर, मार्कस स्टोइनिस, मोहित शर्मा, अक्षदीप नाथ, बेन डॉरसिस, प्रदीप साहू, मयंक डागर, मंजूर डार।

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Mumbai Indians in danger of being knocked out

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Kings XI Punjab: lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs, beat Delhi Daredevils by four runs, beat Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets

Mumbai Indians: lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 14 runs, beat Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets, lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 31 runs

Big Picture

People of Indore - with the Marathi influence on the city - like to believe they live in "Little Mumbai". It is way closer to Mumbai than it is to any city in Punjab. Yet Mumbai Indians come to Indore as the away team looking to survive in the tournament, playing form team, Kings XI Punjab.

With five wins in seven matches, Kings XI are not too far from the playoffs, but they are coming off a week-long break. Mumbai, meanwhile, will want to get off the treadmill of defeat; they need to win every match from now.

It is well reported that the last few balls of an innings, or game, have cost Mumbai. Three times they have lost in the last over of the match, in another they bowled a bad last ball for 13 runs, which proved to be a bridge too far when they chased. There is no room for any allowances now.

This will be a contest between a side looking to make use of every small resource available to it and a side so rich with resources it can afford to have a surplus player in its XI in the hope that when he comes good, he wins them a match off his own bat. Kings XI have been a revelation, Mumbai are looking to rediscover themselves.

In the news

With a one-week break behind them, Kings XI should have a fit and hungry Chris Gayle at the top of the order.

Kieron Pollard is precariously placed in Mumbai's XI. A match after he was finally dropped, the West Indian made an unsuccessful return to the side, scoring a run-a-ball 13. There is uncertainty around Evin Lewis as well considering his wrist injury.

Previous meeting

Remarkably these sides are meeting for the first time this season.

Likely XIs

Kings XI Punjab: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 KL Rahul (wk), 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Karun Nair, 5 Aaron Finch, 6 Manoj Tiwary, 7 R Ashwin (capt.), 8 Andrew Tye, 9 Barinder Sran, 10 Ankit Rajpoot, 11 Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Mumbai Indians: 1 Suryakumar Yadav, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Rohit Sharma (capt.), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Ben Cutting, 9 Mitchell McClenaghan, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Strategy punt

If Mumbai open with Rohit Sharma, they could force Mujeeb ur Rahman - legspin v Rohit is always a bowler-friendly match-up - to bowl sooner than Kings XI would want him to bowl.

Stats that matter

• Over 10 seasons, these two sides have an even record of 10 wins and losses against each other. The head-to-head between them over the last three seasons has been 1-1.

• Pollard has faced only 70 balls in six innings this season; Aaron Finch has faced only 16 over five innings.

• In 25 balls faced from Mitchell McClenaghan, KL Rahul has scored a healthy 42 runs, but has also been dismissed twice.

• Chris Gayle has struck at 169.4 per 100 balls of spin this IPL without being dismissed; he still has a solid strike-rate of 154.8 against pace but has got out twice to the quicks.

Fantasy pick

Krunal Pandya is a floater. He could bat high up in the order, and he will be bowling his left-arm spin against a line-up full of right-hand batsmen, except Chris Gayle.

Quotes

"We have six games left, and we have to win them all. That is what we have to do. I still believe when you look at our squad, we have key players who can win us six games in a row. We have done it in the past, and I believe we can do it again."
Shane Bond, Mumbai Indians' bowling coach, is still hopeful they can turn it around

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Bangalore Vs Mumbai, May 01, 2018

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Tags: Indian T20 Cricket 2018, 31st match - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru, May 01, 2018, Bangalore XI, Mumbai XI, Rohit Gurunath Sharma, Virat Kohli, t20, IPL

Published on: May 01, 2018

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31st match - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru, May 01, 2018

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31st match - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru, May 01, 2018

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Match Teams: Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians

Match Venue: Played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Match begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT, 08:00 PM IST)

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Mumbai will need six wins from their last seven games to guarantee themselves a playoffs spot and the same would be the case with Bangalore. Captain Rohit led from the front as they defeated the Chennai in their last game and they will be looking forward to making life miserable for an already out-of-sorts Bangalore bowling attack.

The Chinnaswamy stadium has been a hard ground to defend and home captain Kohli will be desperately hoping to get a chance to bat second on that wicket. His bowlers have let him down time and again and they have struggled to know how much is enough for their bowlers to defend.

Kohli has spoken of his team lacking the excitement and not being good enough on the field and with every match being a virtual knockout for them, intensity levels need to rise. Their death bowling will again be at the forefront and the only way out for them is to pick up plenty of wickets at the top. Mumbai have won each of the last five encounters between these two teams and one would not be surprised if it goes up by one.

Head to Head:Bangalore 8 - 14 Mumbai

Match Stats:

Rohit Sharma teams have never lost when he has remained not out while chasing in the IPL. He has done it 16 times overall – four times for Deccan Chargers and 12 times for the Mumbai Indians

The defeat against Kolkata was Bangalore 81st defeat in the IPL. They now stand in the second position in terms of defeats with the Delhi on top with 87 losses

Umesh Yadav has taken most wickets in the first six overs in IPL 2018 - eight. He has conceded at an economy rate of 6.00 bowling 50 dots in 15 overs.

Match Teams :

Mumbai XI team: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma, JP Duminy, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Pradeep Sangwan, Aditya Tare, Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar,Mayank Markande

Bangalore XI team: BB McCullum, Quinton de Kock, Virat Kohli, Mandeep Singh, AB de Villiers, Colin de Grandhomme, TG Southee, Yuzvendra Chahal, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar,Umesh Yadav, Chris Woakes, Manan Vohra, Sarfaraz Khan

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Mumbai run into table-toppers with time running out

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Chennai Super Kings: Beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets, beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs, beat Rajasthan Royals by 64 runs

Mumbai Indians: Lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 31 runs, lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets, beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 46 runs.

Big Picture

Since playing the tournament opener in Mumbai, the two most successful teams in IPL history have had contrasting journeys in the last 20 days. Table-toppers Chennai Super Kings have most bases covered and are dominating the league with only one loss so far whereas defending champions Mumbai Indians are languishing at the bottom with only one win to their name.

Mumbai's ride hasn't been as bad as Delhi Daredevils' but when they were bowled out for 87 by Sunrisers Hyderabad at home, they had moved one step closer to pressing the panic button. Two more losses and they will virtually be out of the playoffs race. But their next opponent is a team that has only become stronger in the last week. Super Kings' batting order looks solid, opening bowlers move the ball around, Dwayne Bravo delivers with bat and ball in the death overs, and MS Dhoni's six-hitting during his 70* off 34 against Royal Challengers Bangalore is surely not going to soothe any Mumbai bowler's nerves.

Mumbai's bowling has not stuttered much though. Their middle order has been the main weakness and even though individual efforts have stood out sporadically, the entire unit hasn't been able to come together to clinch the crucial moments, especially in the dying moments of their close losses. Mayank Markande continues to strangle the opposition, one of their top-order batsmen scores runs in nearly every game, Jasprit Bumrah doesn't leak too many runs, but something is still amiss. Mumbai need to plug their holes quickly because time is running out.

Likely XIs

Chennai Super Kings: 1 Shane Watson, 2 Ambati Rayudu, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 5 Sam Billings, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Shardul Thakur, 11 Imran Tahir

Mumbai Indians: 1 Suryakumar Yadav, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Rohit Sharma (capt), 5 Krunal Pandya, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Mitchell McClenaghan, 9 Mayank Markande, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Previous meeting

Who knows how different Mumbai's season could have been had they beaten Super Kings in the opening match. Mumbai had them at 118 for 8 in the 17th over after scoring 165 for 4 before Bravo turned Mumbai's music down and made them dance to his own tunes.

Strategy Punt

Mumbai need to make some changes, be it in personnel or shuffling of the batting order. Learning from their only win so far, they could open with Rohit Sharma, who scored a majestic 94 off 52 at No. 4 against Royal Challengers, but had effectively opened after they were 0 for 2 in the first over. Rohit's slow starts and late flourishes are not a secret anymore. His strike rate in the IPL Powerplays since 2015 is 127.3 so if Evin Lewis can do the hitting initially and Rohit later on, they may have a better chance to utilise his batting style.

Stats that matter

• Ambati Rayudu has scored 283 runs this season at a strike rate of 159 and average of 47.2. He needs 113 more runs to make this his most prolific IPL season. He also needs 84 runs to reach 4000 runs in T20s.

• Super Kings' economy rate in the middle overs stands at 8.57, only behind Rajasthan Royals' 8.59. Imran Tahir has been crucial in that phase with six wickets.

• Tahir has enjoyed bowling at the MCA Stadium in the IPL. The legspinner has 15 wickets from eight innings at the ground, with an average of 17 and economy rate of 8.2.

• Dwayne Bravo has an enviable record against two of Mumbai bowlers in T20s. He has scored 30 runs off 16 balls against Jasprit Bumrah and 40 off 18 balls against Mitchell McClenaghan.

• Expect Mustafizur Rahman to bowl as soon as Ravindra Jadeja comes out to bat. The allrounder has scored only 16 runs off 18 balls against him in all T20s, and has been dismissed four times.

• Kieron Pollard could draw inspiration from his record against Dwayne Bravo to turn his form around: 182 runs off 111 balls with a strike rate of 164.

Fantasy picks

Krunal Pandya and Shane Watson. Picking allrounders is the safest bet in fantasy for obvious reasons. Krunal has been the most economical Mumbai bowler (7.04) this season, has taken four catches and six wickets in 15 overs. He also bats at No. 5 nowadays, above Kieron Pollard and Hardik, which allows him time to score more runs. Watson has struck a century, boasts of a strike rate of 162 this season and is their joint second-highest wicket taker, with an economy rate of 8.23. He could well be one of the most valued allrounders this season.

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No room for error for RCB and Mumbai

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Royal Challengers Bangalore: lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets, lost to Chennai Super Kings by five wickets, beat Delhi Daredevils by six wickets

Mumbai Indians: beat Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets, lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 31 runs, lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets

Big Picture

With two wins each in the first half of the season, there is little breathing room for either Royal Challengers Bangalore or Mumbai Indians in their last seven league games. Realistically, both will need to win six of those seven remaining games to have a shot at making the playoffs.

That makes this head-on clash critical to the fortunes of both the teams.

Mumbai won their last game while RCB lost theirs, but both gained positives from belatedly embracing change. Mumbai left out Kieron Pollard to rejig an underperforming middle order, while Royal Challengers included Tim Southee and strengthened what had till then been one of the worst bowling attacks in the competition.

The Pollard exclusion hasn't been fully tested yet, since Mumbai only lost two wickets in their chase against Chennai Super Kings, but their batting order - with Ben Cutting also slotting in, in place of Mustafizur Rahman - looked ominous, with serious hitting ability all the way down to No. 8.

The Southee inclusion helped RCB gain some control against Kolkata Knight Riders' top order in what Brendon McCullum felt were "probably the best ten overs we've had as a [bowling] group". That it didn't translate to a win shouldn't dishearten RCB too much, as they attempt to take whatever positive energy they can muster into their last home game until May 17.

In the news

RCB's stores of positive energy will be greatly enhanced if AB de Villiers, who missed their game on Sunday night with viral fever, has recovered enough to slot back into their line-up.

Previous meeting

Rohit Sharma's 94 off 52 propelled Mumbai to 213 for 6. With wickets tumbling at the other end, Virat Kohli's rather more pedestrian 92 off 62 ended up as an exercise to minimise Royal Challengers' net-run-rate damage.

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Likely XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Virat Kohli (capt), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Manan Vohra, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Colin de Grandhomme, 7 Tim Southee, 8 M Ashwin, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Mumbai Indians: 1 Suryakumar Yadav, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Rohit Sharma (capt), 4 Ishan Kishan (wk), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Ben Cutting, 9 Mitchell McClenaghan, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Strategy punt

RCB have been the worst bowling team in the death overs this season, conceding 13.19 runs per over and a boundary every 3.3 balls. Mumbai's misfiring middle order has meant they are second from bottom among batting sides at the death, scoring only 8.33 runs per over while losing a wicket every 13.7 balls.

Mumbai, however, have rejigged their middle order, with JP Duminy and Ben Cutting featuring in the starting XI in the side's last game against Super Kings. Given how badly RCB have struggled as a bowling side, Mumbai could consider retaining the same line-up, which sacrificed a frontline bowler to gain batting depth, and give themselves the license to hit out from ball one.

They could, however, bring back Mustafizur Rahman (against whom de Villiers has a T20 strike rate of 94.7) for Mitchell McClenaghan (v de Villiers, strike rate 191.2).

Stats that matter

• Mumbai have won each of the last five meetings between the two sides, and have a 16-8 win-loss record against RCB overall.

• Suryakumar Yadav has been involved in Mumbai's highest partnership in six of their seven matches so far.

• The second spinner has been one of the many problem areas for RCB this season. While Yuzvendra Chahal has been the team's most economical bowler this season (7.92), the other spinners - M Ashwin, Washington Sundar and Pawan Negi - have combined to concede 9.70 per over while picking up seven wickets at an average of 37.43.

• Since 2015, Rohit Sharma has averaged 44.9 and struck at 142.8 in matches Mumbai have won. In losses, the corresponding figures are 23.0 and 125.5, which tells you how much his team depends on his runs.

• The M Chinnaswamy Stadium is no longer the fortress it used to be. Since the start of the 2017 season, RCB have won only three of their 11 matches here. Where the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad has been the venue most congenial to the home side in this period (Sunrisers Hyderabad have won nine out of 11 games there), the Chinnaswamy has been the second-worst, behind the SCA Stadium in Rajkot, where Gujarat Lions lost four out of their five games last year.

Fantasy pick

JP Duminy didn't get to bat in Mumbai's last game, but he remains a good fantasy selection given his record in Bengaluru: he has played four IPL games here and passed 40 three times, with a highest of 67 not out, all this while striking at 169.07.

Quotes

"He has been performing well at all positions, not only as an opener, but one down or two down. In the last game, he came up to No. 3. It was his responsibility. In the coming games, we'll see more of it."
Suryakumar Yadav, Mumbai's top-scorer so far, on Rohit Sharma's batting position

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Desperate Mumbai look for redemption against Chennai

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Indian T20 Cricket 2018

Tags: Indian T20 Cricket 2018, 27th match - Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians at Pune, Apr 28, 2018, Chennai XI, Mumbai XI

Published on: Apr 28, 2018

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Indian Premier League 2018 27th T20: CSK Vs MI Live Scores from Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. There has been a lot of debate about the use of Kieron Pollard by the Mumbai Indians and rightly so. He has not bowled at all this season and has barely spent time with the bat in the middle. The fact that he has only bowled 7.5 overs in the IPL since May 24, 2015 makes him a specialist batsman.

IPL 2018, 27th T20: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians will play at Pune, Apr 27, 2018

27th match - Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, Apr 27, 2018

Indian Premier League 2018 27th T20: CSK Vs MI Scores

Match Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians

Match Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Match begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT, 08:00 PM IST)

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IPL 2018 Points Table

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Match Preview:

The last time these two teams met was the inaugural match of the season – a match which will be remembered for Dwayne Bravo’s batting heroics and Kedar Jadhav’s finishing act! Since then a lot has happened. While the Mumbai Indians (MI) have been at the wrong end of last over finishes and languish at the seventh position of the points table, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have had the exact opposite going their way. A scenario which has brought agony for Rohit Sharma has been a source of joy for MS Dhoni!

There has been a lot of debate about the use of Kieron Pollard by the Mumbai Indians and rightly so. He has not bowled at all this season and has barely spent time with the bat in the middle. The fact that he has only bowled 7.5 overs in the IPL since May 24, 2015 makes him a specialist batsman.

Match Stats:

During his knock of 70 not out against Bangalore, MS Dhoni became the first player to score 5000 runs as a captain in T20 cricket

Since his match-winning innings of 56 against Kolkata, Sam Billings has made scores of nine, three and nine in the three matches he has had an opportunity to bat

Ravindra Jadeja has a batting average of 15.66 this season and has picked up one wicket so far at an average of 84

Match Teams

Chennai XI team: SR Watson, AT Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, DJ Bravo, Karn Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Sam Billings

Mumbai XI team: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma, JP Duminy, KA Pollard, Krunal Pandya,Ishan Kishan, MJ McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Mustafizur Rahman, Pradeep Sangwan,Rahul Chahar, Mayank Markande

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Mumbai almost out as RCB finally defend a total

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Royal Challengers Bangalore 167 for 7 (Vohra 45, Pandya 3-28) beat Mumbai Indians 153 for 7 (Pandya 50, Southee 2-25, Umesh 2-29, Siraj 2-8) by 14 runs

Virat Kohli doesn't hold his emotions back BCCI

Umesh Yadav took two wickets off consecutive deliveries with the new ball, Ishan Kishan fell for a golden duck and Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Mumbai Indians by 46 runs. Two weeks later, Umesh was on a hat-trick with the new ball against Mumbai again, Kishan bagged another golden duck, his third in four innings, but this time Umesh's opening burst also included Rohit Sharma's first-ball duck and the Royal Challengers bowling line-up sustained the pressure throughout for once to defend 167 on their home ground and move up to fifth place after only their third win from eight matches.

The defending champions, meanwhile, are back in seventh place and need to win all their remaining six matches lest they wish to rely on other teams to help them stay in playoff contention. Rohit opted to bowl and a combined bowling show from the spinners and Hardik Pandya in the death overs was restricting Royal Challengers to under 150 until Colin de Grandhomme's 10-ball 23 lifted them in the last over. Eventually, the early loss of wickets hurt Mumbai this time and even though the Pandya brothers seemed up to the task of scoring 62 runs from the last five overs, some pin-point bowling with pace variations sealed it for the hosts.

RCB and the death overs

Virat Kohli had bowled Umesh and Yuzvendra Chahal by the 15th over yet again and the Pandya brothers had the cushion of Ben Cutting to follow in the chase. Among the quicks, only Tim Southee and Mohammed Siraj had two overs left each so Kohli decided to give the 16th to de Grandhomme. He conceded 17, and Mumbai needed 45 from 24 only to see a different story unfold this time. Siraj and Southee bowled a stirring mix of length deliveries, pace variations and wide yorkers to prevent the Pandyas from hitting down the ground. Siraj conceded only one boundary in his last two overs, Southee allowed Mumbai five little singles in the 18th over and Siraj also had Krunal caught at point for 23 to give the visitors a stiff equation of 25 from six. Hardik then hit Southee's offcutter to long-on and Cutting connected well with only two of the remaining five deliveries. Southee finished with 2 for 25 and a Man of the Match award.

Even though their bowling contingent turned the story around, the death overs stung Royal Challengers' batting line-up this time. They were 123 for 3 with Kohli on 29 and five overs to go, easily set for 175. However, Jasprit Bumrah had two overs left, and Hardik bowled offcutters and slower ones consistently to remove Mandeep Singh, Kohli and Washington Sundar in the 18th over for only two runs. Bumrah didn't get all his yorkers right but the batsman couldn't middle many either. Only one of his final 12 deliveries went to the boundary and there were five dots among them as well. So, Royal Challengers found themselves 143 for 7 with one over to go. Fortunately and decisively for them, de Grandhomme smacked three sixes off the last four balls, including a free hit, for a competitive total.

The costly Mumbai overs

Barring three expensive overs, Mumbai conceded only 101 runs in 17 overs on Tuesday night. Most of the Mumbai bowlers strangled the batsmen, not letting any of them, except de Grandhomme, finish with a strike rate of over 150. It was the remaining three overs that Royal Challengers cashed in on to hammer 66 runs.

The first of those was the fourth over, by JP Duminy. Opener Manan Vohra smacked the part-time spinner for 20 runs off the first four balls with two sixes and as many fours in the 22-run over. Duminy was probably used in the Powerplay because of a left-handed opener - Quinton de Kock - but bowled only one ball to him out of 12. The second expensive over was Hardik's after Brendon McCullum had scratched his way to nine off six balls. In the 10th over, he dispatched two full-tosses for consecutive sixes, the first of them a no-ball, and then struck the fourth legitimate delivery, a knuckleball, through the covers for four. Twenty off the over. It shot their run rate above eight an over but there was more to come, right at the end.

Mitchell McClenaghan started the last over impressively with three singles before de Grandhomme launched an offcutter over midwicket, collected two down the ground, hit a six off a no-ball and ended the innings with a free hit he smoked over long-off. Royal Challengers had gone from 146 to 167 in only three legitimate deliveries.

Mumbai's spinners stifle RCB early on

Rohit surprisingly decided to open the bowling with Duminy in a spin-heavy first nine overs and the move worked brilliantly except in that fourth over. Duminy extracted sharp turn and bounce in the first over with five dot balls and almost had Vohra caught at midwicket for 6. McClenaghan used a mix of back-of-length and slower deliveries to concede only seven in his first two overs and had de Kock caught at midwicket for a 13-ball 7. Seeing the turn on offer, Rohit bowled Krunal and Mayank Markande from overs six to nine to see them beat the bat, bowl stifling lines and concede only 24 runs, including Vohra's wicket for 45.

Mumbai were similarly shackled in the middle overs but that was down to the early wickets and even though Hardik batted before his brother for a slightly brisk fifty, he and Duminy had to do a lot of consolidation after they were 47 for 4 in the eighth over. Umesh brought two in sharply to trap Suryakumar lbw for 9 and had Rohit inside edge one next ball to de Kock diving full-length behind the stumps. Kishan was bowled by Southee in the first over.

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