Something has gone wrong with the defending champions as they have lost
their five consecutive matches. The batting is not coming through while
the bowlers are unable to contain rivals. The team is in total disarray
at the moment. On the other hand Kings XI Punjab is enjoying superb run
in this year’s Indian Premier League. They are undefeated in the
tournament so far and will look to carry on with the winning momentum in
India as well. Are we going to see yet another win for them or will it
be Mumbai Indians day?
Kings XI Punjab
If their bowlers have leaked runs, their batsmen have done the recovery job while if their batting unit has flattered, the bowlers have come to the party. This has been their success mantra. Virender Sehwag is batting with responsibility while Cheteshwar Pujara has played his part with mere perfection. Glenn Maxwell has been their star batsman while David Miller has scored lot of runs in the crunch situations. Their captain George Bailey is tailor made for T20 and is due for a big score. Mitchell Johnson has led the bowling department pretty well with L Balaji, who has performed exceptionally well. The performance of Sandeep Sharma has surprised everyone as this guy has taken wickets in every match. Rishi Dhawan and Akshar Patel have bowled effectively.
Mumbai Indians
They need some miracle to turnaround their IPL season which has been pathetic. This team is playing some school level cricket with failures after failures. They don’t have even a single positive point in their batting department. Nobody has contributed on a consistent basis. Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Corey Anderson and Kieron Pollard have played with the trust of their fans with regular below par scores. If we leave Malinga and Zaheer out, the rest of the bowling unit have leaked runs that too in every game. Harbhajan Singh has bowled economically but has taken just 2 wickets from 5 games, which is ordinary in every sense. The blue brigade will have to do something extraordinary in order to savage their pride. They are out of the top four race.
Verdict
It is the easiest thing to do when u got Mumbai Indians as one of the teams. The match will surely go Kings XI Punjab’s way as their players are in good form.
Teams
KXIP
GJ Bailey*, Anureet Singh, P Awana, L Balaji, R Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh, BE Hendricks, MG Johnson, Karanveer Singh, M Kartik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, GJ Maxwell, DA Miller, AR Patel, NLTC Perera, CA Pujara, WP Saha, Sandeep Sharma, V Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, SN Thakur, M Vohra
MI
RG Sharma*, CJ Anderson, JJ Bumrah, M de Lange, BR Dunk, CM Gautam†, S Gopal, Harbhajan Singh, JR Hazlewood, MEK Hussey, Z Khan, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, PP Ojha, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu†, K Santokie, LMP Simmons, P Suyal, AP Tare†, AV Wankhade
Kings XI Punjab
If their bowlers have leaked runs, their batsmen have done the recovery job while if their batting unit has flattered, the bowlers have come to the party. This has been their success mantra. Virender Sehwag is batting with responsibility while Cheteshwar Pujara has played his part with mere perfection. Glenn Maxwell has been their star batsman while David Miller has scored lot of runs in the crunch situations. Their captain George Bailey is tailor made for T20 and is due for a big score. Mitchell Johnson has led the bowling department pretty well with L Balaji, who has performed exceptionally well. The performance of Sandeep Sharma has surprised everyone as this guy has taken wickets in every match. Rishi Dhawan and Akshar Patel have bowled effectively.
Mumbai Indians
They need some miracle to turnaround their IPL season which has been pathetic. This team is playing some school level cricket with failures after failures. They don’t have even a single positive point in their batting department. Nobody has contributed on a consistent basis. Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Corey Anderson and Kieron Pollard have played with the trust of their fans with regular below par scores. If we leave Malinga and Zaheer out, the rest of the bowling unit have leaked runs that too in every game. Harbhajan Singh has bowled economically but has taken just 2 wickets from 5 games, which is ordinary in every sense. The blue brigade will have to do something extraordinary in order to savage their pride. They are out of the top four race.
Verdict
It is the easiest thing to do when u got Mumbai Indians as one of the teams. The match will surely go Kings XI Punjab’s way as their players are in good form.
Teams
KXIP
GJ Bailey*, Anureet Singh, P Awana, L Balaji, R Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh, BE Hendricks, MG Johnson, Karanveer Singh, M Kartik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, GJ Maxwell, DA Miller, AR Patel, NLTC Perera, CA Pujara, WP Saha, Sandeep Sharma, V Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, SN Thakur, M Vohra
MI
RG Sharma*, CJ Anderson, JJ Bumrah, M de Lange, BR Dunk, CM Gautam†, S Gopal, Harbhajan Singh, JR Hazlewood, MEK Hussey, Z Khan, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, PP Ojha, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu†, K Santokie, LMP Simmons, P Suyal, AP Tare†, AV Wankhade
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