Avenging their double defeat against Rising Pune Supergiant in the league stage shall be the top agenda for the Mumbai Indians as they take on RPS in the first qualifier game of IPL 10 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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While the Rising Pune Supergiant squad was doing a thank-you lap after playing its last home game, the Kings XI Punjab team director Virender Sehwag was holding nothing back in expressing his disappointment at the overseas batsmen. Mumbai Indians put up all-round performances and maintained their lead in the IPL 10 points table throughout the tournament.
Two-time winners Mumbai Indians wrested back the initiative after a nine-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Saturday after back-to-back losses.
Rohit Sharma: The MI skipper has had a hot and cold league so would be keen to come good in the Play-offs, not to mention the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.
For Mumbai Indians, it was wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel’s 53 which kept the hosts in the hunt as the wickets kept falling on the other end. The game will decide the second entrant of the final. Bumrah’s overseas colleagues – Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McCleneghan – have to offer some support if they want to exert their influence on Pune’s strong batting line-up.
Each and every player from the Mumbai Indians team toiled with the bat during their last practice session at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday, particularly spinners Krunal Pandya and Harbhajan Singh.
MS Dhoni (40 not out) announced his arrival with a six to deep midwicket and by the 18th over, Pune reached 121 for three. “Hopefully I get the opportunity to captain a team again”, Maxwell posted on Twitter.
When will the MI vs RPS IPL 2017 match be played? The team that plays well on that day will go on to win the match.
Without Stokes, RPS need to find a player who can perform with the bat and ball.
Even in the high-scoring match against Mumbai Indians played at Mumbai on Thursday in which Kings XI had set a target of 231 runs, Tewatia gave away only 17 runs in his two overs claiming the wicket of opposition skipper Rohit Sharma.
Lastly, the Mumbai Indians beats KKR and the Rising Pune Supergiants beats Kings XI Punjab.
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Chasing 74 to win, the Supergiants got off to a solid start before opener Rahul Tripathi was clean bowled by Axar Patel for 28.
