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Bangalore: Two teams that have shown the promise but failed to deliver on big occasions come face to face when Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore clash in their opening match of the Indian Premier League here on Thursday.
The Mumbai Indians are the big-spending side and have the Champions League Twenty20 Trophy to show for all the money shelled out on acquiring star players. Besides, Mumbai have also been runners-up once and semifinalists twice in the previous IPL seasons.
With Ricky Ponting as captain this time, Mumbai would be hoping to lay their hands on the IPL trophy for the first time.
In the batting department, Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma would be looking to continue from where he left in the previous IPL where they amassed 333 and 433 runs respectively.
Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar would open with either Dwayne Smith or James Franklin, both of whom can contribute to the team with their bowling as well.
Also Ponting, who has had a good outing in Australia`s Big Bash and Shield Cricket tournaments since retiring from Test cricket, would be an asset at number three.
Dinesh Karthik would give solidity to the middle-order.
Boasting of three prolific wicket-takers in the IPL so far -- Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga, Pragyan Ojha and Munaf Patel -- Mumbai Indians look a well-balanced side.
However, spinners were a tad disappointing for them in IPL-5 with Harbhajan Singh hardly making any impact. He scalped six wickets in 17 matches, while Ojha claimed nine wickets in as many matches.
Mumbai, in fact, are rocked by a problem of plenty as only four international cricketers are allowed to play in a match. There is lot to choose from the international basket given the presence of "million -dollar buy" Glen Maxwell, Dwayne Smith, Kieron Pollard, Jacob Oram, James Franklin and Malinga.
RCB, on the other hand, will take the field with the young and feisty Virat Kohli leading the team.
Known for being diffident in the initial stages of the IPL, RCB have, in their arsenal, swashbuckling characters like Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan and A B de Villiers, who can turn the game on its head in a jiffy.
Kohli is not too far behind having been RCB`s leading run-getter (1639), but their over-dependence on Gayle has been a nightmare for the team.
The West Indian, with 1341 runs, has won countless games single-handedly, but still has to come up good in big matches.
RCB`s main worry is their bowling with Zaheer Khan making a comeback from a calf injury which he sustained in a Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat last year.
Abhimanyu Mithun and R Vinay will be waiting to give better performance.
First Published: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 11:31
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jammya - mumbai
mi win definetly
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saravanakumar - bangalore
i love RCB won
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KARTHI - DINDIGUL
I WILL AGREE
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Akshay Acharya - Moodubidri
I love RCB....WON THE MATCH RCB
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rosly primus - Barbados
RCB all the way
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Davershi - Karahi(M.P.)
Sachin & Ponting will sucess.
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Piyush Bansal - Chandausi
This time gayle will make the hat trick of getting orange cap
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Prashant - Pune
This time mumbai is strong i love mi
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Bigul Mandal - kanakptti Nepal
i lov mi, definetly wins
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Muna naik - odisha,mayur bhanj
Rcb will won tha game!! I wait gayle batting
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