Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians: Bangalore looking to halt Mumbai Winning streak
Mumbai Indians will look to thwart a resurgent Royal Challengers, who are attempting a late comeback in the Indian Premier League with two wins in a row, at the Wanderers here on Sunday.
Royal Challengers have slowly moved up to fifth place in the standings after beating Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. They have six points from seven matches.
One of the bottom-placed teams of last year, Challengers started with a big win over defending champions Rajasthan Royals in the first match, but then slumped to four losses before renewing their challenge in Kevin Pietersen’s last IPL match for the season.
The new captain Anil Kumble has brought the Challengers’ luck and they played like a well-knit unit to pull-off a close match against Kings XI Punjab on Friday. Kumble used his resources well while Challengers have to sort out their batting problems which again failed to fire on Friday.
Jesse Ryder and Robin Uthappa’s lack of form is hurting the team and Jacques Kallis, too, is not in great touch. The lower order is coming under tremendous pressure with wickets falling regularly at the top.
Mumbai Indians’ top-order batting has looked rusty in the last two matches and JP Duminy came to their rescue on both occasions. It was the performance of Duminy and Zaheer Khan that saw the Mumbai team through against Knight Riders, though the Kolkata team came close to beating them.
With Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya in good touch in the tournament, Mumbai certainly would hope its top-order batting gives them a good start against Challengers.
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