MUMBAI INDIANS VS PUNE SUPERGIANTS IN IPL TODAY
In second match of Indian premier league 2016 Today Dhoni’s Rising Pune Supergiants will take on Mumbai Indians at Mumbai cricket ground at 8 pm. The Pune is at the sixth spot in the eight-team standings with just four points, while Mumbai are lying third with eight points from as many games.
Mumbai Indians, the defending champions faced off with the Rising Pune Supergiants, debutants in the IPL in the opening game of the season. The Supergiants outplayed the outfit from Mumbai, restricting them to a score of only 121 in their 20 overs.
The absence of its two main players in Faf du Plessis and Kevin Pietersen, who have been ruled out due to injuries, notwithstanding Pune’s batting unit has lived upto its reputation with Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith and Dhoni himself delivering the goods for the side.
On the other hand Mumbai is looking very strong both from batting and bowling side.Rohit himself is leading from the front and Kieron Pollard, is also in good form. On the bowling side Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan has been doing the job for Mumbai.
So let’s see whether it’s Dhoni’s day or Rohit Sharma’ day who celebrated his birthday yesterday wins the match.
Rising Pune Supergiants:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Kevin Pietersen, Faf du Plessis, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Jaskaran Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ankit Sharma, Albie Morkel, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Thisara Perera, Saurabh Tiwary, RP Singh, Rajat Bhatia, Ankush Bains, Baba Aparajith, Murugan Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Deepak Chahar, Scott Boland, Peter Handscomb, Adam Zampa.
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma (c), Parthiv Patel, Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Mitchell McClenaghan, Ambati Rayudu (wk), Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tim Southee, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Gopal, R Vinay Kumar, Corey Anderson, Unmukht Chand, Marchant de Lange, Siddhesh Lad, Kishore Kamath, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia, Nitish Rana, Jitesh Sharma, Nathu Singh, Akshay Wakhare, Martin Guptill.
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