Indian Premier League | Day 11 | Mumbai | Apr 20, 2016 | Match thread

[#GreenRoars]

Mumbai Indians Squad
RG Sharma*, CJ Anderson, JJ Bumrah, JC Buttler, UBT Chand, M de Lange, S Gopal, MJ Guptill, Harbhajan Singh, K Kamath, SD Lad, MJ McClenaghan, HH Pandya, KH Pandya, PA Patel, KA Pollard, DS Punia, N Rana, AT Rayudu, JM Sharma, NB Singh, TG Southee, J Suchith, R Vinay Kumar, AA Wakhare

RCB Squad
V Kohli*, VR Aaron, AN Ahmed, S Aravind, S Badree, STR Binny, YS Chahal, AB de Villiers, P Dubey, CH Gayle, TM Head, Iqbal Abdulla, KM Jadhav, AK Karnewar, SN Khan, VS Malik, Mandeep Singh, AF Milne, Parvez Rasool, HV Patel, KL Rahul, KW Richardson, Sachin Baby, MA Starc, V Tokas, SR Watson, D Wiese

 

[Belawal2014]

Go RCB! ...And on that note, I will go to bed.

 

[battler]

Gayle to miss this match and the next

 

[battler]

RCB should get Milne in place of Wiese and Travis Head for Gayle.

 

[JaDed]

Mumbai matches coming often ,nice to see them lose ,although i must say i hate both the teams esp RCB fans in bangalore mocking Chennai still lol.

 

[street cricketer]

Battle of the Galacticos!

 

[devilsadvocate]

I hope Rohit comes at number 11 so that he doesn't fail again.

 

[Sandeep]

Bangalore matches are fantasy players' nightmare! Add Wankhade into the mix and you have a recipe for disaster

 

[battler]

Bangalore matches are fantasy players' nightmare! Add Wankhade into the mix and you have a recipe for disaster

No Gayle this time though

 

[carrom_ball]

Kohli vs Rohit enough said

 

[Sandeep]

No Gayle this time though

But you still have Watson

 

[street cricketer]

Beautiful shape from Southee.

 

[street cricketer]

The pitch looks to have plenty in it for the bowlers, very un-Mumbai like.

 

[JaDed]

KL Rahul lol,and why is it bouncing that much.

 

[JaDed]

Guptill got just one match terrible,Butler should had been taken out has not been that great.

 

[RamLakhan]

Best bowling pitch in India after a long time (for bowling pace/bounce) Usually we saw spin-bowler friendly or bit of movement, but here we are seeing bounce also.

 

[RamLakhan]

KL Rahul lol,and why is it bouncing that much.

He is on sweet revenge here! Quality batsman! Just didn't expect that bounce in T20/IPL

 

[JaDed]

KL Rahul overcoming his nervousness has played some nice shots ,have so much hopes from him for tests and

 

[RamLakhan]

KL Rahul overcoming his nervousness has played some nice shots ,have so much hopes from him for tests and

At least he made up for the drop in strike-rate and gave the momentum! Certainly a better Test Match player as you mentioned. Even Kohli is struggling on this pitch.

 

[big_gamer007]

Why is Bangalore still in this tournament? Why hasn't the franchise being sold yet? This is ridiculous the legal system and public of This country needs to wake up and act against people who ripped us..

 

[rhony]

Why is Bangalore still in this tournament? Why hasn't the franchise being sold yet? This is ridiculous the legal system and public of This country needs to wake up and act against people who ripped us..

The owner ship was transferred to avoid legal issues.

 

[RamLakhan]

Such two great batsman working in partnership is such a treat for eyes to watch! This alone is enough to watch IPL!

 

[RamLakhan]

Why is Bangalore still in this tournament? Why hasn't the franchise being sold yet? This is ridiculous the legal system and public of This country needs to wake up and act against people who ripped us..

He is a clever businessman running different outlets in different names and different papers

 

[RamLakhan]

This is definitely not a 200+ Mumbai Pitch. (If it turns out so, then the pitch is too partial for batting first) Kohli survived the initial threat, credits to him. RCB should aim at 180 and should really bowl with some sensible head.

 

[JaDed]

Kohli

 

[JaDed]

Kohli's capability to hit big shots is low.

 

[JaDed]

K Pandya has been top performer for MI this year.

 

[big_gamer007]

The owner ship was transferred to avoid legal issues.

He is a clever businessman running different outlets in different names and different papers

Ahh ok didn't knew he transferred ownership.. O well gotta live with it I guess like other rich n powerful criminals who got away..

 

[JaDed]

Ahh ok didn't knew he transferred ownership.. O well gotta live with it I guess like other rich n powerful criminals who got away..

When you say that i hope you make sure you sales or service tax on everything you buy even if its a bit expensive if not question the shopkeeper for a proper bill

 

[King Kong]

There's the match for MI. Going by the way things have gone so far in this IPL, chasing teams have a huge adavantage over the teams batting 1st. Teams batting first should score at least 185+ to have any chance of winning and the only which can do on a consistent basis is RCB because of ABD and Kohli in middle overs. They are gone now and so is the match for RCB.

 

[King Kong]

and Travis Head looks at all sea. RCB needs a Watson's special here to score 180+.

 

[Sandeep]

Toss has been the most crucial factor in IPL matches this season. Win toss, field first and win the match..

 

[JaDed]

So simple it is when RCB flops the whole team flops ,lets see what Sarfaraz does now.

 

[Sandeep]

Let's see how Sarfaraz goes about now.. Does he have the maturity?

 

[big_gamer007]

The owner ship was transferred to avoid legal issues.

He is a clever businessman running different outlets in different names and different papers

When you say that i hope you make sure you sales or service tax on everything you buy even if its a bit expensive if not question the shopkeeper for a proper bill

Yup I do, that's why I feel strongly about this position the normal working class pays the taxes, then the government makes life tough for them and worse part is we as a class don't have any unity or voice to change anything on most of the issues..

But anyways this is not the place to discuss about that

 

[JaDed]

What a shot by Travis !

 

[big_gamer007]

lol *** was Kunal trying to do?

 

[King Kong]

Come on RCB!! Score 170+ and make a game out of it.

 

[Hasan123]

Rohit capatincy has been impressive, tbh his ipl capatincy has always impressed me.

 

[King Kong]

I have not seen Sarfraz Khan batting apart from in the IPL. Does he usually play like this way for India u19 and other domestic matches as well? If he does, then he is just another over hyped player by the fans. His shots are so ugly and just doesn't seem to have any strokes other than those scoops, neither does he look very fit. He is just 18? but he looks more like a 22-23 year old.

 

[JaDed]

Travis head lol should be a permanent replacement for Gayle lol.

 

[JaDed]

Sarfaraz needs to see the ball properly.

 

[JaDed]

Ah they just might miss out on 170

 

[JaDed]

171 target well done by travis and sarfaraz.

 

[big_gamer007]

I have not seen Sarfraz Khan batting apart from in the IPL. Does he usually play like this way for India u19 and other domestic matches as well? If he does, then he is just another over hyped player by the fans. His shots are so ugly and just doesn't seem to have any strokes other than those scoops, neither does he look very fit. He is just 18? but he looks more like a 22-23 year old.

This is the first time I have watched him bat, doesn't look like a test/one day prospect only looks capable of playing T20s.. Having said that he's young so has time on his side to prove me wrong..

 

[King Kong]

I am really rooting for RCB here. Not because I like them(Of course I do) but since they batted first.

 

[JaDed]

Rohit finishing it off.

 

[JaDed]

ABD ,just can't take him misfielding

 

[JaDed]

Really like Watto whenever he plays in IPL something about him has been gem of an IPL player since season 1.

 

[Justcrazy]

28 from 23 balls !

 

[Justcrazy]

Pollard

 

[Justcrazy]

more !

 

[Justcrazy]

14 from 18 balls , there is NO way MI will lose this .

 

[Justcrazy]

Pollard is in form !

 

[Justcrazy]

Game over

 

[Justcrazy]

MI win by six wickets

 

[Hasan123]

Rcb bowling is pathetic nd kohli captaincy continues to make me wonder how successful he will be for India as a captain.Done a good job in tests but in Odis it remains to be seen how he will do.

 

[carrom_ball]

Hahah rcb isn't too different from Punjab [MENTION=132605]battler[/MENTION]

 

[battler]

Hahah rcb isn't too different from Punjab [MENTION=132605]battler[/MENTION]

They just need to chase and they will win

 

[dauntless]

This ipl is very boring so far not a single exciting match till now