Date: Friday, May 13, 2016
Time: 08:00 PM Local Time
Venue: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Stadium: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
City: Visakhapatnam
Capacity: 38,000
Ends: Vizzy End, DV Subba Rao End
Hosts to: Andhra
Having regrouped quickly after suffering an 85-run drubbing, Mumbai Indians will look to continue their winning ways when they lock horns with laggards Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
After being crushed by Sunrisers Hyderabad, defending champions Mumbai Indians got their act together to get the better of Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets on Wednesday.
MI, led by India's star batsman Rohit Sharma, are placed fourth in the points table with six victories and five defeats from 11 appearances. They have so far earned 12 points.
After MI's bowlers allowed the batting-heavy RCB to score only 151 in front of their home crowd at the comparatively smaller Chinnaswamy Stadium, their batsmen chased down the target with plenty of wickets and balls to spare.
While Rohit has been their guiding light with the bat, Ambati Rayudu has been a calming influence on the team. The presence of the big-hitting Kieron Pollard and Jos Buttler has also added depth to MI's batting line-up.
Kings XI Punjab against Royal Challengers Bangalore everything they could and still ended up losing their last match by 1 run (that’s why we love cricket). Kings XI have improved a lot since the beginning of the tournament and they are well enough to hold their heads high played. Kings XI Punjab are still 4 games in hand and nothing is to prevent them from performing to their full potential.
As far as Kings XI Punjab are concerned, the script has so far remained the same. They are coming off a heartbreaking one-run loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Handed captaincy midway into the league, India's Murali Vijay has been trying his best to show the way, but without much support from the rest of the crew.
Vijay top-scored with an accomplished 57-ball 89, while Marcus Stoinis blazed away towards the end, but the others failed to show up as KXIP lost again.
Mumbai Indians Squad:
Corey Anderson, Jasprit Bumrah, Jos Buttler, Unmukt Chand, Marchant de Lange, Shreyas Gopal, Harbhajan Singh, Kishore Kamath, Siddhesh Lad, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Parthiv Patel, Kieron Pollard, Deepak Punia, Nitish Rana, Ambati Rayudu, Jitesh Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Lendl Simmons, Nathu Singh, Tim Southee, Jagadeesha Suchith, Vinay Kumar, Akshay Wakhare, Martin Guptill
Kings XI Punjab Squad:
Kyle Abbott, Anureet Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Farhaan Behardien, Konganda Cariappa, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Nikhil Naik, Axar Patel, Wriddhiman Saha, Pardeep Sahu, Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Swapnil Singh, Shardul Thakur, Murali Vijay, Manan Vohra, Hashim Amla
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