Sachin makes IPL debut, elects to bowl
Mumbai Indians' captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bowl first against the high-flying Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede Stadium.
By gocricket.com |
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians' captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bowl first against the high-flying Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede Stadium.
Boosted by the availability of their icon and captain Sachin Tendulkar who has recovered from his groin injury, hosts Mumbai Indians go into their IPL clash to make it four wins in-a-row. After being forced to sit out of the first seven matches of the Twenty20 league, the fit-again master batsman would be eager to stamp his authority on the proceedings immediately in what is for his team, lying sixth, a very critical match.
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings, on the other hand, started in spectacular fashion before stumbling a bit only to regain poise with a fine 18-run victory over Punjab on May 10.
Comeback man Laxmipathy Balaji performed brilliantly with a five-wicket haul that included the IPL's first hat-trick, and his duel with two of the world's most attacking batsmen - Tendulkar and Sri Lankan great Sanath Jayasuriya - would be worth the wait.
Shaun Pollock, who led the side admirably in Tendulkar's absence, would once again lead the attack.
Squad
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Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya, Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, Shaun Pollock, Yogesh Takawale, Abhishek Nayar, Rohan Raje, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ashish Nehra, Ashwell Prince, Loots Bosman, Luke Ronchi, Dominic Thornely, Dilhara Fernando, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Tiwary, Gaurav Dhiman, Pinal Shah, Rajesh Pawar, Musavir Khote, Sidharth Chitnis, Swapnil Singh, Ankeet Chavan and Vikrant Yeligati. Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Stephen Fleming, Vidyut S, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, A Morkel, Chamara Kapugedara, M Muralitharan, M Gony, P Amarnath, L Balaji, P Patel, M Ntini, Joginder Sharma, V Kadbe, S Anirudh, R Ashwin, A Mukund, A Kartik, N Einstein, S Jakati, Suresh Kumar and Sudeep Tyagi.
(Courtsey: Times of India)
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