Mumbai Indians will be looking to settle scores when they take on the Rising Pune Supergiant in the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) ‘local derby’ at the Wankhede Stadium. Only one change for MI as the injured Krunal Pandya was replaced by Karn Sharma. Rising Pune Supergiant did not make any changes to their squad. Get live cricket score of Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant here. (LIVE SCORECARD | LIVE STREAMING INFO)
19:42 hrs IST: Now let’s check out the team for Rising Pune Supergiant – Rahane, Tripathi, Smith (c), Dhoni, Stokes, Tiwary, Christian, Sundar, Thakur, Unadkat, Tahir
19:39 hrs IST: A look at the Mumbai Indians XI – Parthiv, Buttler, Rana, Rohit (c), Pollard, Karn, Hardik, Bhajji, McClenaghan, Johnson, Bumrah
19:38 hrs IST: Mumbai Indians have a 2-1 advantage on Rising Pune Supergiant when it comes to the head-to-head record.
19:36 hrs IST: Rising Pune Supergiant have gone with an unchanged squad for this game.
19:33 hrs IST: Mumbai Indians all-rounder Krunal Pandya will be missing the match due to injury and he will be replaced by leg-spinner Karn Sharma.
19:30 hrs IST: Rohit Sharma has won the toss and Mumbai Indians will be fielding first.
19:26 hrs IST: There is another person who is celebrating her birthday today and she is none other than Johnty Rhodes’ daughter – India Jeanne Rhodes. She turned 2 today and even PM Narendra Modi wished her on this special day.
19:23 hrs IST: These two teams faced each other in the first game of this year’s IPL where Rising Pune Supergiant were victorious thanks to a brilliant spell of bowling by Imran Tahir.
19:20 hrs IST:
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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 24, 2017
19:17 hrs IST: It’s a special day for Indian cricket as master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating his 44th birthday today! Here’s a look at his five unbelievable records!
19:13 hrs IST: Mumbai Indians are currently leading the table with 12 points while Rising Pune Supergiant are fifth with 6 points from 6 matches.
19:10 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to yet another game of the Indian Premier League. In today’s encounter, Rising Pune Supergiant take on ‘local rivals’ Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians will want to extend their winning run to seven consecutive games when they lock horns with Rising Pune Supergiant. (FIVE KEY BATTLES)
Besides being the only team to beat the league leaders in the IPL this season, a lot will be at stake for Rising Pune Supergiant who had a poor start to their campaign, before picking up two consecutive victories against last year’s finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous games.
Source: HindustanTimes