This is it! After 2 weeks of brilliant and exciting cricket, this is what it comes down too, Mumbai Indians versus the Royal Challenger Bangalore in the final. So now no matter what, the new champion is going to be an indian team, this is an indian final now, a repeat of the indian premier league semi-final.
In less than 24 hours, there will be a new champion. Both teams have match winners included, but the way the teams have changed a lot since the indian premier league, its going to be a hard guess for this encounter. Mumbai have lost a lot of players since the indian premier league, theyre hardly the same team they were back then. Rcb still going good, thanks to their top three batsman, but losing Luke Pomersbach and Zaheer Khan are turning to be big blows because theyre bowling has turned out to be just horrible this season. While Mumbais batting has been a bit of a worry this tournament, but with rcbs bowling it may not be that bad.
This will be really interesting contest because so far, Bangalore has won their last two games chasing 200+ on a great batting track. Chasing has always been really hard in Chennai, as bangalore saw in the IPL final. So, if Vettori wins the toss he will most probably bat first and RCB will try their best to put up a huge score. The thing is, will RCB's poor bowling be abloe to defend it?
And, if Mumbai bat first, RCB's poor bowoling might let them go to a huge score. In both scenarios, the odds are totally with Mumbai. Especially because then new ball is going to be in lethal Malingas hands, Gayle and Dilshan will have to be extremely careful against him. Considering how his yorkers seem to be getting more and more accurate, and his match winning abilities even stronger.
For me, the main contest in this match will be Gayle, Dilshan and Kohli vs Malinga. All four of them have been brilliant throughout the tournament and are no doubt the key players in their teams.
Both captains, Harbhajan for Mumbai and Vettori for Bangalore have a tough job ahead of them as players but even more as captains. I think captaincy is a hard job in t20 cricket since its hard to decide which bowlers to go in for their spells, field placements etc. Vettori and Harbhajan have been succesful and non-successful in their bowling changes this tournament. Itll be interesting how both go about this match.
There have been such thrilling encounters this whole tournament, its hard to know what to expect from the final, but im sure its going to be as exciting as any final should be.
Prediction: Mumbai.
Support: Bangalore.
GO AAR CEE BBEEE!!
In less than 24 hours, there will be a new champion. Both teams have match winners included, but the way the teams have changed a lot since the indian premier league, its going to be a hard guess for this encounter. Mumbai have lost a lot of players since the indian premier league, theyre hardly the same team they were back then. Rcb still going good, thanks to their top three batsman, but losing Luke Pomersbach and Zaheer Khan are turning to be big blows because theyre bowling has turned out to be just horrible this season. While Mumbais batting has been a bit of a worry this tournament, but with rcbs bowling it may not be that bad.
This will be really interesting contest because so far, Bangalore has won their last two games chasing 200+ on a great batting track. Chasing has always been really hard in Chennai, as bangalore saw in the IPL final. So, if Vettori wins the toss he will most probably bat first and RCB will try their best to put up a huge score. The thing is, will RCB's poor bowling be abloe to defend it?
And, if Mumbai bat first, RCB's poor bowoling might let them go to a huge score. In both scenarios, the odds are totally with Mumbai. Especially because then new ball is going to be in lethal Malingas hands, Gayle and Dilshan will have to be extremely careful against him. Considering how his yorkers seem to be getting more and more accurate, and his match winning abilities even stronger.
For me, the main contest in this match will be Gayle, Dilshan and Kohli vs Malinga. All four of them have been brilliant throughout the tournament and are no doubt the key players in their teams.
Both captains, Harbhajan for Mumbai and Vettori for Bangalore have a tough job ahead of them as players but even more as captains. I think captaincy is a hard job in t20 cricket since its hard to decide which bowlers to go in for their spells, field placements etc. Vettori and Harbhajan have been succesful and non-successful in their bowling changes this tournament. Itll be interesting how both go about this match.
There have been such thrilling encounters this whole tournament, its hard to know what to expect from the final, but im sure its going to be as exciting as any final should be.
Prediction: Mumbai.
Support: Bangalore.
GO AAR CEE BBEEE!!
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