Gujrat Lions face Kolkotta Knight Riders in a match which will be very important for them as they have struggled like anything in this VIVO IPL 10, 2017 tournament. Their main problem this season has been that their bowling combinations have not worked out for them. They don’t have genuine spinner like other teams. If Dwyane Bravo is fit it will be fantastic for them and they are eagerly waiting for that to happen. Andre Tye has done a good job since they realised the importance of overseas fast bowler. Finch has disappointed them so far and his form is really worrying them at the moment. But the good new for him is he is in the Austrlian Champions trophy team to be held in England in June soon after this mega event.
KKR is not having any issue at the moment as they are smoothly winning matches, except the defeat they suffered at the hands of Mumbai Indians at Wankhede stadium last week. Good for them Yousuf is back in form and Manish Pandey has been the cynosure of all eyes so far. His consistency has impressed everyone and he might get the nod for Champions trophy the way he has performed so far in IPL. Gambhir of course is leading from the front and he has really been in terrific form. More importantly for them their bowlers have done a fantastic job for them. In particular Sunil Narine has once again lived upto the expectations, while KuldeepYdav, Umesh Yadav have supported well.
In yesterday’s match Mumbai Indians toyed with Kings XI Punjab at Indore. Chasing a huge 190 plus score they romped home quite comfortably, with Jos Butler playing magnificent innings, while Parthiv Patel and Nitish Rana made good contributions too.
For Kings XI Hashim Amla scored a superb unbeaten century off just 60 balls and Maxwell made a quickfire 43. Mumbai have lost only match so far – the very first match they played against Rising Pune Supergaints.
Mahavaadi Sudeer– DD Commentator
