Mumbai: Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar has won the toss and is very certain that he wants to bat first. Sachin feels it is a fantastic track, looks hard and firm, so batmen should enjoy it. Each boundary at the Brabourne is 75 yards long and the outfield is really quick and since there will be some dew, Tendulkar wants to use it to his advantage.
Sachin had scored his first triple century here as a school kid and believes that was the turning point of his life at that stage.
In the clash of the titans, Royal Challengers captain Anil Kumble is keen to lock horns with his old team mate and would like to get the upper hand. Kumble was proud of his boys as he says, “Great atmosphere here, and the last two games have been great - one with the bat and one with the ball. Hope we should get both together today."
Both teams have unchanged squads from their previous encounters, which means the crowds might get to watch Pollard in action once again.
Playing XI
Mumbai Indians
Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Aditya Tare (wk), Saurabh Tiwary, Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Rajagopal Sathish, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Anil Kumble (captain), Jacques Kallis, Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa, Eoin Morgan, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Mark Boucher (wk), Dale Steyn, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar
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