ours of play (local time): 15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.20, Interval 16.20-16.40, Second Session 16.40-18.00
Mumbai are missing two star allrounders who should prove be the engine of their middle-order in this campaign, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard. They have a couple of injury concerns over another pair of foreign recruits - the out-of-form JP Duminy suffered a split webbing during the one-day series against India, while Sri Lankan fast bowler Dilhara Fernando will miss at least one match with a back strain. That means the four overseas players they are likely to go with are the Sri Lankan pair of Sanath Jayasuriya and Lasith Malinga, South African allrounder Ryan McLaren, and Essex allrounder Graham Napier.
In Tendulkar, Zaheer, Harbhajan and Abhishek Nayar, they have four Indian players who should play almost all matches. It remains to be seen which of the Indian players they choose to fill the remaining slots
Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals
Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (09:30 GMT)
Current time: 11:09 local, 05:39 GMT
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Rajasthan Royals find themselves in the familiar position of being underdogs, this time against the richest team in the tournament, Mumbai Indians, who are under pressure to deliver after two forgettable seasons. As in the first season, few are giving Shane Warne's boys much of a chance, especially after their unconventional buys this season: Australian batsman Damien Martyn, who has been out of competitive cricket for more than three years except for some games in the ICL, Hampshire batsman Michael Lumb, who is not a familiar name outside England, and Australian batting allrounder Adam Voges. However, Warne and his team have made a habit of proving the naysayers wrong, with several of their left-field picks (like Goa batsman Swapnil Asnodkar) proving to be successes.
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