IPL Betting: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab

Indian Premier League - IPL / Andrew Hughes / 02 May 2011 /

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Davy Jacobs will open with Tendulkar

"Punjab’s batting has been generally strong, whilst Mumbai’s middle order is yet to get into gear. If they can see off Lasith Malinga, Punjab can win."

After coming unstuck against Shane Warne last time out, Sachin Tendulkar takes on another Aussie legend. It's Tendulkar versus Gilchrist in Monday's first IPL game.

Mumbai
Mumbai will probably keep faith with Davy Jacobs ahead of James Franklin and their only change could be to bring in aggressive batsman Tirumalasetti Suman for Rajagopal Satish.

Punjab
Punjab played three spinners against Kolkata but in Mumbai will probably prefer a third seamer, so either Bhargav Bhatt or Bipul Sharma are likely to be replaced, probably by Vikramjeet Malik.

Match Odds
Both these teams came unstuck on spin friendly pitches in their last games; Mumbai were skittled out in Jaipur whilst Punjab were restricted to 119 in Kolkata. But both should be better suited by the surface in Mumbai, which has a bit more life in it and doesn't give spinners an advantage. And at odds of [2.68] the visitors are the value bet. Punjab's batting has been generally strong, whilst Mumbai's middle order is yet to get into gear. If they can see off Lasith Malinga, Punjab can win.

Top Mumbai Batsman
Ambati Rayudu has been performing solidly for Mumbai and is the underrated member of their star-studded line-up. He should be backed at [5.0] or higher to top score for the Indians.

Best Bet

Andrew Hughes says: Back Punjab to beat Mumbai @ 2.68

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