Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challnegers – Mumbai Indians won the toss and will bat first

Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to bat first in the 1^st semi final against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Dr. DY Patil stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai Indians has brought match fit Abhishek Nayar and D.Fernando in to the playing XI.

Sachin knows both are big match players and presence of them will be big help for Mumbai Indians.  So far no batsmen able to pick slower ball from D.Fernando and that is good from Mumbai Indians point of view.

Bangalore made one change with Praveen Kumar replacing Pankaj Singh. Mumbai Indians has been table topper during league stage while Royal Challengers Bangalore were in fourth place.

Mumbai Indians have advantage of playing in front of their home crowd and Sachin knows this is golden opportunity for their boys to march into the final of IPL seson three for the first time.

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s captain Anil Kumble said it was a good toss to lose and felt the dew might play a factor in the chase.

Playing XI for both Teams (Match is Schedule to begin at 20:00 PM India Time)

Mumbai Indians Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (Captain.), Shikhar Dhawan, Saurabh Tiwary, JP Duminy, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga, D.Fernando.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Squad: Jacques Kallis, Manish Pandey, Kevin Pietersen, Ross Taylor, Robin Uthappa (WK), Rahul Dravid, Virat Kolhi, Dale Steyn, Anil Kumble (Captain),  R Vinay Kumar,  Praveen Kumar.

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