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Overview
This must be one of the most dramatic scripts ever written in the IPL as Sourav Ganguly will be a warrior for Pune as the team takes on the Kolkata Knight Riders, on Thursday. It will be interesting to see which team the Kolkata fan base will be rooting to.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have been rejuvenated into a new unit ever since a new outlook was imparted into the team lead by a proactive skipper. Needing one win out of two games, for the first time in the four editions of the IPL, they have fancied their chances for the play-offs. Gautam Gambhir’s form has been a cause of concern as it has yo-yoed ever since the start of the tournament. Eoin Morgan is yet to live the hype that was built around him at the start of the tournament.
The Pune Warriors, after being tagged to favorites, right now find themselves at the wrong side of the points table. Momentum, something they have never had right from the start of the tournament will be the key in tournaments like these. It will be harsh on somebody like Ganguly to ask him to contribute given that he has picked up the bat after five months.
Watch out for
- Yusuf Pathan’s return to form would have elicited grin amongst the Kolkata followers. A fluent 36 from 24 balls Yusuf Pathan announced his return to form. The big man will be keen to contribute more with his bat and ball
- Yuvraj Singh will be one person who the Kolkata Knight Riders want to get early. The mature bowler that he is, he can also inflict the damage with his bowling. However, to produce any damage, he must bat at his normal No.4 position.
Pune Warriors
Yuvraj Singh*, SC Ganguly, ER Dwivedi, JD Ryder, R Sharma, GC Smith, JE Taylor, AC Thomas, RV Uthappa, SB Wagh, Imtiyaz Ahmed, JP Faulkner, CJ Ferguson, GB Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh, DS Jadhav, NL McCullum, M Manhas, MR Marsh, MD Mishra, SS Mundhe, AA Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, M Kartik, HH Khadiwale, B Kumar, TD Paine†, MK Pandey, WD Parnell, S Rana.
Kolkata Knight Riders
G Gambhir*, S Ladda, EJG Morgan, YK Pathan, MK Tiwary, JD Unadkat, L Balaji, R Bhatia, MS Bisla, MV Boucher†, SP Goswami, BJ Haddin†, Iqbal Abdulla, JH Kallis, B Lee, JL Pattinson, PJ Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, LR Shukla,RN ten Doeschate.
Stadium Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Time 14:30 GMT (20:00 local)
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