IPL 2017, Qualifier 1: 5 reasons why Mumbai Indians can beat Rising Pune Supergiant

#4 Their bench strength

Rayudu played a brilliant hand in MI’s last encounter

Mumbai Indians have a lot of options to pick from and experiment with their rotation policy. They would be particularly satisfied that their bench strength which worked well against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, providing them more options to choose from for the all-important clash.

Case in point is Ambati Rayudu, who was playing only his second match of the season against KKR in the previous game, but blazed his way to a 50 in 32 balls. That is the kind of confidence even their fringe players are in.

As an option, Mumbai can bring in Rayudu in place of Rana who hasn’t been able to get going in the past few games.