#2 With the ball
The Punjab side has shown faith in the Indian bowlers and in the last game, they went with all four overseas batsmen. But the results clearly suggest that they are weaker in the bowling department as compared to batting.
The pacers Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma and Varun Aaron have all gone for more than 8 runs an over. There is a lack of quality overseas pacers in the squad and hence they are forced to go with Indian bowlers. Against a strong Mumbai batting line-up, they will be tested big time.
Their best bowler has been Axar Patel who has picked up 6 wickets so far with an economy rate of 7. Once more, the prime responsibility would be on him to restrict the strong opposition.
For Mumbai though, the story is a lot different. They have world class overseas pacers Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan with the likes of Tim Southee and Mitchell Johnson waiting in the wings. Jasprit Bumrah firmly holds the fort as an Indian fast bowler and he has an able support in the form of Hardik Pandya.
The pacers will have to play an important role on a ground which has small boundaries and MI seems to have all bases covered as far as the pace department is concerned.
When it comes to spin bowling, Harbhajan Singh has done a great job so far having given away runs at just 5.94 per over. The other spinner Krunal Pandya is not too far behind and the duo certainly makes the bowling unit a pretty powerful one.
Punjab’s strength lies in batting and Mumbai possess the firepower to restrict them.
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