Who will win RPS vs MI, IPL 2017 2nd Match?
The second game of the Indian Premier League 2017 will see Rising Pune Supergiant lock horns with Mumbai Indians at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. The match is scheduled to be played on April 6 with live action to begin at 8 PM local time.
RPS vs MI 2nd Match: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Set Max, Sony Six, Sky Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Star Sports
Toss Prediction
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium witnessed four IPL matches last year. The toss-winning side elected to chase in each of those games and emerged winners on three occasions. So whichever team wins the toss here is likely to go with the trend of batting second. We predict Mumbai Indians to win the toss in this match as Rising Pune Supergiant have been unlucky with it in their last three games at this venue.
Read on for team previews, latest odds, betting tips and prediction for Supergiants vs Indians, IPL 2017 2nd match....
RPS Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Steve Smith will be in charge of the team in place of MS Dhoni. Australian allrounder Mitchell Marsh and Ravichandran Ashwin have been ruled out of the IPL 2017 after sustaining a shoulder injury and sports hernia respectively. Imran Tahir and Nathan Lyon have been named as the respective replacements. Ben Stokes is the team's most expensive signing of the season.
Key Players
Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith and MS Dhoni will be the key batters for the RPS. They were the leading run-getters for the team last IPL where they all averaged above 40. Allrounder Ben Stokes, their most expensive investment, will be handy with both the bat and the ball. He along with Adam Zampa and Nathan Lyon will be the key figures in the team's bowling lineup. Zampa took the most wickets for RPS last time and so there will be a lot of expectations on him.
Recent Form
Rising Pune Supergiant lost 9 of their 14 league matches in what was their first IPL season last year and as a result, finished second to bottom on the points table. They started off nicely with a comfortable victory over Mumbai Indians in the opening match but lost their way thereafter with four consecutive defeats. They won their final two league matches though.
RPS Predicted Playing 11
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Steven Smith (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal, Faf du Plessis, Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Nathan Lyon, Ashok Dinda, Adam Zampa, Jaydev Unadkat.
MI Team News & Playing 11
Team News
The team will be led by Rohit Sharma who has recovered from thigh injury and is now fully fit. Mitchell Johnson has been included in the squad as back-up for Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan while Asela Gunaratne has been roped in as cover for Kieron Pollard. Tim Southee is recovering from a hamstring injury and he is the only player to be injured in the squad.
Key Players
Rohit Sharma, the skipper, is MI's highest run-scorer in the tournament and he also scored the most runs for his team in the previous edition. He has been out of international cricket due to injury and will be raring to make an impression in this year's IPL. Jos Buttler and Kieron Pollard are powerful strikers of the ball and are dangerous batsmen in T20 format. Lasith Malinga has been their most successful bowler with 143 wickets in the IPL and RPS will be wary of his toe-crushing yorkers. Jasprit Bumrah has been doing a good job for India in limited-overs cricket and he will be the one to watch out for in the death overs.
Recent Form
Mumbai Indians were left dejected last year after they fell short to enter the playoffs round by just a couple of points. They won 7 and lost as many from their 14 league matches to end up fifth on the points table. They lost their final league game against Gujarat Lions by six wickets.
MI Predicted Playing 11
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Rohit Sharma (c), Ambati Rayudu, Parthiv Patel (wk), Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell Johnson, Jasprit Bumrah.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Rising Pune Supergiants: W W L L L
Mumbai Indians: L W L W L
RPS vs MI Head to Head
Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant don't have a long history of duels in the IPL as the latter played only their first season in the 2016 edition where the two teams faced each other twice. While the first encounter, which happened to be the season's opening fixture, was easily won by RPS, the second one was played at the MCA - the venue for this match - and was won by MI in a rather convincing fashion.
RPS vs MI Betting Odds
The two teams seem to be pretty evenly matched as far as match odds are concerned. Rising Pune Supergiant are playing at their home ground and so they should have been slightly lower on the odds. But since the team is undergoing a few injury concerns - Ashwin being the major one, they find themselves as outsiders with 1xbet at 1.98 while Mumbai Indians are marginal favorites to win this game at 1.96. Both teams are however tied at 1.90 with bet365
RPS vs MI Prediction
Rising Pune Supergiant lost all of their four matches at the MCA last season and one of these defeats came at the hands of Mumbai Indians. So the latter will go into this match with a big psychological advantage. RPS are a relatively new team who will be playing just their second season whereas MI are an experienced unit who have been playing since the tournament's inception in 2008.
The Steven Smith-led side have made impressive changes to their squad this year but injuries to some of their key players will be a big worry for them. RPS will rue not having any frontline Indian spinner this season and MI will definitely look to make the most of it come Thursday. Mumbai Indians have no real injury concerns at the moment and they have a more stable top-order batting lineup which is why we predict them to emerge victorious in this match.
Final Verdict: Back Mumbai Indians to beat Rising Pune Supergiant in the 2nd match of IPL 2017 at 1.96 with 1xbet and 1.90 with bet365
Apr 06, 2017
20:00 IST / 14:30 GMT
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium - Pune, India
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