Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors IPL4 Live Score - MI v PW 2011 IPL 44th Match Teams

Two teams from the same state, as two neighboring cities Mumbai Indiansand Pune Warriors, like Manchester United and City in EPL, will meet in the 43rd matchof 2011 Indiand Premier League IPL4, on Wednesday, 4th May, 2011 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumba, in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Mumbai Indians is currently at 2nd position and 1-2 wins will secure their semis place. Pollard finally played an inning to justice his retention in the last game. Harbhajan and Malinga bowling superbly to give them earl wickets.

Pune Warriors lost 6 consecutive matches after winning first 2 and lying at the bottom of the points table and if they lost this match they will definitely out of the tournament. Big news is that they have included former Indian and KKR captain Saurav Ganguly. who was unsold in the auction and also appointed as deputy to Yuvraj. Hope he will provide much needed strenghth to short batting line up.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 44th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Pune Warriors Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 44th Match:

Yuvraj Singh (cap), Robin Uthappa (wk), Jesse Ryder, Saurav Ganguly, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Shrikanth Wagh, Murali Kartik, Alfonso Thomas

Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab 2011 IPL 40th Match Live Score - KXIP v MI IPL4 Commentary, Teams

Title favorite Mumbai Indians will take struggling Kings XI Punjab in the 40th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, on Monday, 2nd May, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumba, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians slipped to 2nd place and now have a good chance to again move to top after they lost to Rajasthan in the last match when their strong batting collapsed to mere 94 runs. Tendulkar still holding Orange Cap but not played big innings in the last few matches while Pollard still to make an impact so far.

Kings XI Punjab after few wins thanks to Valthaty's inning failed to win last 3 games and now in a must win situation to stay in the race. Paul valthaty, Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh must play big innings to post big totals.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Adam Gilchrist (cap), Shaun Marsh, Paul Valthaty, Sunny Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Harris, Vikramjeet Malik, Piyush Chawla, Ryan McLaren.

Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians 2011 IPL 34th Match Live Score Card - MI v RR IPL4 Live Commentary

2011 IPL 4 Points table leader Mumbai Indians will take 4th placedRajasthan Royals in the 34th match, on Friday, 29th April, 2011 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians are in good form as after top order, Rohit Sharma and Andrew Symonds scored runs when they got chance in the last match. Lasith Malinga is bowling well as usual and Munaf Patel is supporting him well.

Rajasthan Royals also won their last match after 2 successive defeat against KKR as Shane Warne leading from the front in the field as getting support from Liz Hurley in the stand. Dravid and Watson giving good start but now the they have toughest opponent to face.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 34th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 34th Match:

Shane Warne (cap), Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Abhishek Raut, Johan Botha, Amit Gajanan Paunikar, Siddharth Trivedi, Ashok Menaria, Amit Singh, Ajinkiya Rahane.

MI v PWI 2011 IPL 21st Match Result - Munaf stars in Mumbai's last ball thrilling win

In a low score last ball thriller between two neighbor cities, Mumbai Indiansbeat Pune Warriors by 7 wickets on Wednesday, 20th April, 2011 at Wankhede, Mumbai. PWI all out on 118 in 17.2 overs and MI made 124/3 in 20 overs.

Pune Warriors lost early wickets by Ali & Munaf and never come back in the match despite Uthappa's 45 runs and bowled out on 118 runs in 17.2 overs as Munaf took 3 wickets for just 8 runs while Malinga, Abu Nechim and Ali took 2 wickets each. Mumbai Indians were at comfortable position at 83/1 in 13 overs and needed 35 runs off 38 balls but tight bowling by Thomas took the match to last ball. Mumbai needed 5 runs in last over and managed only 4 runs in 5 balls and then Rohit Sharma hit last ball 6 to seal a tense win.

Match Summary:

Pune Warriors - 118 all out in 17.2 overs (Uthappa 45, Munaf 3-8, Ahmed 2-13)

Mumbai Indians - 124/3 in 20 overs (Rayudu 37, Thomas 1-16)

Toss - Pune Warriors, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Munaf Patel (Mumbai Indians)

Result - Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets

Points - Mumbai Indians 2, Pune Warriors 0

Two new teams have made IPL-4 more competitive: Murali Kartik

Mumbai, Apr 20: Sahara Pune Warriors spinner Murali Kartik has said that the inclusion of two new teams in the Indian Premier League has made the tournament a lot more competitive. 

Addressing mediapersons in Mumbai, Kartik said: "Two new teams, some more players coming into the fray, definitely it has made it a lot more competitive. After the auction, talks were, two sides were very strong. 

"In spite of that I think people have done their homework and have managed to put together good sides. And as I have said, on a given day if you certain things right in 20-20 cricket, you definitely cross the line as a winner."

Sahara Pune Warriors will face Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (April 20).

Responding to a poser on the Twenty-20 format of cricket, Kartik said both the batsmen and bowlers are getting used to it.

"We have got used to it, 60 yards, flat wickets, bigger bats, it is a bit of an unequal contest...that is what we have to content with and possibly, with all the bowlers, we have tried to survive in the game, and possibly, it can only get better for us, we are also trying to come to grips with doing different things," added Kartik.

Also present in the news conference, was Geoff Marsh, the coach of Pune Warriors, who said since out of the four games played, his team has lost two and won two, he sees a fair chance of the team performing well in the next couple of matches.

Kartik also said, in a Twenty-20 game, bowlers tend to follow new tricks, especially when they are bowling to batsmen in the calibre of Sachin Tendulkar.

Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors 2011 IPL 21st Match Live Score, MI v SPW IPL 4 Live Commentary,Team

It's now time to see rivalry between 2 cities after fights between 2 states, when Mumbai Indians will take Sahara Pune Warriors in the 21st match of2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, on Wednesday, 20th April, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 16.00 IST.

Mumbai Indians lost the last high scoring match against Kochi despite Tendulkar's maiden T20 century, and jinx continues if he scores century team loses. Now they have to face new and in-form neighbor city. Tendulkar and Rayudu in good touch but middle order not getting enough exposure and it will be interesting to see how Symonds perform after a year.

Sahara Pune Warriors also lost their last game after got a perfect start of their IPL with 2 wins and now they have toughest opponent. Ryder giving good start at the top and Yuvraj and Uthappa taking the inning forward in the middle.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 21st Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Rajagopal Satish, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Sahara Pune Warriors Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 16th Match:

Yuvraj Singh (cap), Robin Uthappa (wk), Jesse Ryder, Graeme Smith, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Rahul Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Shrikanth Wagh, Murali Kartik, Alfonso Thomas

Mumbai Indians v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011 IPL 13th Match Live Score, MI v KTK IPL4 Live Commentary

Title favorite and strong Mumbai Indians will take new team Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the 13th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL 4, in the 2nd night game of Friday, 15th April, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai starting from 14.30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians has won their both the matches very comfortably and will be favorite for today's game as Sachin Tendulkar is giving good start at the top and Rayudu also played a good knock along him and hard hitter Pollard is yet to expose while fast bowler Lasith Malinga, is taking early wickets with good yorkers and he is the Purple cap holder.

New franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala has yet to taste of success in IPL as they lost their both the matches and they are looking desparate to win and for that they need Brandon Mccullum and Jayawardhane to hit some runs. Jadeja played a good inning in the last game but they are heavily depend on Muralitharan in the bowling department as they lost their both the matches in the last due to limited bowling options.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 13th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, James Franklin, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Rajagopal Satish, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 13th Match:

Mahela Jayawardene (cap), Brendon McCullum, VVS Laxman, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Raiphi Gomez, Parthiv Patel (wk), Vinay Kumar, Sreesanth, RP Singh.

Mumbai Indians v Royal Bangalore 2011 IPL 8th Match Live Score - MI v RCB IPL 4 8th Match Teams

2010 finalist Mumbai Indians will take 2009 finalist Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 8th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, in the 2nd game of Tuesday, 12th April, 2011 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, in a night game starting from 14:30 GMT, 8:00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians started their IPL4 campaign well with a comfortable win as Lasith Malinga was on fire with 5 wickets while Tendulkar continues with the runs as usual. Ali Murtaza did well with the bowl while Rohit Sharma also looking in touch and looking happy to be part of Mumbai.

Royal Challengers Bangalore also started with a win and they have very good team, picked mostly from Delhi as de Villiers played a match winning knock while Dilshan still has a forgatteble IPL. Vettori is proving very economical T20 bowler, while Zaheer Khan continues with his good work of World Cup.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 8th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, James Franklin, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Rajagopal Satish, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 8th Match:

AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Asad Pathan, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Mithun, Daniel Vettori (cap), Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes.

Mumbai Indians v Royal Bangalore 2011 IPL 8th Match Live Score - MI v RCB IPL 4 8th Match Teams

2010 finalist Mumbai Indians will take 2009 finalist Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 8th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, in the 2nd game of Tuesday, 12th April, 2011 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, in a night game starting from 14:30 GMT, 8:00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians started their IPL4 campaign well with a comfortable win as Lasith Malinga was on fire with 5 wickets while Tendulkar continues with the runs as usual. Ali Murtaza did well with the bowl while Rohit Sharma also looking in touch and looking happy to be part of Mumbai.

Royal Challengers Bangalore also started with a win and they have very good team, picked mostly from Delhi as de Villiers played a match winning knock while Dilshan still has a forgatteble IPL. Vettori is proving very economical T20 bowler, while Zaheer Khan continues with his good work of World Cup.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 8th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, James Franklin, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Rajagopal Satish, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 8th Match:

AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Asad Pathan, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Mithun, Daniel Vettori (cap), Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes.

Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils 2011 IPL 4th Match Live Score - MI v DD IPL 4 Fourth Match Teams

In a big 4th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL 4, last time finalist and strong Mumbai Indians will take another giant Delhi Daredevils in the 1st game of Sunday, 10th April, 2011 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, in a day-night game starting from 10:30 GMT, 4:00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians retained their top 4 players including Tendulkar, Pollard, Bhajji & Malinga but lost Zaheer Khan. They further strengthen with the inclusion of Andrew Symmonds and Rohit Sharma in the team. They also have James Franklin, Davy Jacobs and few other foreign players and difficult to choose in them while Munaf Patel and Ambati Rayudu will be the part of playing 11.

Delhi Daredevils have almost new team except captain Virender Sehwag while the bought again David Warner. They will definitely miss de Villiers, Dilshan, Vettori, Gambhir & Nannes. They still have players like Hopes, Colin Ingram, van der Merwe, Naman Ojha, Irfan Pathan and Morne Morkel.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 4th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, James Franklin, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs, Abu Nechim, Aditya Tare (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Delhi Daredevils Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 4th Match:

Virender Sehwag (cap), James Hopes/Colin Ingram, David Warner, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda, Morne Morkel, Ajit Chandila, Ajit Agarkar.