Mumbai Indians v/s South Australian Redbacks- Preview

Mumbai Indians and the South Australian Redbacks take on each other today, in their second game of the tournament.

Mumbai will be looking to play to their potential and register a win and disturb the points table a little. Sachin Tendulkar led team will go in without Dhaval Kulkarni, who injured his back in the team's first outing. Abhishek Nayar replaces him in the squad. Not having performed too badly in the first game, the Mumbai Indians will look to bowl a little better that they did against the Lions and try to restrict the opposition to a lower total and also would try and bat deep and finish games even from tough situations. Like always, Sachin will be the focal point of this team. He has to inspire his youngsters to come good and take his team home.

As for the Redbacks, they will also look up to their in-form captain Michael Klinger, who had a pleasant outing against the Lions. The bowling department will be tested in this game, with Mumbai Indians having a good batting line-up with Sachin up front. His wicket will be the prime focus for the Redbacks.

With the Redbacks looking to continue their success and Mumbai looking to get off the mark in the tournament, we are surely in for an exciting match.

Probable XI

South Australian Redbacks	Mumbai Indians
Daniel Harris	Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
Michael Klinger (Captain)	A.T.Rayudu (Wicket Keeper)
Shaun Tait	Abhishek Nayar
Callum Ferguson	JP Duminy
T.Christian	Keiron Pollard
Graham Manou	Rajagopal Satish
Cameron Borgas	Harbhajan Singh
Gary Putland	Zaheer Khan
Aaron O’Brien	Ali Murtuza
Cullen Bailey	Lasith Malinga
W.Cooper	Ryan McClaren

South Australia Redbacks Tame Highveld Lions

Toss : Lions, Elected to field.

Venue : Supersport Park, Centurion

Pitch Report : A bit on the slower side with a hint of grass all along the pitch. The pacers will not get too much assisstance from the pitch although there is something in it for the spinners.

In their second outing of the tournament, the Highveld Lions could not repeat their first game's performance and lost to the South Australia Redbacks by just 11 runs.

Chasing a stiff total of 179, the Lions had a rocky start as their previous game's hero, Jonathan Vandiar, dragged one back onto his stumps in the very first over of the game giving Tait his first scalp in the match.

Despite a poor start, captain Alviro Peterson kept his cool and played a good innings, keeping the runrate at around the required one and hence, keeping the hopes of a second victory alive.

Sadly for him, he couldn't get much support at the other end as wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals. At the score of 109 in the 13th over, Peterson was trapped leg before by an inswinger from Daniel Christian after scoring a good 56 off 35 balls.

Needing 58 from the next six overs, the batsmen began to throw their bat around and in the process the wickets continued to tumble. The gap between the runs required and the balls remaining and the pressure kept mounting on the Lions. A shimmer of hope came about in the 19th over, when Frylinck tonked Tait for two big sixes in the first five balls but Tait made a comeback with a wicket shattering yorker to leave the Lions needing 19 off the last over, which eventually went for just 8 runs.

Earlier, put into bat, captain Michael Klinger led from the front with a blistering knock of 78 off just 48 balls that included six boundaries and five sixes. Coming in at number four, Callum Ferguson consolidated on the brilliant start and scored a quickfire 47 off just 27 balls to take his team to a total of 178.

Turning Point : If the Lions' ever looked to be in the chase, then it was thanks to their captain Alviro Peterson. His wicket in the 13th over was crucial as it gave the Redbacks a chance to get a firm hold of the game which they managed to do.

The Hero: The winning team captain, Michael Klinger for setting the tone of the Redbacks' innings by scoring 78 off just 48 balls.

Scorecard: South Australia Redbacks 178 for 7 (Klinger 78, Ferguson 47) beat Lions 167 for 8 (Petersen 56, Tait 3-36) by 11 runs.

Highveld Lions v/s South Australian Redbacks - Preview

After a successful outing on day one, the Highveld Lions take on the South Australian Redbacks in game four of the tournment.

The Lions are brimming with confidence after beating a team like Mumbai Indians in their very first game and are sure to carry this confidence forward into today's match. The Redbacks begin their campaign today and will be wary of their local opponent.

The Lions will bank on their in-form young opener Vandiar to take charge of the innings upfront. They would also want to keep up their agility and discipline on the field in order to win their second game in a row.

On the other hand, Redbacks must've done their homework and devised their strategies after watching the Friday's game that the Lions won.

The Redbacks will look to unleash Tait and his raw pace with the intention to rattle the top order which did seem a little shaky apart from Vandiar. In the batting department, the team will look up to their captain, Michael Klinger and the consistent Cameron Borgas.

With both teams being strong in their bowling department, expect a lot of wickets to fall. High scoring or not, the game still promises to be an entertaining one.

Probable XI

South Australian Redbacks	Highveld Lions
Michael Klinger (Captain)	J.Vandiar
Cameron Borgas	A.Peterson (Captain)
Shaun Tait	R.Cameron
Aaron O’Brien	V.Vans Jaarsveld
Callum Ferguson	N.McKenzie
Daniel Harris	R.Frylinck
Cullen Bailey	Z. De Bruyn
Graham Manou	L.Tsolekile
Peter George	S.Burger
Gary Putland	E.O’Reilly
Jake Huberfield	M. Phangiso