Pune's bowling will depend on Saurashtra pacer Jaydev Unadkat, who bowled a sensible last over and played a vital role in RPS' three-run win against MI on April 24 at the same venue.
Mumbai Indians outplayed the Kolkata Night Riders in their last league match to secure the top spot. In fact, even during his two-year stint with Kings XI Punjab, he got only one game before being released ahead of the season. In previous game Mumbai made 6 changes from their regular squad but still won the match to beat KKR this proves how confident Mumbai players are and when it comes to Pune it will be tough to replace Ben Stokes and Imran Tahir as it is a big responsibility. Courtesy the 9-wicket win, RPS climbed to second position in the eight-team standings, and thereby booked a date with the Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 on May 16.
The hosts, who are also two-time league champions, finished on top of the table with 20 points from 14 games. Who will stand up and fill in for the two players who had a huge influence on the turnaround? Though, the RPS had an option to bring the Lockie Ferguson for the last matches of this IPL 2017.
One of the most prominent front-runners, MI have unbelievable journey in IPL's so far voyage. The ace all-rounder left an indelible impact at IPL 10 with his all-round performance and the team is having 316 runs and 12 wickets to his credit in 11 games before joining England for a series of the match against South Africa. Or will RPS ride the wave and book their maiden Finals appearance?
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Chasing 73 posted by Punjab, openers Ajinkya Rahane (34 not out) and Rahul Tripathi (28) forged a 41-run partnership before the latter was dismissed by spinner Axar Patel. They have managed the biggest difference between batting run rate and bowling economy rate (0.60) of all teams this season, with Sunrisers Hyderabad (0.50) in second.
Rising Pune Supergiant have never been involved in a playoff. AjinkyaRahane will be expected to bat for the major part of the innings, while his opening partner Rahul Tripathi will be expected to provide the early momentum. These two teams have the different fortune in this season. Because he won the man of the match award on his last chance, but he didn't any further chances to play more matches. He knows how to score irrespective of the format. However, to cross the hurdle against a side that has Rohit, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and the Pandya brothers, RPS will have to play their best cricket. However, this season, the wicket has become bit sluggish and batsmen has struggled.
The wicket of Wankhede usually favoured the batsmen. He put in an impressive performance, notching up a half-century and was named the Player of the Match.
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