Mon Sep 26
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 ISTGroup A - Mumbai Indians v Trinidad & Tobago
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 ISTGroup A - Mumbai Indians v Trinidad & Tobago
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
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Match facts
Mumbai Indians v Trinidad & Tobago, September 26
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)
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Big Picture
Two
years ago a regional team from the Caribbean Islands entertained and
captured the imagination of - at least - the Indian crowds. They played
merry cricket, and their celebrations included national flags, something
no other team in the Champions League had. They were almost the home
team, and one man in particular, marauding runs, diving to pull off
incredible catches and saves, became the darling of the crowds.
Two
years on, that man Kieron Pollard is the ultimate freelance cricketer.
He plays Twenty20 cricket in India, Australia and England, sometimes
even when West Indies are playing international cricket. When the said
team, Trinidad & Tobago, were winning the Caribbean T20 this year -
qualification for the Champions League qualifiers a by-product of that -
Pollard was playing the Big Bash in Australia.
Pollard
and T&T raise the classical money-league questions. Was Pollard
because of T&T or T&T because of Pollard? How much does Pollard
owe T&T, his first team? Has he outgrown T&T? The two parties
have followed the classical money-league solution too. They have both
moved on seamlessly. Pollard plies his trade all around the world, and
makes more money that he can imagine making with T&T. There is the
general practical acceptance - at least on the surface - that making
money through playing cricket is no sin.
T&T
too have got used to life without Pollard. They have put together
another steady team playing merry and effective cricket, they have won
the Caribbean T20 again, they were the best team in the Champions League
qualifiers, and who should they face in their first match in the main
draw? Pollard's IPL side that is philosophically the exact opposite of
T&T. Mumbai Indians have bought the finest players money could buy
and auction would allow, they have bought the finest coaches the
facilities, they have looked after their talent well, and when they were
faced with a deluge of injuries they managed to even get the playing
conditions twisted to accommodate five foreign players.
Watch out for …
Ravi Rampaulmade
it a habit to strike early during the past international season at
home. The definition of "early" changes with Twenty20, but he has been
doing it in the qualifiers, and will be crucial again, especially in
Bangalore, a track not tailor-made for T&T's slower bowlers.
Lasith Malinga
won Mumbai a game off his bat on Saturday; he bowled a few trademark
yorkers too, but he will surely want to make bigger impact with the ball
than 4-0-29-1, and T20 cricket knows he can.
Team news
T&T
preferred the same XI in the qualifying leg, but given the better pace
of the Bangalore pitch and the small boundaries they might want to add
to the only specialist fast bowler, Rampaul.
Mumbai
don't have too many choices with team selection, and are likely to
retain their winning combination. The one concern for them is their
South African opening batsman, Davy Jacobs, who is a doubtful starter
after being stretchered off the field
Stats and trivia
- T&T have won nine of their last 10 completed T20 games.
- Malinga scored a third of his career runs, 37 out of 113, in his match-winning effort against Chennai Super Kings.
Quotes
"We
are looking forward to meeting the Mumbai Indians with Kieron Pollard
on board, and also the Chennai Super Kings with Dwayne Bravo on board,
and we will be coming hard at them. We are hoping to pull off a victory
over both teams, and the boys are looking forward to playing against
players who were part of our set-up. I think getting victory over those
guys in this tournament will be feathers in our caps."
Darren Ganga suggests T&T haven't moved on that well after all
"I think this win will set the tone for us to go forward. We have won this game and this will definitely boost our confidence. We would like to stay very humble in the remaining matches, and do what we can do at our best." Harbhajan Singh, the Mumbai Indians captain, stays, well, humble after one Twenty20 win
Mumbai Indians v Trinidad & Tobago Live CLT20Darren Ganga suggests T&T haven't moved on that well after all
"I think this win will set the tone for us to go forward. We have won this game and this will definitely boost our confidence. We would like to stay very humble in the remaining matches, and do what we can do at our best." Harbhajan Singh, the Mumbai Indians captain, stays, well, humble after one Twenty20 win
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