Mumbai take on resurgent Bangalore

Bangalore: The top two teams in the points table take on each other as the action shifts down south where Mumbai take on Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy stadium. While Mumbai have maintained a certain degree of consistency throughout the tournament and have been at the top of the table, Bangalore have fallen prey to inconsistencies despite having made a good start.

The Mumbai Indians are already in the final four and Bangalore, currently on 14 points, would like to win this one and put themselves in a similar position. A loss though does not put them out of contention as their run-rate is still on the higher side as compared to the other teams, but they would like to avoid last-minute palpitations. For Mumbai though, this will be a good game to test out some of their bench strength before playing the all-important semi-finals.

The two teams match each other in the batting department. While the Mumbai batting boasts of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Sourabh Tiwary, Ambati Rayudu and Dwayne Bravo, Bangalore match them with Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa, Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen and Manish Pandey. The one worry for Bangalore would be the form of Kieron Pollard. The Trinidadian has started to show his true colours and a cameo from him has the potential to spoil the home side's party plans.