Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians - Preview

A completely meaningless match thanks to Chennai taking control of their own destiny yesterday. Mumbai have nothing to play for now, perhaps not even pride. I would say Bangalore have the edge in today's game and I hope they put it past Mumbai.

I have no sympathies for Mumbai. Twice they messed up their chances. First they could have beaten Delhi and got into the semifinals themselves while putting us also in. They didn't do that. Then they could have beaten Rajasthan to ensure that they remained in control of their destiny. They didn't do that either in the bargain they prayed for us to lose - and so they do not deserve any sympathy whatsoever.

Bangalore are on a relative high having won their last two games. Hope they finish off on a high.

Teams
Bangalore - Royal Challengers have been missing Zaheer Khan with a slight injury. Interesting to see if he returns. Kallis also suffered an injury in the last game, if he is not fit, Boucher might slot in. I would like to see the youngster Bharat Chipli get a chance in place of Jaffer.

Mumbai - Players like Ashwell Prince and Loots Bosman have not got a single game; Luke Ronchi, Dominic Thornely have got very few. Will Mumbai rest their top players like Pollock to give these guys a go ?

Revenge Battles
Jayasuriya v Kallis
Uthappa v Kallis
Uthappa v Akhil
Pinal v Akhil
Nayyar v Vinay Kumar
Nayyar v Praveen
Pollock v Vinay Kumar
Pollock v Praveen
Pollock v Zaheer
Dravid v Pollock
Kallis v Nehra
Kohli v Jayasuriya