Lions eye tough road up the points table
Gujarat Lions will try to climb up from seventh place when they take on Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, a team they have yet to lose to in the IPL
The preview by Rachna Shetty
15-Apr-2017
Match facts
Mumbai Indians v Gujarat Lions
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Start time 1600 local time
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Start time 1600 local time
Head to head
Overall: Mumbai Indians lost both their matches against Gujarat Lions last season.
In the news
Lasith Malinga missed Mumbai's last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore due to an illness. If fit, he is likely to slot back in place of Tim Southee.
The last time Mumbai played Lions at home, Mitchell McClenaghan took 4 for 21, although that game ended in a last-ball defeat for his side. McClenaghan has not had the best start this season - he has conceded 149 runs in four matches, the most by a bowler so far - but did well against a Royal Challengers line-up packed with big hitters. On a two-paced pitch, he finished with 2 for 20, including the wicket of Virat Kohli.
For Lions, Dwayne Bravo remains unavailable as he recovers from a hamstring injury. According to team sources, he will not be traveling to Mumbai and will continue to focus on his rehabilitation in Rajkot.
Which left-arm fast bowler should Mumbai use?
0 votesMitchell McClenaghan
Mitchell Johnson
Both of them
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Likely XIs
Mumbai Indians 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Jos Buttler, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Mitchell McClenaghan/ Mitchell Johnson, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Tim Southee/ Lasith Malinga
Gujarat Lions 1 Dwayne Smith, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Aaron Finch, 5 Dinesh Karthik, 6 Ishan Kishan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Praveen Kumar/Dhawal Kulkarni, 9 Basil Thampi/Nathu Singh, 10 AJ Tye, 11 Shivil Kaushik / Shadab Jakati
Stats
Rachna Shetty is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo