RR vs PW Match 37 Preview:

Pune Warriors and Rajasthan Royals have one thing in common. Both are young teams and have talented youngsters in them.

But another thing not common is that RR have come back from 3 match winning loosing streak with back-to-back wins against Kochi Tuskers and Mighty Mumbai Indians. While Pune warriors have just extended it even more to 5 matches. Playing 7 matches they have only won the initial 2 matches. So today its the Warriors vs Kings, battle between to contrasting sides.

Its ironical that the most expensive team in IPL is in the bottom and in a must win position to make to play-offs. However the way this team won their initial 2 matches shows that they are capable of playing much better game. Their confidence level which must be really down, can be helped by the Yuvraj Singh who has seen lows last 2 few years and come back with an awesome performance in World Cup.

Problem of the Pune Warriors has been that except Ryder and Yuvraj, all other batsman have looked out of touch. Uthappa has managed to score runs, but has not been able to contribute with long innings in spite of getting great starts. Graeme Smith’s unavailability due to Injury has left a big void to the upper middle order of warriors. Nathan Mcullum and Muthum Manshas have not been able to cover for him..Injury to South African batsman Graeme Smith has left a gap in the batting order which players like Mithun Manhas and Nathan McCullum have failed to fill.

Bowling has been decent for Pune with pacers Alphonoso Thomas and Jerome Taylor doing the trick initially while Murali Karthik and Rahul Sharma in latter part of game.

Rajasthan Royals back from a resounding victory will look to continue the winning row in this crucial phase of tournament. Their bowling looked terrific in the la st match along with batting was decent. With Mr. Smart: Shane Warne leading them, on their day RR can do the trick any team in IPL. Their characteristic has been to restrict or defending small totals to win. Their big foreign players in the tournament, Botha, Taylor and Watson have performed consistently contrasting to the today’s rival team.

Their young players like Menaria, Siddharth Trivedi and Amit Singh have also been really useful with at least 2 of them bowling important overs in each match.

It will be key to see if the Pressure on Pune Warriors can manage the pressure on them after loosing 5 matches. So its pressure vs confidence game today and what ever the result is, the fight going to be definitely interesting. Especially looking at the help slow bowlers got in last match on the same venue

Taile piece: Delhi Daredevils, Deccan chargers both down rock bottom of the tournament have come up in their 8th Match. Will Pune repeat this feat and make the points table more interesting ?

 

Teams Composition:
Pune Warriors:Jesse Ryder, Manish Pandey,  Harpreet Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Mithun Manhas, Nathan McCullum, Murali Kartik, Rahul Sharma, Jerome Taylor. Alfonso Thomas,
Rajasthan Royals:
Shane Watson, Rahul Dravid, Ashok Menaria, Ross Taylor, Johan Botha, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Singh, Dishant Yagnik, Sidhharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny,Shane Warne.