Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians, Live Cricket Score Updates & Ball by Ball commentary, IPL 2016, Match 54 at Kanpur

Gujarat Lions (GL) face off against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 53 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 at Kanpur on Saturday. Whoever wins this match will virtually qualify for the final four, while the loser could be out of the tournament. GL currently sit fairly safely at 16 points but a loss will keep them there at a poor Net Run Rate. If five teams finish with 16 points, which is a possibility, then GL’s terrible NRR will count against them. Meanwhile, given MI’s indifferent NRR a loss will almost surely mean they will be knocked out, while a win will put them at a safe 16 points. Live Cricket Scorecard: Rising Pune Supergiants  vs  Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2016 Match 53 at Kanpur

The equation is therefore quite simple. The winner qualifies and the loser will require a small miracle to go through. GL continue to have problems with the batting line-up, but their excellent bowling attack will hold them in good stead. MI have been unable to string together winning momentum so far in this tournament but with the business end now upon us they have run out of time to settle down. MI have managed to find an excellent prospect in Krunal Pandya, who played a superb knock a few days ago against the leg-spinning duo of Imran Tahir and Amit Mishra. He could be similarly effective against the left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Shadab Jakati. Live Cricket Blog: Rising Pune Supergiants  vs  Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2016 Match 53 at Kanpur

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Squads:

Rising Pune Supergiants: Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Thisara Perera, George Bailey, Rajat Bhatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Ashok Dinda, RP Singh, Steven Smith, Albie Morkel, Murugan Ashwin, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Peter Handscomb, Jaskaran Singh, Ankit Sharma, Scott Boland, Ishwar Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains

Kings XI Punjab: Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, David Miller (c), Manan Vohra, Murali Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Johnson, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Kyle Abbott, KC Cariappa, Marcus Stoinis, Farhaan Behardien, Pradeep Sahu, Armaan Jaffer, Swapnil Singh.

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