Published: Apr 16, 2016, 06:30 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 16, 2016, 05:29 PM (IST)
Mumbai Indian (MI) take on Gujarat Lions (GL) in the Match 9 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 at Wankhede Stadium at Mumbai on Saturday. The live cricket streaming could be watched on starsports.com and Hotstar, while the live telecast of the match is available on Sony SIX, Sony SIX HD, Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD, along with hindi commentary on SET MAX. Both the teams are coming off from respective victories in their last matches. GL have been unbeaten so far, while MI are coming in with a win-loss record of 1:1. Rohit Sharma was brilliant for MI while chasing Kolkata Knight Riders’s (KKR) target of 188. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions, Match 9, IPL 2016
Gujarat, the newcomers in the IPL family, defeated Kings XI Punjab by five wickets followed by a comfortable victory over Rising Pune Supergiants by seven wickets on Thursday and now sit on top of the points table. While Mumbai after losing to Pune in the tournament opener, the side came back strongly with an all-round show to thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets on Wednesday and are currently placed in the fifth spot in the table. Mumbai will miss their star batsman Lendl Simmons, who was ruled out of the rest of the tournament due to lower back injury.
New Zealand’s Martin Guptill who went unsold in the cash-rich T20 league auction will come as a replacement for the West Indian. On the other hand, Gujarat Lions will depend on their swashbuckling openers Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum to do the job at the start. Finch with 124 runs in two matches is the leading run scorer and the Australian will aim to pile on some more runs under his belt against Mumbai.
(With inputs from IANS)
