Published: May 14, 2017, 03:03 PM (IST)
Edited: May 14, 2017, 06:30 PM (IST)
Good Afternoon! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017. This is match 55 between Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and here, you will get all the live updates and scores of the match to be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. This match is the virtual qualifier for the IPL 2017 play-offs as both teams are still eligible to qualify. The winning team will be the fourth team to head to the next stage while in case of tie or no result, RPS will be through. This is the first match of the day as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) will collide in the last group stage match of IPL 2017. Full Cricket Scorecard: Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), IPL 2017, Match 55 at Pune
RPS’ victorious run was stopped by a depleted DD in the previous match. RPS has a very rich batting line-up consisting Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni, Steven Smith, Manoj Tiwary among international players while Rahul Tripathy has been the game changer. Their bowling has a void since Imran Tahir, their spin mainstay, left for national duties. On the other hand, KXIP, coming after a victory against table-toppers Mumbai Indians (MI) will be full of confidence. Their batting line-up features Glenn Maxwell, Martin Guptill and Wriddhiman Saha to name a few while Sandeep Sharma has been their most effective bowler.
Squads:
Kings XI Punjab: Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Matt Henry, Varun Aaron, Martin Guptill, Darren Sammy, Rinku Singh, , Manan Vohra, Akshar Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhiman Saha, , Nikhil Naik, Mohit Sharma, , KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, , Ishant Sharma
Rising Pune Supergiant: MS Dhoni (wk), Steven Smith (c), Mayank Agarwal, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Ankit Sharma, Rajat Bhatia, Deepak Chahar, Daniel Christian, Rahul Chahar, Ashok Dinda, Lockie Ferguson, Usman Khawaja, Jaskaran Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Ben Stokes, Milind Tondon, Manoj Tiwary, Jaydev Unadkat, Adam Zampa
