MI’s team selection was absolutely confusing in the previous game. They dropped Tim David and Tymal Mills, two of their biggest buys in the auction, for Jaydev Unadkat and Ramandeep Singh. This immediately made their bowling weaker and a true six-hitter was in the dressing room. If MI stays with the same team selection then you should bet against it. The team that played the previous game was saved with the bat only because of Suryakumar Yadav and the bowling was just horrible. We’re writing this with the assumption that MI will pick their strongest XI and learn from their mistakes in the previous game. That means a return of Tim David and Tymal Mills to the lineup in place of Ramandeep Singh and possibly Thampi/Unadkat. When that happens MI’s batting line-up will be pretty impressive, which includes Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Pollard and then David. This should allow MI to play fearlessly and attack from the start. We think betting on Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav could be the way to go here. You can search for the Over/Under betting markets in their individual runs in this game. Bowling was an issue for MI in IPL 2022. Bumrah and Mills seemed to form a good partnership, but without Mills the opposition can just outplay Bumrah with relative certainty and attack the others. M Ashwin, Jayadev Unadkat and Basil Thampi will not worry any of the other teams in this competition. It also forces Kieron Pollard to bowl more or less his full quota of overs in every match. Adding Tim David could also solve this problem as he rolls over his arm.
Manchester City opened the football year unsuccessfully when they lost to Leicester in the Super Bowl. After this unfortunate fiasco, the Celestials confidently passed the group stage in the Champions League, where they took first place in the group with PSG. At the first stage of the playoffs the Mancunians left no stone unturned from Sporting (5:0) in the first match, after which they played a draw with the Portuguese and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the English Championship the townspeople have 23 wins and five peaceful outcomes after the 31st round, which brought 74 points and the first position. It is impossible not to note the best indicator of the team in the league in terms of the quality of defense, which conceded only 20 times. After success in a duel with Burnley (2:0), Pep Guardiola’s wards parted ways with Liverpool (2:2) last Sunday. It is worth noting that this result kept the status quo and one point ahead of the Reds. Gabriel Jesus, Dias, Mendy and Palmer, who has a leg injury, will not be able to take part in the duel today.
