Published 16:29 IST, October 23rd 2020
Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya cool off with a pool day ahead of Chennai game; watch video
The Mumbai IPL team's stalwarts Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya were seen enjoying with the team in Sharjah ahead of their clash with Chennai on Friday.
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Mumbai IPL team has been living it up in Sharjah ahe of ir clash with Chennai on Friday night. team's excellent performances at Dream11 IPL 2020 have put m in a great position and a win will push team up to first place on points table. Currently, Delhi and Bangalore occupy first two places on points table with 14 points each. In what will be a repeat of this year's first Dream11 IPL game, and last year's final, Mumbai will hope to defeat struggling Chennai side.
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Mumbai squ cools off with a pool day
With temperatures in UAE hitting highs of 36°C, teams have been hitting beaches and pools at almost every possible interval. In a video posted on Mumbai IPL team's IGTV p, team's players and staff can be seen relaxing in ir hotel's swimming pool. While captain Rohit Sharma is conspicuous in his absence from video, Mumbai's best bowler, Jasprit Bumrah and hard-hitter Hardik Pandya can be seen enjoying mselves on ir off day. video also features Suryakumar Yav, spinners Rahul Chahar and Krunal Pandya, enjoying a game of Pool Volleyball.
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'Yorker King' Jasprit Bumrah has caught on after his slow start at tournament and is w on .5 on list of highest wicket-takers at Dream11 IPL 2020. He has taken 15 wickets in his 9 matches, at an ecomy of 7.44. His best performance at league this year has come against Steve Smith's Rajasthan side. Bumrah took 4 wickets for just 20 runs, recording best figures of his IPL career. He cleaned up dangerous-looking Steve Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer and Shreyas Gopal to help his team to a 57 run win.
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Hardik Pandya has also brushed off his slow start and back to his role as a finisher for team. Pandya and Kieron Pollard have helped Mumbai to a number of big scores and pulled m out of seemingly unwinnable situations. Pollard has highest strike rate of tournament so far, at 200. Pandya is t far behind, with a strike rate of 160.78.
Chennai vs Mumbai live updates
Chennai vs Mumbai game will start at 7:30 pm IST from Sharjah Cricket Stium. re is still news about Rohit Sharma's health, but he has been missing from team's practice pictures since Mumbai's thrilling two-super-over loss to Punjab. Despite this hiccup, according to our Chennai vs Mumbai prediction, Mumbai will win this game.
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16:29 IST, October 23rd 2020