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Kings XI started their IPL campaign with a convincing 28-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eden Gardens on Wednesday with a 14-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. Back in his den, Punjab will be eager to overcome the controversy with the start of the battle and the first two matches, in which both Captain R Ashwin will be inducted. Ashwin, who took a lot of flight after his 'shooting' adventure in Jaipur, once again found himself in the middle of the storm when the error of his field-placement against KKR threat player Andre Russell was costly.
On going into the first match of this weekend's double headers, Kings Mohammed Shami, Sam Curran, Ankit Rajput and Andrew Tie will be able to find their bowling according to their choice. Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, the bowling department will have their work in the batting lineup of Mumbai, in which power-hitters Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard and Quinton D. Coach.
For the home team's batting, along with West Indies opener Chris Gayle, the team will be given a fantastic start and the stage for in-form middle order will be determined. Gayle started the season with 79 against Royals
With a world cup berth hanging over his head, opener Lokesh Rahul would be eager to get his toughest form, which gave him a score of 4 and 1 in the first two matches. Rahul, who returned to the national team after the ban, managed 50 and 47 in two T20 I matches against Australia, but did not repeat that effort in the IPL.
Mumbai's wide-speed battery
Rohit Sharma's brigade started on Thursday with a six-six win over Royal Challengers in Bangalore, defeating Delhi's capitalists by 37 runs, and hoping to build that effort here. Mumbai struggled to defend the healthy score of 187/8 in the thriller against the last ball against Bangalore, who could only blame his fate for the heavy umpiring error on the final delivery from veteran Lasith Malinga.
Under the leadership of Malinga and Jaspreet Bumrah, Mumbai's face faces heavy-handed attacks, which is currently the world's best fast bowler with Mitchell McClenaghan and Hardik Pandya.