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 Tendulkar's presence gives Mumbai Indians the edge
13th May 2008 19:01 IST
Agencies
Boosted by the availability of their icon and captain Sachin Tendulkar who has recovered from his groin injury, hosts Mumbai Indians go into their IPL clash against the high-flying Chennai Super Kings eager to make it four wins in-a-row at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
After being forced to sit out of the first 7 matches of the Twenty20 league, the fit-again master batsman would be eager to stamp his authority on the proceedings immediately in what is for his team, lying sixth, a very critical match.
The Mumbai outfit started the IPL on a poor note, without Tendulkar in the playing XI, and slid to four straight defeats before arresting the downward-going graph.
The Harbhajan Singh slapping episode of April 25 leading to the booting out of the off spinner by the IPL authorities only added to their woes.
But victories in their last three matches, including against top performers Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals, have boosted the sagging morale of the team and Tendulkar's return should only add to their confidence in what is the ace batsman's home ground.
At critical times the home team has lost well-set batsmen and this trend needs to be reversed if they are to outperform Chennai Super Kings and exact revenge for the defeat in the first leg their clash on April 23 at Chennai.
Tendulkar has said the bowlers have taken early wickets in the matches the team had won and this was the key for the turnaround in their fortunes.
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