1st Semi Final @ IPL-3

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MI Vs RCB, two of the best teams of IPL-3. Where RCB will be depending on their star studded batting line up with a strong opening bowler in Steyn and the most economical bowler of the tournament Kumble, MI is mostly a one man show till now.
MI's success this year is mainly because of their captain Tendulkar. All his moves on the fields are seems to be right and all the team changes gave him positive result. I dont think he has used his plan-B till now in any of the matches. And he is in form of his life. What a consistency with bat, i never seen a indian batting with this consistency. he is averaging more then 50 in 20 over game with a strike rate more then 133. Pollard is getting into groove and scoring the fast 20's in almost all the matches with his slow medium pace is pretty economical as well. Rayudu and Tiwari are doing good in the middle overs. The lower middle order is a bit of concern for MI. If RCB able to take Sachin's wicket early then 50% of the match they won. Since the last 3-4 matches MI played with different team combination, the winning combo is broke and the last match they lost so their mental might be little down.
As i always mention RCB is the most dangerous team in IPL-3 just because of their batting depth and strength. Kallis is giving close contest to Sachin for the orange cap with an average of 50+ with strike rate of 135+. Uthappa looking the cricket ball as a football and even the most successful bowlers are looking ordinary in front of him. Ross Taylor is the most destructive T20 batsman i have seen. Any moment he can switch gear and started hitting sixes. Pitersen doesn't need any introduction. Dravid can handle one end with brisk run rate. Bowling looks very good with Kumble and Steyn. Though the other 12 overs looks little weak link in RCB side which MI likes to cash in. The inconsistency is another major factor for RCB but the biggest concern i think will be their average performance under pressure. Team is more depending on Uthappa to score big and Kumble to stop the opposition.
A kin contenst is in store. Hope both the teams have nerves of steel to take the match till the last ball.

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