Indian Premier LeagueIPL Semi-finals betting - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
Posted by IPLBet | Under IPL Betting Wednesday Apr 21, 2010The Mumbai Indians take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore today, in the first of the IPL semi-finals. The Indians dominated the regular season, winning ten of their fourteen matches, but it could all be to no avail if they fail to win today.
In their last match, Mumbai lost to the Kolkata Knight Riders, but, having already qualified, and resting key players like Sachin Tendulkar, this was not too surprising and should not be exaggerated. The Challengers scraped into the semi-finals, despite being crushed by the Indians in their last match, and they will need to be a lot more competitive if they are to win today.
Mumbai are favourites for the match, priced at 3/4 (bet $40 to make $30 profit), while the Challengers are at 6/5.
Bangalore are one of the few teams to have beaten Mumbai this year, when Dale Steyn and Vinay Kumar took three wickets each as they ruthlessly exposed Mumbai’s batting. However, that was in front of a home crowd, and the bombs set off the last time these two sides met mean that the match will now be played at Mumbai.
Tendulkar is the key for the Indians, and on the rare occasions that he has been dismissed early, the Mumbai batting line-up has looked fragile. Sachin is priced at 21/10 to be top batsman for the Indians today. Next in the betting is his opening partner Sanath Jayasuriya, who is at 9/2, followed by South African JP Duminy at 5/1. The value bet here looks to be Kieron Pollard, who is at 8/1. If Mumbai need quick runs at the death, then it will be Pollard who is likely to oblige.
Bangalore are equally reliant on one batsman, in this case South African Jacques Kallis. He is only 19 runs behind Tendulkar in the leading run-scorers chart, and is the 11/4 favourite to top-score for the Challengers today. Kevin Pietersen is next, at 7/2, with Manish Pandey at 5/1. Robin Uthappa is at 11/2.
Tendulkar is a heavy favourite to pip Kallis to the title of top tournament batsman, priced at 2/5. Kallis is at 7/4.
Mumbai are favourites to win the tournament, priced at 11/5. The Chennai Super Kings are next, at 3/1, with Bangalore and the Deccan Chargers both at 10/3.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians betting odds
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