Mumbai: Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh won the toss and opted to bat against Kings XI Punjab in their IPL 5 match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Mumbai got the big boost as master blaster Sachin Tendulkar returned to the side after being hit on the finger in the inaugural match of the tournament. James Franklin and Thisara Perera are also included in place of Richard Levy, Davey Jacobs and Clint McKay
Kings XI also made few changes as Siddharth Chitnis and Bhargav Bhatt replaced Paul Valthaty and Harmeet Singh.
Mumbai Indians paid the price of reckless batting against Delhi Daredevils as they managed just 92 runs, their second-lowest total in five seasons, to lose their last match comprehensively.
The MI batsmen have to get their act together against a visiting side that itself is placed at the bottom of the points table.
Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist was absent due to hamstring injury in the last match and will miss Sunday's game too. David Hussey will lead the side.
Punjab have an equally important task of getting their campaign back on the rails after suffering their fourth defeat in six games to the Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mohali on Friday night.
Though Punjab, whose batting has also not clicked in a big way so far, piled on their biggest score (163) of the season, they still ended up losing after getting a few early wickets through Parwinder Awana.
Teams:
Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Dinesh Karthik (wk), James Franklin, Thisara Perera, Harbhajan Singh (captain), Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Munaf Patel
Kings XI Punjab: Nitin Saini (wk), Siddharth Chitnis, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey (captain), David Miller, Azhar Mahmood, Mandeep Singh, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt, Praveen Kumar, Parvinder Awana