Guyana face daunting task against desperate Mumbai Indians

DURBAN, South Africa (CMC):

Guyana face the powerful but luckless Mumbai Indians in their crucial second match of the Champions League Twenty20 today, looking to rebound from a sound whipping in their first match earlier this week.

Guyana did not look the part against Royal Challengers in a one-sided affair in Centurion last Sunday, falling for 103 after being sent in and then failing to bother the opposing batsmen as they rattled up a comfortable victory with 46 balls to spare.

Their challenge will be made even more difficult as the star-studded Mumbai also need a big victory after surprisingly losing their two opening games.

All-important win

Guyana captain Ramnaresh Sarwan said, however, they would be focused on grabbing the all-important win, maintaining that Mumbai were beatable on the day.

"They have lost twice and they have to beat us badly to stay in the competition, so they will have to take more chances," Sarwan said.

"This is bat against ball and not names. We saw how 12 came off just three balls of Harbhajan (Singh) as the Australians (South Australia) won in the last over (on Tuesday) and Sachin has not looked in the best of form, although he is always a great danger to any bowler in the world.

"This is cricket and we have to believe that we can win and go out there and play hard, positive cricket and enjoy this whole experience."

Mumbai captain Sachin Tendulkar said they would be gunning for a handsome win.

"We have to win both the (remaining) games convincingly," the Indian batting legend pointed out.

"We definitely will have to play better. We have scored 176 and 180 runs in both the matches. So we have been batting well, and it is actually the fielding and a bit of bowling which is a concern.

"Everyday you can't bowl four brilliant overs or score a fifty or field brilliantly. Sometimes lapses do happen and yesterday (Tuesday) was just one of those days. Our intention is to win really big against Guyana and see what happens from there."

Mumbai also boast the West Indies duo of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, along with seamers Lasith Malinga and Zaheer Khan.

Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings beat Wayamba by 97 runs at SuperSport Park yesterday.

Scores: CHENNAI 200 for three off 20 overs (Suresh Raina 87, Murali Vijay 68; Chanaka Welegedara 2-47). WAYAMBA 103 all out off 17.1 overs (Shalika Karunanayake 25; Ravi Ashwin 4-18, Albie Morkel 3-22).