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West Indian trio in limelight as MI, KKR clash

Bharat Sundaresan

Posted: Mar 22, 2010 at 0757 hrs IST

Mumbai: The two major queries for most people leading up to the clash between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday are whether West Indian captain Chris Gayle will be making his first appearance in IPL III and whether Shah Rukh Khan will be cheering his team in person at the CCI.

Mumbai and Kolkata may be the only two teams not to go past the league stage in the first two editions, but their first clash in the tournament has been sought after. With celebrities in the stands for the Knight Riders arguably the most glamorous outfit of the tournament set to garner equal attention as those out in the middle, the crowd at the Brabourne Stadium will be looking forward to some serious star-gazing.

West Indian cricket has been on a well-publicised and rapid downward curve in the last decade or so but cricketers from the Caribbean have been in high demand for teams plying their trades in the various T20 tournaments around the world, including the IPL.

And it is the triumvirate of Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo who will be looked at as key players for their respective teams. While the 30-year-old Gayle has hardly set the IPL on fire for the Knight Riders; Mumbai Indians are still waiting for their costliest buy, Pollard who did hit a huge six against Bangalore to make his much-awaited impact.

Mind-games havent featured too highly in the bonhomie that surrounds the IPL. But Mumbai Indians coach Robin Singh may have begun the trend as he underplayed the hype over Gayle. We are not too bothered about whos playing and are concentrating more on our game. There are many big hitters in the tournament, he said.

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