Mumbai meets the Otago Volts on Monday in the 2013 Champions League T20. The match begins at 10:30 a.m. ET (8 p.m. IST). Watch the free live stream HERE.
Otago enters Monday's match with momentum. Captain Brendon McCullum helped pave the way for his squad's three-straight qualifying wins, posting an aggregate of 158 runs on a strike-rate of 131.66, CricBuzz.com reports. Ian Butler has carried the bowling with five wickets from two matches and a strike rate of 9.6.
"(It feels) very good to have done so well and qualified," Otago's Ryan ten Doeschate said, via IB Times. "Not to win one or two but to win all three games in the qualifiers is pretty special."
Mumbai, meanwhile, is coming off a loss to Rajasthan in their Group Stage opener. Another loss by the Indians squashes their chances of advancing from the Group Stage, something the squad is desperate to avoid.
"I think Mumbai Indians will be under a lot of pressure," said Doeschate. "If they lose their first two games, it is going to be tough for them to make it through the Groups, so they will be under a lot of pressure.
"Hopefully that plays into our hands a bit. But for us there is a subconscious confidence from winning and knowing how to win and trust in the system."
Projected Lineups (via CricBuzz.com):
Otago: Nick Beard, Michael Bracewell, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Mark Craig, Derek de Boorder (wk), Jacob Duffy, Brendon McCullum (c), Nathan McCullum, James McMillan, Jimmy Neesham, Aaron Redmond, Hamish Rutherford, Ryan ten Doeschate, Neil Wagner, Sam Wells.
Mumbai: Rohit Sharma (c), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ambati Rayudu, Aditya Tare, Rishi Dhawan, Abu Nechim, Akshar Patel, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell.
