The newly appointed captain Steve Smith have a huge responsibility of raising the Rising Pune Supergiants in the tenth edition of IPL. MI are known to be slow beginner in most IPL seasons. Pune have a more formidable batting lineup in Rahane, DuPlessis, Smith, Dhoni, Stokes. Compared to this the MI have a captain who is coming back from injury, out of form Simmons and Pollard, Parthiv, Rayudu and Butler. Bowling wise too, Pune seems to have upper hand, with Mumbai missing Malinga for this game. Top Fantasy picks: Mumbai - Parthiv, Butler, K Pandya, Bumrah, Pollard Pune - DuPlessis, Rahane, Stokes, Dinda, Zampa My prediction: Pune should win this match and start the season on a winning note under new captain.

The tenth edition of IPL begins tonight at Hyderabad. The defending champions Sunrisers will play against Royal Challengers. The Bangalore team have many key players absent for this match due to injury. Kohli, Rahul and Deviliers will not be playing. Still, they are a strong team with good players. This will be a good match and the team that gets good opening will be the winner. Key players for fantasy team: Bangalore: Watson, Gayle, Chahal, Mills, Binny. Hyderabad: Warner, Dhawan, Nehra, Yuvraj, Rashid Khan. Warner, Watson, Gayle, Shikhar Dhawan would be good choices for captain, vice captain of fantasy teams. My prediction: Hyderabad will win as they have settled batting order and a good variation in bowling department. 

With today's T20, the first leg of the pakistan tour to west indies is coming to an end. Pakistan is in-form team and in good position to win the series with a 2-1 lead. West indies will have to work hard to save the series. One more good performance from one of the top four batsmen and the carribeans will have realistic chance to win the match. There were two 40+ scores from pakistan yesterday. Their bowling display have been already excellent in this series, with the carribean batsmen still to find answer to Shabad Khan's bowling. Again, a similar moderate scoring match is expected where bowlers will dominate. Top picks for fantasy team: West indies: Walton, Pollard, Brathwaite, Narine, Badree Pakistan: Azam, Malik,

West indies made a promising start in the 2nd T20, but were again demolished by Shadab Khan. Now, West indies need to win this match to keep series alive. They have good players but, not performing as a unit. Pakistan are good in bowling department, but batting is still a very worry for them. Like the earlier two matches, one can expect a bowler dominated match. The 44 run innings by Samules is the top score in both the matches. So, we are yet to see a fifty in the series. Key players for fantasy team: West indies: C Walton is connecting the ball very nicely. If he stays for first 6 overs, he can go on to score a big knock. Brathwaite

Bangladesh is leading the series 1-0, and with the 2nd ODI washed out, they are in a very good position to clinch an overseas ODI series win. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, found form in 2nd ODI but unfortunately the weather had other plans. Now, Sri Lanka need to win this odi to save the series. There are very less chances that either of the teams will make any more changes to their playing eleven. Key players for Sri Lanka: K Mendis, D Gunathilaka, A Gunaratne, S Lakmal, D Perera Key players for Bangladesh: S Sarkar, S Rahman, Shakib, Mushfiqur, Mustafizur. It's very difficult to pick captain for this match, but Shakib and Gunaratne are safe bets as they can give points from

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