It will a top-of-the-table clash in the 27th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 when the Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with the Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Both MI and DC have had a brilliant season so far, and a lot of credit for the same goes to their bowling attacks.
MI has managed to win four of their six games in this edition so far and have one of the most stable sides of the tournament. The team does look balanced as they aren’t dependent on any single player. Every batsman or bowler has performed well in one or the other game and they are playing as a collective unit.
On the other hand, DC has won 5 of their six games in IPL 2020 and they are standing at the top of the table. The bowlers of the Capitals are in a really good form whereas the batting is still not at their best but still, they have emerged as a team to beat with all of their bases are covered.
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However, Mumbai Indians have figured out ways to pace their innings and reach a total close to 200 in Abu Dhabi, a blueprint that other teams have failed to find. Boundaries don’t come as easy but there is scope for a lot of running, which neither team has depended upon heavily.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
There is no news on the availability of Nathan Coulter-Nile. Even as the Playing XI has done well enough to cement their places, with four left-handers in DC’s top seven, there is scope to bring in Jayant Yadav as an offspin option.
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar/Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Delhi Capitals (DC)
With nothing broken, there is nothing to be fixed. Harshal Patel seems to be the only week in for the Capitals, but he has still done a reasonable job with his cutters so far if not bowling match-winning spells. They are likely to go unchanged.
Probable XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
