Mumbai Indians will take on Delhi Capitals in the 46th match of the IPL to keep their playoffs hopes alive. Delhi Capitals have already qualified for playoffs with 8 wins but the remaining 3rd and 4th place races for playoffs have left everyone in a tizzy – as apart from CSK and DC there is no clear equation which team makes to the playoffs.

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians failed to perform better than the start of the second leg, winning the last match, Mumbai Indians must have made a comeback but luck will only take them to the playoffs from here. Delhi Capitals would like to strengthen their place from here in the playoffs by performing better in the remaining matches and will be looking to spoil the game of other teams. Let’s take a look at three players’ battles to watch out for in a game between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.

• Rohit Sharma vs Kagiso Rabada

Two such experience players who have not been able to do anything special in the tournament so far would definitely like to show their experience factor in the coming matches. Rohit Sharma was not a part of the tournament for some time in the season and when his return team was far behind compared to the rest still after Rohit scored 334 runs in 10 games.

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Mumbai Indians will definitely want their captain to play some more fireworks in the remaining matches so that their path becomes easy for the playoffs. Kagiso Rabada has been the second most successful bowler of Delhi Capitals after Avesh Khan who has taken 13 wickets in 10 matches and will have a chance to take some more wickets to his name.

• Jasprit Bumrah vs Shikhar Dhawan

Mumbai Indians’ most successful bowler of the season Jasprit Bumrah has taken 13 wickets in 11 matches and Jasprit Bumrah’s performance in recent matches has been better. The reins of Mumbai Indians are in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah and would definitely like to give an early blow to Delhi Capitals in a match to derail their momentum.

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Delhi Capitals will have hopes from Shikhar Dhawan who is also the top scorer of the season after losing the last match. Dhawan has scored 454 runs in 11 matches of the season. Interesting to watch this tough enough battle between the two best players.

• Quinton de Kock vs Ravichandran Ashwin

Wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock has proved to be dangerous with the bat to give a quickfire start and Mumbai Indians would once again want Quinton de Kock to give them a quick start in the match. Ashwin is no doubt successful as a spinner in the history of the tournament but his recent performance has not been good enough and Ashwin would definitely like to improve it in the coming matches.