The battle of mind games will be played when the Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the high-voltage Qualifier 1 of IPL 2020 on Thursday, November 5 in Dubai. There will be a lot of things at stake for both the teams as the winner of the tie gets a direct ticket to the final while the loser gets to play a knockout game – Qualifier 2.
On the eve of Qualifier 1, Shikhar Dhawan said Delhi Capitals (DC) will be looking to take the advantage of the Rohit Sharma situation, saying there will be a bit of pressure on the Mumbai Indians captain who is returning from an injury lay-off.
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Rohit Sharma shocked quite a few people when he came out for the toss for Mumbai Indians (MI) against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their final league game on Tuesday. Rohit suffered a hamstring injury and had been spending time on the sidelines. He was not picked for India’s tour of Australia as the BCCI said it would monitor Rohit’s recovery.
Talking about Rohit’s injury comeback, Dhawan said, “Of course, Rohit is a very good player. But after having not played matches, you never know if he is in good touch. He must have recovered well, my best wishes to him. As an opposition, we have to see if he is in touch, or if he is confident. Of course, when a player returns from injury, there will be pressure and we are going to take advantage of that.”
Shikhar Dhawan has been going through a fine form in IPL 2020 as he had amassed as many as 525 runs, including 2 back-to-back centuries, in 14 games. DC has been heavily dependent on the India opener, who is confident of taking on the well-oiled Mumbai Indians attack.
When asked if he has any special plans to deal with the Jasprit Bumrah-Trent Boult threat, Dhawan replied, “I am relaxing, keeping myself fresh. I have seen them enough times and watched their videos again. I already know my plans. I am looking forward to going and performing and winning the game for our team.”
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MI had defeated Delhi Capitals in both the league games but Shreyas Iyer’s men would want to start afresh and deliver on the big day against the defending champions, who are heading into the Qualifier on the back of a 10-wicket loss.
