Squads –
MI –
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (wk), Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson
DC –
Shreyas Iyer (c), Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Alex Carey, Kagiso Rabada, Shimron Hetmyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Tushar Deshpande, Daniel Sams
Team News –
MI –
– MI have won 4 out of their 6 games this IPL and are placed 2nd in the points table with 8 points. This will be a big game for MI as they are against the table toppers Delhi Capitals.
– Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult and James Pattinson will be their likely 4 foreign players.
– Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will open the innings. Both will attack from the ball 1 especially De Kock. De kock is having a poor tournament excluding the 69 run knock against SRH.
– Suryakumar Yadav will bat 1 down. He had an excellent domestic season scoring lots of runs while also scored 400+ runs in last IPL. He scored a brilliant 79 last game.
– Ishan Kishan will bat 2 down. Kishan scored brilliant 99 against RCB and 31 against SRH last 2nd game.
– Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard will bat next followed by Krunal Pandya. Both Pandya and Pollard playing the finishers role. Both will be promoted .
– Rahul Chahar the young leggie will lead the spin attack along with left arm spinner Krunal Pandya. Rahul has taken 7 Wickets in 6 games this IPL.
– Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and James Pattinson will lead the pace attack. Kieron Pollard (1-2 overs) will assist them. Boult and Pattinson shared 2 Wickets each while Bumrah took 4 last game.
DC –
– Delhi are at the top of the table with 5 wins in 6 games and have lost just 1 game against SRH. They will go unchanged with their winning team.
– Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Marcus Stoinis should be their 4 foreign players.
– Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw will open the innings for the capitals. Dhawan is getting starts but is not able to convert it to a big one while Shaw is just smashing everything around.
– Captain Shreyas Iyer will bat 1 down. He came back to form with a brilliant Knock of 88 of just 38 balls against KKR.
– Rishabh Pant will bat 2 down followed by big hitting Hetmyer. Hetmyer had a decent CPL where he scored 250+ runs but struggled against Spin. He scored attacking 45 including 5 massive 6s.
– Marcus Stoinis has been assigned the role of late hitting along with Pant and Hetmyer. Stoinis played a composed knock of 39 the other day.
– Ravi Ashwin and Axar Patel will be the lead Spinners. Ashwin took w Wickets last game.
– Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Anrich Nortje and Stoinis will lead the pace attack for the capitals. Rabada have taken 15 Wickets this IPL.
Probable XI –
MI –
Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock(wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
DC –
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Rishab Pant(wk), Marcus Stoinis, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Anrich Nortje
Pitch Report –
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Pitches at Abu Dhabi are generally at the slower side giving assistance to spin more than pace in 2nd innings.
Average Score : 168
Head to Head –
Total games : 24
MI Won : 12
DC Won : 12
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Quinton de Kock( Opener + wk, a must have combo, very attacking batsman, failed completely this season, 69(38b),23(15b) last 2 game)
R Pant( 2-3 down, one of best hitters in world cricket, SR of 163 last IPL with 488 runs, 31,37, 28, 38, 37 this IPL, Must have )
I Kishan( 2 down, very attacking batsman, 99 runs against RCB, failed after that knock)
BAT –
R Sharma( Opener, no introduction needed, 4800+ IPL runs, 35 last game, 200+ runs this season already, Must have )
Chris Lynn( Opener, very poor CPL 2019, Just 138 runs in 9 games, will not play as team already has filled overseas slots )
S Dhawan( Open, Indian team opener, 521 Runs last IPL, poor form, Must have any day )
Shreyas Iyer(1 down, very attacking Batsman + part time spin, he could bowl some match this IPL, 463 runs last IPL, 88(38b) against KKR, Must have )
Ajinkya Rahane( Open/1 down, experienced, have to wait for his chance)
Suryakumar( 1 down, 404 runs at a SR of 135 in IPL, 79(47b) last game, Must have)
P Shaw( Opener, young Indian talent, very attacking, 64, 62, 42 in last 3 games, hit or miss type)
Shimron Hetmyer( 2/3 down, 267 runs in CPL 2020, struggles against spin, attacking 45(24b) last game, Batting order changes every game)
Saurabh Tiwary( 2 down, made a comeback after almost 3 years, 42(31b), 21(13b) last 2 games, will likely not play )
ALL –
H Pandya( 3 down, 402 runs + 14 wickets at a SR of 191 in IPL 2019, didn’t bowled a over this IPL, 30(19b) last game)
K Pollard( 3-4 down + 2-3 overs of pace, Man of tournament in CPL recently, 207 runs + 8 Wickets in CPL 2020, 60(24b),47(20b), 25(13b),1w last few games )
Axar Patel( Slow left arm, 10 Wickets last IPL, 2w in 2 games, eco is under 6 this IPL, 2w last game )
Marcus Stoinis( Middle order + 2-3 overs of medium pace, decent option, 53(26b),39 + 2w last 2 games, will be team’s 6th bowling option )
Keemo Paul( Medium pacer, death over specialist, got good variations, 9 Wickets in CPL 2020)
D Sams ( left arm pacer + hard hitting, bowls really good variations, 30 Wickets in Big Bash 2019, Must have if plays )
Krunal Pandya( 4-5 down + 4 overs of spin, left arm spin, bowls tight line and length)
BOWL –
Jasprit Bumrah( Right Arm Fast, no introduction needed, 4w last game, Must have )
Kagiso Rabada ( Right Arm Fast, 2nd highest Wicket taker last season with 25 scalps, 15 Wickets in 6 games this IPL, 3 Wickets last game )
R Ashwin( Off spinner, very experienced, could be used in powerplay overs, 2w in last game)
Rahul Chahar( Leggie, Must have in this conditions, 7 Wickets in 6 games this IPL)
Trent Boult( Left arm fast, world class bowler, will bowl in death, 2 Wicket, Must have)
Anrich Nortje ( Pacer, got some extreme pace, 2 Wickets last game , 8 Wickets this IPL, very good option in 8.5cr )
James Pattinson( Pacer, excellent form, 2w last game, good option to save credits)
C/VC Options –
MI –
Rohit Sharma
Quinton de Kock
Kieran Pollard
DC –
Shreyas Iyer
Rishabh Pant
Kagiso Rabada