IPL 2020 final, MI vs DC LIVE: Delhi Capitals are playing their first IPL finals. (BCCI/IPL)IPL 2020 final, MI vs DC Team Predicted Playing 11 Live Updates: Defending Champions Mumbai Indians will walk down to the middle to show their might yet again today against confident Delhi Capitals who are playing their maiden Indian Premier League Final. Despite the fact that Mumbai Indians steamrolled Delhi Capitals in their previous three meetings during the season, Delhi coach Ricky Ponting has warned Mumbai that his team’s best yet to come. Let’s see how the Shreyas Iyer-led side performs on the big day against MI’s prowess.
Delhi had a solid start in the first half of the season and looked certain to march into the playoffs. But following a dip in the form, which saw them lose four games in a row, now Capitals will be aiming to forget the losing run and play their best game in the decider and end the tournament on a high.
On the other hand, Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai, who are an experienced side, were first to make it to the playoffs and three convincing wins against Capitals in their last three games will give them an edge.
Probable XIs:
MI: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
DC: Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey/Harshal Patel
In contention for the Orange Cap, Dhawan has over 600 runs against his name. For Mumbai, there hasn’t been a single 500 run aggregator during this year, but their top three batsmen edge out Delhi’s top trio in collective scores. [More Stats]
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A couple of key factors that are necessary to get this going would include how they overcome the Trent Boult threat against the new ball. The top order's vulnerability against swing has twice pushed Delhi to a point of no return just in the powerplay against Mumbai this season. Taking a cue from what Rajasthan Royals did earlier in the season, if Delhi overcomes this threat, it'd be the first step in exposing some of Mumbai's vulnerabilities.
The internet has been buzzing with chatter around who would lift the trophy today at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
While Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals are playing in their first-ever IPL final, Mumbai Indians will be looking to clinch their 5th title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and extend their record of being the most successful team in the history of the tournament.
No matter who wins, fans have noted that it will be the ‘Men in Blue’ on the winning side. ‘Men in Blue’ is usually used to denote the Indian cricket team and it so happens that both teams in the Dream11 IPL 2020 final, don jerseys that are different shades of the colour blue.
While both franchise’s may bleed blue, only one of them will come out on top and paint the Dream11 IPL 2020 trophy with their team colour.
Fans from both cities will be at loggerheads as the winner of the Dream11 IPL 2020 will be decided today. However both teams have a touch of India in their names – while MI have ‘Indians’ in their franchise name and appeal to millions of countrymen, DC represents the heart of India and capital of the nation, Delhi.
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When Ishan Kishan burst into the domestic team as a fresh-faced teenager reputed for his explosive batting, his senior teammates spun a nickname for him. He was called chhota dynamite, as he was then short and scrawny yet equipped with a range of powerful strokes. Since then, he has grown a few inches taller, his biceps are defined and forearms toned beneath the inked head of a Roman god, a ripped constitution, and has cultivated a stubble to complement the earrings. [Read More]
With Iyer’s form tapering off, Delhi’s middle-order muddle has worsened as seen in the last game. Iyer wasn’t able to find his touch and his sluggish approach threatened to lose them the momentum that Stoinis and Shikhar Dhawan had managed at the start. His 20-ball 21 was a crawl in the context of that game and his team would have sighed in relief when he threw his wicket away. Rishabh Pant too has gone off boil; the bowlers have stopped bowling at his stumps, preferring to bowl outside off, out of his hitting range and making him try to swipe unsuccessfully. The left-hander has had no answers as yet. Even the spinners keep sliding it away from him with great success. As a result, Delhi keep pushing him down the order and even Axar Patel looks a better hitting option than him. Delhi will hope that the big-match situation brings out the best in Iyer and Pant. [Read More]
Sachin Tendulkar, who played for Mumbai Indians for five seasons, handed a boost to the franchise’s team mentality with inspirational words just ahead of the IPL 2020 final in Dubai on Tuesday. Mumbai Indians will be aiming for a record-extending fifth IPL crown against first-time finalists Delhi Capitals on November 10. The Rohit Sharma-led team defeated Delhi Capitals in the first qualifier last Thursday. Sachin joined his hometown’s team in the inaugural season back in 2008and played up until his retirement in 2013. The legendary cricketer backed the team to win another title after calling Mumbai Indians a family. [Read More]
MI at this venue: Played 7, Won 2, Lost 5
DC at this venue: Played 10, Won 5, Lost 5
Head to head overall: Matches 27, MI wins 15, DC wins
Mumbai have the firepower of Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard in their ranks. While the former has 278 runs to his name from 12 innings, including a blitz of 37 not off 14 in the Qualifier 1, Pollard has scored 259 runs this season with a strike rate of 190.44. Coming to DC, they too have someone like Shimron Hetmyer at their disposal. While he did not get too many games this season, the left-hander will be high on confidence following his 22-ball 42*-run cameo in Qualifier 2.
Delhi Capitals had a solid start in the first half of the season and looked certain to march into the playoffs. But following a dip in the form, which saw them lose four games in a row, DC had to scrap and dig in deep to beat RCB to seal the second spot in the points table to make it to the playoffs. The Shreyas Iyer-led unit then lost their Qualifier 1 clash against MI but did a remarkable job to come out on top against a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad side in Qualifier 2 to seal a place in the final.
The Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals Final will most likely witness the following milestones:
This will be Rohit Sharma’s 200th IPL match.
He needs 8 runs to complete 4000 IPL runs for MI and requires 43 runs to complete 3000 IPL runs as captain.
Kieron Pollard needs 2 sixes to complete 200 IPL sixes.
Shikhar Dhawan requires 36 runs to complete 1500 IPL runs for DC.
Shreyas Iyer needs 46 runs to complete 500 runs in IPL 2020.
Prithvi Shaw’s failures forced Delhi to change the top order. They parachuted Ajinkya Rahane but he too wasn’t up to scratch initially. They tried Shaw again but without luck. This time around, Shaw’s problems weren’t just temperamental as technical flaws too had crept in and he looked a shadow of the player he was at the start of the tournament. Rahane was out in the cold for too long and by the time he was given a chance, the batsman who thrives on confidence was yet again waging a fight for survival. Luckily, for them, trial and error worked with Rahane finding some fluency at No. 3. [Read More]
Defending champions Mumbai Indians’ hold the advantage in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 over Delhi Capitals. Mumbai have no batsman in their ranks to individually match the towering display of the Delhi veteran Shikhar Dhawan but the Rohit Sharma-led side still holds an edge in batting on the strength of consistent middle order. [Read More]
Hello and welcome to the live blog on the buildup of IPL 2020 final between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. The question still arises whether Delhi Capitals have it in them to halt the seemingly unstoppable Mumbai machine. Delhi’s story is known: a positive aura-building start was punctured midway through the tournament and they were left unsure about their best playing eleven. The problem largely centred around their batting though a few niggles have affected their bowling options also.