IPL 2020: Mumbai have 18 points from 13 matches. (IPL)IPL 2020: Sunrisers Hyderabad opted to field first against Royal Challengers after Mumbai Indians, who have already qualified for the playoffs, defeated Delhi Capitals by nine wickets on Saturday.
Jasprit Bumrah (3/17 in four overs) and Trent Boult (3/21 in four overs) choked DC to 110/9 at the end of 20 overs in the first innings. Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten 72-run knock helped MI chase the target of 111.
Meanwhile, RCB can’t afford to lose both their last two games as it will affect their NRR, resulting in their elimination if other teams on 14 points have higher run rates. Sitting on the sixth spot with 10 points from 12 games, SRH need to win their remaining two matches — against RCB and MI — to reach 14 points to stay in the reckoning.
After Mumbai's nine-wicket win against Delhi, time to follow the live commentary of Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Josh Philippe, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to field. "We'll have a bowl. Vijay Shankar is out, Saha is fit. We have to win both games. We gotta start well. We had only one look at this pitch. Got to see how it plays today," says David Warner.
RCB Predicted XI: Devdutt Padikkal, Joshua Philippe, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Mann, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana/Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed/Navdeep Saini/Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
SRH Predicted XI: David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Vijay Shankar/Abhishek Sharma, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem/Khaleel Ahmed, T. Natarajan
Owing to Trent Boult (3/21) and Jasprit Bumrah's (3/17) brilliance with the ball, reigning champions Mumbai Indians restricted Delhi Capitals to just 110/9 at the end of 20 overs. Follow the live commentary of MI's clash against DC here.
The two teams have faced each other 15 times in the IPL so far, and SRH has dominated the fixture by winning it 8 times. Earlier this season, RCB (163/5 in 20 overs) beat SRH (153/10 in 19.4 overs) by 10 runs in Abu Dhabi on September 21.
Coming into the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, RCB have seven wins to their name while SRH have five victories. RCB, though, are coming into this game following a defeat against Mumbai Indians (MI), but SRH won their last match against Delhi Capitals (DC).
The equation is pretty straightforward for them. They need to beat both RCB and Mumbai Indians in their last two games. If they do so, then net run rate shouldn’t be a problem as they are in a much better position in that regard than all the teams who are still trying to get into the playoffs.
Shreyas Iyer - We wanted to bat first as well. Previous results tell it's better to bat first. Batting hasn't been up to the mark, hopefully, it will do well today. Three changes for us - Praveen Dubey makes his IPL debut. Prithvi Shaw and Harshal Patel are back. We are motivated to do well as a team, want to finish on a good note.
Kieron Pollard - We will field first. Not sure what this pitch will do, it's better to chase down the target. Two changes for us - Hardik is resting today and Pattinson misses out. They have been replaced by Jayant Yadav and Nathan Coulter-Nile. We have been playing well with everyone chipping in, hopefully, it will continue. We need to go hard till the end, not want to get complacent.
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Dubey, Anrich Nortje
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Quinton de Kock is the highest run-scorer for MI while Ishan Kishan has produced some fine performances with the bat this season. Suryakumar Yadav who gained the spotlight for his knock against RCB will look to maintain the fluency with the bat. Saurabh Tiwary would want to get going after departing early last match. The finishing trio of Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, and Krunal Pandya make MI a tough proposition in the death overs.
MI are all set to play their second and final afternoon fixture of Dream11 IPL as they face Delhi Capitals at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday. This match will also mark MI’s 200th IPL match becoming the first-ever team to achieve the feat.
The equation is pretty straightforward for them. They need to beat both RCB and Mumbai Indians in their last two games. If they do so, then net run rate shouldn’t be a problem as they are in a much better position in that regard than all the teams who are still trying to get into the playoffs.
They have had an up-and-down campaign and need to beat RR in their final league game to stay relevant. They would ideally like to do so in convincing fashion as their net run rate is the lowest among three teams at 12 points at the moment.
Wins in their last two games have rejuvenated their campaign. Now they face KKR in a must-win game with the winners staying in reckoning and the losers bowing out.
They occupy fourth spot now on the basis of a better run rate than Rajasthan Riders and Kolkata Knight Riders. They face Chennai Super Kings in their final league match with MS Dhoni’s team getting the better of RCB and KKR in their last two games.