IPL 2020 Live Updates: Mumbai beat Delhi by 5 wickets to grab pole position

Mumbai beat Delhi by 5 wickets to grab pole position in the points table
 

Mumbai need 7 runs from the final over

Mumbai are 152/5 after 17.3 overs

Mumbai are 145/4 after 17 overs

Mumbai are 130/4 after 15.2 overs

Mumbai are 130/3 after 15 overs

Surya puts Mumbai on top

Mumbai are 90/2 after 12 overs

Mumbai are 77/2 after 9.5 overs

The Proteas wicket-keeper batsman scores his second half-century of Dream11 IPL 2020

Mumbai are 60/1 after 8 overs

Mumbai are 44/1 after 6 overs

Mumbai are 31/1 after 5 overs

Mumbai are 24/0 after 4 overs

Mumbai are 12/0 after 3 overs

Mumbai are 7/0 after 2 overs

Mumbai are 3/0 after 1

Can the Delhi bowlers pull off something special?

Mumbai need 163 runs from 20 overs to grab the top spot in the points table

Delhi are 142/8 after 18 overs

Delhi are 130/4 after 16.3 overs

The southpaw reaches 50 off just 39 deliveries

Delhi are 109/3 after 14.4 overs

Delhi are 91/2 after 12 overs

Delhi are 80/2 at the halfway mark

Delhi are 61/2 after 8 overs

Delhi are 51/2 after 7 overs

Delhi are 24/2 after 4.2 overs

Delhi are 22/1 after 3 overs

Delhi are 17/1 after 2 overs

Delhi are 4/1

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The coin lands in Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer's favor and he has decided to have a bat

Many small battles are expected to unfold when the season's two most consistent teams -- Mumbai and Delhi cross swords in a clash of equals in their Dream11 IPL 2020 match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Be it a potent top-order, a strong middle-order or a lethal bowling attack, there is hardly anything that separates the two sides. If at all one team has a slight upper hand in any department, it's the experience in Mumbai's pace bowling arsenal. Both Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult, with years of experience behind them, could be the difference in the most sought-after contest of this edition.

It means that Shikhar Dhawan will have to strive harder to give Delhi a solid start. The left-handed batsman has got starts in the last few games but needs a bigger innings under his belt and if it comes in a big contest, Shreyas Iyer & Co. will have gained a lot. In a way, young Prithvi Shaw and the in-form Rishabh Pant will face their first stiff test when they face Bumrah and Boult, who can trouble any batsman with their pace and accuracy.

What to expect in this Sunday blockbuster?

The good news for Delhi is Shimron Hetmyer getting his touchback with the innings against Rajasthan on Friday. He seemed to be the only weak link in Delhi's ranks but his six-laden knock against the former champions has removed that worry.

Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer has been very impressive so far both as a batsman and as the leader of the pack. It will be interesting to see how he uses his resources against his in-form counterpart Rohit Sharma and his smashing middle-order duo of Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard. They can change the complexion of the game within minutes and handling them will be the key. Krunal Pandya, too, is capable of conjuring up cameos that can turn things around for Mumbai. 

Iyer has the exciting South African pace duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortze to do the job in that department. The guile of Ravichandran Ashwin further adds sting to Delhi's attack. Axar Patel has nicely settled into the side after he replaced the injured Amit Mishra. His all-round ability is another plus for Delhi.

At the big Abu Dhabi ground, a score in the vicinity of 170 is normally par for any other side in the IPL, but for Mumbai and Delhi, even 200 may not appear safe.

Teams (from):

Delhi: Shreyas Iyer (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Daniel Sams, Mohit Sharma, Anrich Nortje, Alex Carey (wk), Avesh Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav.

Mumbai: Rohit Sharma (c), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, James Pattison, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prince Balwant Rai, Quinton De Kock, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult.

Match starts at 7.30 PM IST.

(With PTI Inputs)