Published on: Oct 11, 2020 10:44 am IST|Updated on: Oct 11, 2020 10:44 am IST
The biggest of the season so far as Delhi Capitals take on the Mumbai Indians with the top of points table at stake. Delhi are on top of the table with 5 wins from 6 games, and Mumbai can replace them with a win today. Both sides have been clinical with both bat and ball so far. The difference between the two sides can be narrowed down to a Super Over. While Delhi won it, Mumbai ended up on the losing side of it. MI vs DC My11Circle contest is also expected to feature some big points today with so many top names of this season hitting the field. The streak of one-sided contests will hopefully end tonight as the table-toppers do promise an exciting contest.
Match 27, IPL 2020 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Sunday 11 October, 7:30 PM IST TV: Star Sports Live Streaming: Hotstar App
Mumbai Indians have almost every single player in their playing 11 clicking at least once. That leaves very little scope for them to alter their line-up. We do however wait to see Chris Lynn sometime this season. MI Predicted XI Rohit Sharma (C) Quinton de Kock (WK) Suryakumar Yadav Kieron Pollard Ishan Kishan Hardik Pandya Krunal Pandya James Pattinson Trent Boult Rahul Chahar Jaspreet Bumrah
Delhi Capitals, as they were before the tournament started, the most balanced side this season. Their trust on Harshal Patel has paid off so far as well. Least expect any changes to such a crucial game from Delhi. DC Predicted XI Shreyas Iyer (C) Rishabh Pant (WK) Shikhar Dhawan Prithvi Shaw Marcus Stoinis Shimron Hetmyer Axar Patel Harshal Patel Ravichandran Ashwin Kagiso Rabada Anrich Nortje
Let’s look at the IPL 2020 MI vs DC My11Circle Prediction now followed by a few stats and observations explaining each pick WK: Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Rishabh Pant BAT: Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Kieron Pollard (VC), Prithvi Shaw ALL: Marcus Stoinis (C) BLR: Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah SUBS: Suryakumar Yadav(S4), Anrich Nortje(S3), Shikhar Dhawan(S2), Hardik Pandya(S1)
Ishan Kishan, ever since his inception with a memorable 99 against against RCB, has been right on top of his form. Quinton de Kock has the lowest average in Mumbai’s top 6, but is capable of handling DC’s bowling order well. Rishabh Pant 42.4 for DC against MI having scored 212 runs in 6 innings.
Kieron Pollard has been out only once out of the five times he has come out to bat. He is averaging 163 at a strike rate of 200. Rohit Sharma is Mumbai’s current top run-scorer this season with 212 runs from 6 innings. He will be responsible for taking Mumbai off to a good start. Shreyas Iyer has 203 runs so far and is currently Delhi’s top-scorer. The Delhi Captain will be responsible to stabilize the innings in case the top-order falls to Mumbai’s lethal opening bowling pair. Prithvi Shaw has been in good form at the top of Delhi’s top-order having scored 198 runs at a strike rate of 151. He will have the job of neutralising Trent Boult’s excellence up top.
Marcus Stoinis player a handy knock of 39 runs in the last game while also picking up two wickets for 17 runs. He has the highest strike rate in Delhi’s batting lineup and has scored 162 runs so far. He has also picked up 5 wickets so far and has hence been selected as Captain of our MI vs DC My11Circle Team.
Purple Cap holder Kagiso Rabada has distanced himself at the top with 15 wickets, 4 more than second placed Jasprit Bumrah, who too features in our MI vs DC My11Circle Team. Our third bowler, incidentally also the third name in Purple Cap list, is Trent Boult. With 10 wickets at an average of 18, he has been lethal with the new ball for Mumbai. Three of tournament’s leading wicket-takers, all at work. Such is today’s contest, which we hope will deliver the highest fantasy point aggregate of IPL 2020 so far.
The MUM vs DEL My11Circle contest plays host to the Weekly Crorepati contest which will offer INR 1,00,00,000 to the winner at an entry fee of just INR 100. The Beat the Expert contest will also be live for this one. On beating Sourav Ganguly’s expert team, the winner will receive twice the entry fee, along with a 25% discount for next week’s Weekly Crorepati contest. The Special Contest is also one to watch out for as the winner receives INR 30 lakh along with an iPhone SE.
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