IPL 2020 MI vs Dc Highlights: Delhi Capitals is set to play the first qualifier match of IPL 2020 against Mumbai Indians. The top two teams of the points table lock their horns to seal their place in the finals.
The winner of this match will be qualified for the IPL 2020 finals. While the loser will have a chance in qualifier 2 where they will face the winner of the eliminator match. In order to to make it to the finals, DC need to bring back their peak form.
MI vs DC face to face in IPL 2020 sofar
Matches played: 02 | MI won-2 | DC won-0
Match: Delhi Capitals(DC) vs Mumbai Indians(MI)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss Details: DC won the toss and opt to bowl
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Captains View
Shreyas Iyer | DC Skipper
We are going to bowl first. The wicket is dry and with a bit of dew, it could play an important role. The energy inside the dressing room is pretty high. Same team for us.
Rohit Sharma | MI Skipper
Looks like a good pitch, it could play a bit slow. We know we are going to bat first now, so just post a good total. We know we have a good bowling line-up to defend any total. Just got to start well and then take it from there.
Three changes, Bumrah, Boult, and Hardik are back for Pattinson, Dhawal, and Tiwary. We are confident, but it’s a fresh game and we got to focus on our strengths.
Playing XI
Delhi Capitals(DC)
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.
Mumbai Indians(MI)
Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
MI vs DC Highlights – Qualifier 1
Mumbai Indians(MI) Batting
de Kock and Rohit Sharma get in to the crease to lead MI. Daniel Sams opens the attack against MI. DC is in pressure to take early wickets and also needs to maintain a slow run rate as MI has a strong batting line.
de Kock without any hesitation strikes tiple boundaries of the first over and shows his confidence. Ravichandran Ashwin in the next over dismissed Rohit Sharma off the first ball he faces and builds pressure over MI.
Rohit Sharma again failed to show his consistency and walks to Pavillion without scoring any. Though MI loses its one of the opener de Kock still remains aggressive and ends the over with a boundary. Suryakumar Yadav and de Kock jointly lead MI to score 63 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of the powerplay.
Ashwin after a lot of struggle dismissed de Kock for 40 runs who poses a great threat for DC. DC still is in need to dismiss in-form Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Pollard, dangerous Pandya brothers.
DC bowlers as expected took two quick wickets by dismissing Suryakumar Yadav(51 by Nortje) and Pollard for a duck. Ashwin’s dismissal of Pollard shows a bit of confidence among DC.
MI is in pressure to pump the score to a higher level as they score only 122 runs for 4 wickets loss at the end of the 15th over. After Krunal Pandya’s dismissal, MI has to play with a new batsman at the death over.
But it’s Hardik Pandya who gets into bat in the death over. It’s a great threat to DC now. With Ishan and Pandya’s aggressive strike MI score pumps to the 200 marks. With a six of the last delivery, Ishan registered his half-century where Pandya scored 37 runs for just 14 deliveries.
Delhi Capitals(DC) Batting
Prithvi Shaw and Dhawan get in to the crease to lead DC to chase down a mammoth target of 200. DC batsmen should post their peak form in order to withstand Boult and Bumrah’s spell.
Boult opens the attack and makes a massive couple of wickets in the first over. Boult dismissed Shaw and Rahane for a duck and lands DC in pressure. In the followed over Bumrah makes a huge impact by dismissing Dhawan for another golden duck.
DC struggles after losing their top three batsmen for golden ducks. Marcus Stoinis and Shreyas Iyer join hands and in pressure to build a match-winning partnership. With a lot to add in the DC scoreboard Iyer too left the crease after scoring 12 runs.
DC is in need to make lots of massive strikes to lead DC to a winning position. At the end of the powerplay DC scored 32 runs for 4 wicket loss. Krunal Pandya breaks the partnership by dismissing Pant for 3 runs. DC strikers struggle to build a partnership with Stoinis who plays as the only hope for DC.
Axar Patel and Stoinis show confidence by building a partnership which drags DC score beyond 100 run mark. Bumrah in his third over with an aggressive spell dismissed Stoinis and breaks the 71 run stand partnership. In addition to this Bumrah also dismissed Daniel Sams for a duck and register his fourth wicket.
Bumrah with his four-wicket haul makes MI to register their name in the IPL 2020 finals. DC is in need to score nearly 80 runs in the last four overs. With back to back controlled over MI beat DC by 57 runs and made it to the finals.
Watch MI vs DC highlights – Qualifier 1
Man of the match
Jasprit Bumrah | MI
I am okay with not getting wickets and winning the tournament, I have been given a role so I just want to execute that role. Opening yorker was really important. I decided I will do that early in the game and when it comes off it’s always nice.
I am always ready when the captain wants me to bowl and don’t focus on the end result. When I have done that it’s always gone downhill. I have a great camaraderie with Boult. We discuss fields, situations, so there’s a lot to learn from him.
Batsmen have been taking all the awards, so it’s good to get it as a bowler (laughs). Ah no, I don’t worry about awards. As long as the team is winning I am happy.
