KEY POINTS:

• IPL-2021 Phase-2 is being played on Saturday.
• IPL-2021 Phase-2 is being played on Saturday between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.
•  Delhi won the toss and elected to bowl first.
• Five-time champions Mumbai will be under a lot of pressure to win the match. 

The first match in IPL-2021 Phase-2 is being played on Saturday between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. Delhi won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Five-time champions Mumbai will be under a lot of pressure to win the match. If MI loses, their way to the playoffs will be very difficult. Mumbai, ranked fifth in the points table, have 10 points from 11 matches. If he wins three matches in a row, he will easily reach the playoffs, but after a single defeat, he will have to rely on the net run rate and the results of other teams’ matches.

Pitch Report – 156 runs were chased when the first match was played on this pitch. There is no grass on the wicket, and a score of up to 155 can be easily made here. This is the first match for Mumbai in Sharjah, so they have to play with caution.

Rajasthan and Kolkata will benefit from Mumbai’s defeat. Mumbai will play their

last two league matches against Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Out of them, Rajasthan is currently in the playoff race. The Kolkata team is also in the third or fourth position. In this sense, if Mumbai loses to Delhi, Rajasthan and Kolkata will benefit.

Both teams

MI- Rohit Sharma, Quinton dikoka, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, hearty Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Kunal Pandya, Nathan kultaranaila, Jayant Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Trent Boult

DC- Earth show, Shikhar Dhawan, Steve Smith, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmeyer, Akshar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Enrique Nortya