Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils – IPL 5 – Match Preview
After getting lengthy breaks of four and five days respectively, the recharged heavyweights of the Indian Premier League 5, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils, battle it out at the Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, today, April 16, 2012.
With the likes of Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore faltering in the early stages, it gives Mumbai and Delhi greater incentive to cement a firm footing as the top two sides in this year’s competition.
Both will go into the bout with high spirits after wins in their previous matches. Mumbai outsmarted a stern http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754.
After being moved up the order, at 5, the Windies’ dynamite smashed an impressive 64 off 33 to help his side post a daunting and the then tournament highest, 197, on the board. However, their opponents were no push over as the inform http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 and Owais
Shah threatened to take the game away before Malinga took out the latter with a superb yorker, and ended conceding just 13 in his four overs.
His economical bowling, coupled with Pollard and Munaf Patel’s four-wicket hauls propelled their side to maintain their good showings in the competition. A similar sort of outing will be expected from the Indians’ usual suspect against a revitalized Delhi
side.
The franchise will be further bolstered by the state of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 Tendulkar’s injury, who took a big step towards making a comeback after taking part in his first training session, following a blow on the hands in the season’s curtain raiser.
If deemed fit, he will partner the explosive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453.
Their opponents, Daredevils, are in good form of their own, and have plenty of positives to take from their last match against the defending champions. On the bowling front first, they have reliable campaigners in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-c64444
Pathan’s all-round ability always come in handy.
Their spin options are short despite Roelof van der Merwe and local kid http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahbaz-Nadeem-c89339 shouldering the work load ably so far. All were in top shape against Chennai, restricting them to just 110 before chasing down the target with 8 wickets and 40 balls to
spare.
They currently posses the most sound batting lineup among all the IPL teams. To begin, they have skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, both of whom could
be devastating, while have the added ability to bring in a sense of calmness and reassurance if the chips are down .
With both certainties in the lineup, the return of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe.
It will be difficult to predict the winner but going by last year’s form, Mumbai will be go into the game as favourites.. A http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
The dew factor might work against the bowlers but one expects a high-scoring encounter.
Tags: