Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, 27th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2020 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Date & Time: Oct 11, 06:00 PM LOCAL

Can the defending champions upstage the league leaders? © BCCI

Easy peasy in the end.Keiron Pollard and Krunal Pandya ensure MI have completed the chase easily in the end with three balls to spare. Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav set the tone and made it easy for the rest with respective fifties. Even though they fell soon after, it didn't matter given that the equation of runs vs balls was in favour of Mumbai by then. They chased down 163 with five wickets in hand, picking up their fifth win. Mumbai top the table with that win with Delhi a close second.

Superb win this, from Mumbai Indians. They're really looking like a side who are extremely tough to beat. They have the bowlers, the batsmen are doing the job. They're such a well-rounded unit that no team are able to pose those tough questions so far in the season. As games have passed, they have only increased their consistency and are delivering match-winning performances time and again.

DC would've felt they fell 15 short in the end. Stoinis's untimely run out hurt them. Hetmyer and Pant missing also could've played a part. Carey couldn't get going nor could Rahane given it was their first games this season. They still have much to do, but they will want to keep the winning momentum going, with them having five wins under their belt thus far.

Thank you for your company for another weekend of a doubleheader. Hope to have your company tomorrow when RCB take on KKR.

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OOOUT!Rohit perishes while trying to go big. Axar rewarded for his tight bowling. Rabada takes a good catch in the deep. MI - 31/1.

We're back for the chase

MI NEED 163 TO WIN!Mumbai have done really well here to keep DC to 162/4. They started off well sending back Shaw and Rahane early, but a comeback stand staged by Iyer and Dhawan saw them back in the game. However, Iyer and the in-form Stoinis falling in quick succession meant that DC ended up with maybe 10-15 short of what they could've got. Dhawan remained unbeaten in the end on 69 off 52, but couldn't give them a late flourish to finish with over 170.

However, it looks like a par score on this wicket. Will be interesting to see how MI go about the chase against a very efficient DC bowling outfit.

OUT! Oh, dear! Stoinis has to go.He set off for the run but Dhawan didn't respond particularly. Easy wicket for Mumbai Indians.

FIFTY FOR DHAWAN!His first half-century this IPL. After two wickets fell early, he's played anchor. Comes off just 39 balls.

OUT! Boult holds on to a good catch that forces Iyer to depart.Krunal gets his second wicket of the day. Doesn't get hold of one that he looks to pull over deep midwicket. Krunal breaks the stand of 85. Iyer departs for 42.

100 up for Delhi in the 14th over.

Iyer and Dhawan are doing well here to revive DC.Wickets in hand are key for them to tee off in the end. The DC batsmen are dealing in singles and doubles, with the odd boundary, but they're keeping Mumbai at bay. The pair have added 50 runs off 33 balls.

Some stats for you..MI pacers in Powerplay overs: 36 overs | 10 wkts | Avg 25.00 | SR 21.6 | ER 6.94

That's the powerplay and DC are 46/2.

Krunal gets Rahane off his second ball.The partnership between Dhawan and Rahane was growing, but spin yielded a wicket almost immediately. Rahane is trapped leg before and has to go. Rahane departs for 15,

Boult strikes in the first over

Mumbai Indians land the first blow early. The dangerous Prithvi Shaw doesn't survive the first over. He squeezes a boundary to third man but chips the next ball straight to cover. Sixth wicket in the PP for Boult this IPL!

In comes DC debutant Ajinkya Rahane at No.3

Injured Pant misses out; Rahane and Carey get a game - DC opt to bat

Alex Carey will keep wickets and that means Hetmyer misses out. Ajinkya Rahane comes in for his DC debut. Wonder where he'll bat though. Remember Pant was hobbling in that game against the Royals. That must be the injury they're talking about.

MI are unchanged.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Alex Carey(w), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Hetmyer after enjoying field day in Sharjah has to miss out today. ©BCCI

Meanwhile...

Tewatia and Parag are scripting a miracle for RR over at Dubai. Follow that game right here.

Rohit's 150th game for MI

He gets a little commemorative shirt from Zaheer Khan. Pollard early in the season, now Rohit. Long term servants of this great franchise! Congrats!

Preview: Teams that love batting first

Both teams have preferred to bat first in this edition of IPL. Delhi's only loss came when they chased in the game against SRH. Mumbai's only run chase came against RCB which they lost in the Super Over. It's going to be a used pitch in Abu Dhabi, that should make The Toss all the more crucial.

Read all about it in Aayush Puthran's preview.

H2H: 12-12

Prelude - Defending champions vs League Leaders

Hello. Go back to the early part of the last decade and there were only two teams really pushing Mumbai Indians: Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.

Now a new challenger has emerged. Delhi Capitals, with their array of youngsters, made playoffs last season. But now they're gunning for top honours. They've been the form team of the first half of IPL 2020, having lost just the one game so far. That's one fewer than the defending champions, who they face in this tasty top of the table clash at Abu Dhabi.

As with any IPL game, this one too will be about matchups and personalities. But don't forget one man sitting at the head of the DC support staff. Ricky Ponting! He was part of that revolution at MI and their title wins in 2013 and 2015 (as head coach). He knows all about how that team functions.

Strap yourselves in, people. This should be fun!