In the 45th match of the Indian Premier League, table topper Mumbai Indians takes on in-form Delhi Daredevils, who comes into this match after back-to-back wins against defending champions Sunrisers and Gujarat Lions.

Watch out for the clash of the young guns.#DhoomDhamaka #DDvMI #DilDilliHai pic.twitter.com/lywn8xaLFI

— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) May 6, 2017

Mumbai Indians, who are returning to action after a four-day break will look break Daredevils momentum as the win will guarantee them the playoff spot. However, Rohit Sharma’s side must aware that they cannot take their opponents lightly. Although for Mumbai their skipper’s batting form has been mediocre but time and time again the men in blue have found different individuals step up and deliver the results.

Boom, boom, Bumrah! 👊 Death overs specialist, yorker specialist, @Jaspritbumrah93 can do it all and then some. #CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/bsfR1l2lXV

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 6, 2017

The Delhi side after starting poorly to the season has finally found some consistency picking up a crucial win and keeping their playoff hope since 2012 alive, however, the consistency and momentum will be tested against Mumbai, whether their young guns can fire under big occasion will be an interesting factor to look forward. They have to win four out of four or at least a minimum of three out those to keep their slimmest playoff hope alive.  

Time for some cool chat with our #DilliBoy #ShreyasIyer. He definitely is cool on and off the field!@DaikinIndia#DilDilliHai#DhoomDhamaka pic.twitter.com/ydvG9ZLSUt

— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) May 5, 2017

Head to Head

The traditional cricket rival between the cities are well documented, the two side have faced each other 19 time and Mumbai holds the upper hand, with a 10-9 record. However, Mumbai hasn`t beaten Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla since 2011.

In terms of this season, Delhi restricted Mumbai to 142 after a strong bowling performance, but Daredevils lost the match by 14 runs.

Likely XI

Delhi Daredevils 1 Sanju Samson, 2 Karun Nair (capt), 3 Rishabh Pant (wk), 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Marlon Samuels, 6 Corey Anderson, 7 Chris Morris/Pat Cummins, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Shahbaz Nadeem

Mumbai Indians 1 Parthiv Patel (wk), 2 Jos Buttler, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Rohit Sharma (capt), 5 Krunal Pandya/Karn Sharma, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Harbhajan Singh/K Gowtham, 9 Mitchell McClenaghan, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Source: NYOOOZ DESK - IPL