Previous West Indies batsman Brian Lara named the No.1 of side of IPL 2020 dependent on exhibitions till now. Lara, who was generally dazzled with table clinchers Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, picked the Rohit Sharma-drove side as the best one up until now.

Lara said four-time champions Mumbai Indians have an edge over the Delhi Capitals due to the abundance of involvement with their side.

“They (Mumbai Indians) are the No.1 team now. Delhi Capitals have looked good too but on experience Mumbai probably holds the edge,” Brian Lara said on Star Sports when he asked to if MI and DC have created a gap with the rest of the franchises.

Mumbai Indians recovered the best position by squashing Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets in an IPL 2020 match in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

After a cap stunt of wins, MI have now got 12 focuses in 8 matches and are in front of Delhi dependent on an unrivaled net run rate.

Rohit Sharma and South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock included 94 for their initial remain as Mumbai pursued down an objective of 149 against the Eoin Morgan-drove Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday with eight wickets close by and 19 balls to save.

Sharma was satisfied with his group's "clinical" execution and asked them to be heartless in the rest of the competition.

“I think it’s important for us to make sure that we stay on the money,” Sharma said at the post-match presentation.

“We can’t get complacent and we know that this tournament can get funny. We’ve already seen games, how teams have lost, so we can’t take the foot off the pedal at any given point.

“We have to keep making sure that we’re ruthless on the field and, yes, the guys are hungry. They’ve not played cricket for six months and they want to come out here and express themselves.”