IPL 2018: Match preview of Mumbai vs Delhi

Delhi boy Gautam Gambhir and Mumbaikar Rohit Sharma are ready to set up the first clash on Saturday at Wankhede Stadiumto open their account in the ongoing IPL tournament as both the teams have lost their previous clashes and will be looking forward to winning the match.

Delhi was outplayed in the first match which was against Punjab and in the next rain-hit match they were slightly unfortunate as Rajasthan wonby DLS method.Delhi failed to score revised target of 75 runs off 6 overs.

The good news for Delhi is that they have Glenn Maxwell back and it is expected that he will boost the batting strength of the team.

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Delhi is dependenton its massive pace strength but in the absence of spinners, theteam might suffer as they have a sole spinner in the form of Rahul Tewatia, though his bowling has been of a higher standard in the previous matches.

Delhi's Probable XI:

Gautam Gambhir, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell, Vijay Shankar, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Trent Boult

On the other hand, Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai team had taken the previous matches to the last overs but however, they could not win from there. As we all know that points do matter a lot in the initial stage of the tournament to avoid the unnecessary pressure of the tournament.

Mumbai's Probable XI:

Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman

The bowling department has been the core strength but the batting department does lack an intent.

Their star player, Hardik Pandya did not play in the previous game due to a sore back but he is recovering well and is expected to return in today's match.

Though, both the teams lost their previous clash but still, the winning probability is more towards Delhi.

Squad:

Delhi:

Glenn Maxwell, Colin Munro, Gautam Gambhir(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Chris Morris, Vijay Shankar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tewatia, Shahbaz Nadeem, Trent Boult, Mohammed Shami, Jason Roy, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Liam

Mumbai:

Rohit Sharma(c), Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Pradeep Sangwan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Jean-Paul Duminy, Mitchell McClenaghan, Tajinder Singh, Sharad Lumba, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Akila Dananjaya, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Liam Plunkett