Internet Desk: High on confidence Delhi Daredevils will look for their third win on a trot when they lock horns with table toppers Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League encounter in New Delhi tomorrow.
After successfully chasing two big scores at their home in Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi suddenly look a much dangerous side and must be aiming to play like this to stay in the contention to qualify for the play-offs.
Delhi’s teenage sensation Rishabh Pant showed his class to the world by playing a blistering knock of 97 runs from just 43 deliveries to help Delhi to chase the second highest chase in IPL history.
Legendary cricketer like Sachin termed it as one of the best knocks he has ever seen in 10 years IPL history.
Sanju Samson to scored 61 off 31 balls at the top of the order and his 143-stand with Pant that set up an emphatic win for Daredevils.
Provided they win the toss, the home team would be backing themselves to chase another big score after mowing down targets of 209 and 186 in the last two outings at Kotla.
Daredevils know they still have a tough task at hand and need to win all their remaining matches to seal a top four spot.
There is still no clarity over the availability of captain Zaheer Khan, who has not played after pulling his hamstring during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 28.
The young Karun Nair has been captaining the side in Zaheer’s absence. The stylish right—hander would want to lead by example with a defining knock after not being able to convert promising starts earlier in the competition.
Daredevils host Mumbai Indians, a team that is already into the play—offs but remains focused on getting the most from its remaining league games.
The win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their previous game was their eighth in 10 games, reinforcing the assumption that they remain the team to beat in the competition.
Captain Rohit Sharma took the team home against Virat Kohli—led side with a blazing 56, which was his second fifty plus score in three innings.
Mumbai have pretty much got all their bases covered.
Pacer Mitchell McClenaghan was back among the wickets again against RCB, taking his overall tally to 15 to be the team’s leading wicket-taker.
The one area he would want to improve on is his economy rate of 9.07 alongside the other main pacer Lasith Malinga, who has conceded almost 10 runs in an over since returning to action.
Harbhajan Singh has been their most frugal bowler with the economy rate of 5.86.