IPL 2020 Qualifier 1 - MI vs DC Fantasy Preview

There are certain benefits attached to topping the points table in the Indian Premier League and in IPL 2020, it was Mumbai Indians who went on to top the points table and because of that, they have an added chance to stay in the tournament if they lost their first playoff game. That’s the Qualifier 1 which is the first game of the IPL 2020 playoffs where #1 plays #2 and both of them get another chance in case they lose today. Mumbai won both league stage games against this opponent this year.

The opponent is Delhi Capitals who had a brilliant season but then knocked up 4 consecutive losses before they won their last league stage game against RCB and managed to finish second on the IPL 2020 points table. They’re looking rejuvenated and fresh and we can’t rule them out on the day. Keep reading for our complete BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) fantasy preview of the MI vs DC Qualifier 1…

Game details

Series: Indian Premier League 2020.
When: 5th November 2020, 7:30pm IST.
Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE.
Capacity: 25,000+
Series position: Qualifier 1.

Form (recent first)

MI: W W L W L
DC: W L L L L

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Stats that matter

Head to head in last 5 games, Mumbai leads 3-2.
8 of the last 9 IPL 2020 games were won by the teams chasing.
Shikhar Dhawan – 525 runs in 14 games in IPL 2020.

Mumbai Indians

It’s been a constant battle between Jasprit Bumrah and Kagiso Rabada to get their hands on that Purple Cap but if there’s one thin we know for sure, it’s that you can’t drop either from your MI vs DC fantasy team as their always a threat to get wickets. While Trent Boult has also been menacing, I’ll leave him out for leg-spinner Rahul Chahar who has looked really confident all season and I’ll back him to do well in a big game.

With scores of 33, 72*, 25, 37, 68* in his last 5 games, one thing for sure is that Ishan Kishan is really enjoying his added responsibility as MI opening batsman and he’s shown his complete potential in these last few games. He’s making our MI vs DC fantasy team while captain Kieron Pollard also makes my team because he’s been bowling more ever since being made the captain and has a knack of performing in big games too.

Delhi Capitals

No one seems to love the big stage more than Shikhar Dhawan and he makes our BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) because he’ll be bringing all his experience into play as we move into this crunch game and the same goes for someone who has found a new role in this Delhi side, Ajinkya Rahane. Delhi has often been considered as a team with inexperience and when the time came, both these experienced players scored fifties in the last group game.

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There has been so much of importance given to Kagiso Rabada but we’ve failed to notice that his countryman Anrich Nortje has been equally brilliant, with 19 wickets in 13 games and peaking at the right time, with the Man of the Match award in the last game. With everyone in the top order having a few batting issues, I’d like to see Marcus Stoinis being promoted up the order as he so often is in the Big Bash and other leagues.

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Mumbai Indians Squad

Kieron Pollard (C), Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Saurabh Tiwary, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Hardik Pandya, Anukul Roy, Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Aditya Tare, Mohsin Khan, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sherfane Rutherford.

Delhi Capitals Squad

Shreyas Iyer (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Shimron Hetmyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Shaw, Marcus Stoinis, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Alex Carey, Tushar Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Avesh Khan, Keemo Paul.