Formidable Delhi ready to consolidate against an upbeat Mumbai

With tournament reaching midway stage Virender Sehwag39s men have looked most compact among the nine sides in the fray and the Daredevils will certainly like to consolidate their position as table toppers The last time the two teams locked horns at the Wankhede Stadium Delhi pacers had steamrolled over the 39Men in Blue39 but that was a match that didn39t feature Sachin Tendulkar Both teams had contrasting victories in their previous matches While Daredevils romped home courtesy a typical Sehwag innings against Pune Warriors Mumbai Indians had to depend on Robin Peterson39s innovations and Piyush Chawla39s profligacy to get their campaign back on track Even as Tendulkar39s form in the two matches since his comeback from finger injury has been reassuring Mumbai Indians39 bowling is still a cause of worry with no Lasith Malinga to bowl those menacing toecrushers at the death Skipper Harbhajan Singh39s extended 39wicketdrought39 has also affected the team very badly Harbhajan Singh L and RP Singh R of Mumbai Indians Photo Suresh KK The veteran of 98 Tests and 229 ODIs has managed only one wicket in seven games so far Worse Harbhajan has been leaking runs regularly and has not contributed well with the bat The Daredevils on the other hand have been pretty consistent throughout The Daredevils bowlers have done a commendable job save Pune Warriors game when they were taken apart And with Virender Sehwag Kevin Pietersen in good form it would take a special effort from MI to upset the Daredevils applecart Delhi Daredevils39 players celebrating a wicket Photo Shashank Parade Among bowlers Morne Morkel has proved to be an able leader with 16 wickets while other pacers in Irfan Pathan and Umesh Yadav have bowled well in patches The revelation however has been their young leftarm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem who has had a brilliant tournament so far An economy rate of less than six in seven matches is something any bowler would be proud of Young Delhi lad Pawan Negi also bowled with a lot of heart in their away game against Pune Warriors While the bowling attack looks pretty sorted there is one area that Sehwag might ponder upon His team has never batted first in the seven matches The five matches that they have won have been primarily based on good starts by the toporder It is still to be seen as to how the middleorder perform under pressure Ross Taylor hasn39t yet got a decent hit while Mahela Jayawardene is also due for a big score The likes of Naman Ojha Yogesh Nagar would also want to prove that they can win matches singlehandedly without the help of successful stars In all an exciting contest is on cards Teams Delhi Daredevils Virender Sehwag Capt Naman Ojha Kevin Pietersen Mahela Jayawardene Ross Taylor Y Venugopal Rao Yogesh Nagar Irfan Pathan Roelof van der Merwe Morne Morkel Umesh Yadav Shahbaz Nadeem Andre Russell Aaron Finch Doug Bracewell Ajit Agarkar Varun Aaron Aavishkar Salvi Robin Bist Sunny Gupta Pawan Negi and Punit Bisht Mumbai Indians Harbhajan Singh Capt Sachin Tendulkar Abu Nechim Amitize Singh Aiden Blizzard James Franklin Kieron Pollard Y Chahal Clint McKay Herschelle Gibbs Davy Jacobs Richard Levi Dinesh Kartik Dhawal Kulkarni K Yadav Lasith Malinga Sushant Marathe Pragyan Ojha Munaf Patel Robin Peterson Sujit Nayak Rohit Sharma Suryakumar Yadav Jaydev Shah Rudra Pratap Singh T Suman Pawan Suyal Aditya Tare Apporva Wankhede Match Starts at 8 pm ISTu00a0