IPL 2015, MI vs DD: As it happened...

New Delhi: Welcome to the live coverage of the match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils to be played at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians win the match by five wickets. 

Mumbai:

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Tahir to bowl the final over. A run to start with as Rayudu gets a single playing a shot towards long-on. Pollard then hits a huge six and that's all over. 

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Coulter-Nile to Pollard and he starts with a six. Another four from Rayudu this time over backward point region. 14 runs come from the over. Eight to get from final 6 balls. 

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Rayudu gets a vital boundary from Mathews' first ball of the over. A good comeback by Mathews before Rayudu gets a lucky boundary. 

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Rayudu goes big and smashes Zaheer for a huge six. A single follows next. Zaheer will be expected to bowl with his experience here. 11 runs come from the over. MI will be happy. 

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Mishra tosses it up and Rayudu gets a run before Sharma gets bowled. What a breakthrough for DD here. Pollard comes down the track and it gets his pads and forward short-leg fielder catches it. Next ball is butchered for a six. A wide is bowled next and Mishra is in pressure. Another wide ball. A cheeky shot gets Pollard a run. 10 runs come from the over. 

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Mathews bowls and Sharma goes for a slog but only a single comes. Rayudu picks a run after a shot played towards long-on. Sharma goes for a big heave but misses the ball. Two singles come next before four runs come from Rohit's bat. 

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Mishra bowls pretty cleverly here. Also the 50-run partnership comes up between the two. Six runs from it. 

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Zaheer comes back to bowl and eight runs come from the over including a boundary. 

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Tahir bowls his second over and he is mixing it up well. A bad wide delivery see the MI batsmen pick two runs and an extra. Next ball is placed well for a four. A run comes to end the over. 12 runs from it. 

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Mathews is handed the ball and a lot will be depending on him on how he uses his experience. Just four from the over. MI need some big hits.

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Mishra bowls and that too a good over. The spinners need to keep it in check though it isn't easy after rain. Just four runs!

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Now star bowler Tahir is in and Rohit dispatches the spinner for a huge six. Just a single next and a decent over by the South African.

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Amit Mishra comes into the attack and just concedes four runs. 50 runs up for MI.

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Yuvraj comes to bowl and it will be interesting how he keeps it in simple. Three singles and a dot followed by a poor fielding for Zaheer and two runs come. 

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Harbhajan hits Coulter Nile for a four before chopping a ball to the stumps. Rain falls again and DD are ahead on D/L method. The match has started and only a run came from the remaining over. Rayudu is the new batsman in.

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Mathews bowls and it is short. Patel slashes it over point for four. Patel goes again and this time he finds the fielder. He departs as Mishra takes the catch. Good over this from Mathews. Nice comeback from him. Sharma then hits a classy six to end the over.  

Parthiv Patel c Mishra b Mathews 13 (13)

​Covers have come off. We are ready for play. 

Lightning in the sky and the play has been halted. Covers are on! At the moment Delhi are ahead on D/L par score.

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Coulter-Nile bowls and Patel gets a brace. Next ball is gone for a run. A solid defence follows next by Sharma. A short ball finds a top edge and it sails for a six. A crashing shot from Sharma finds the fielder at cover. A run is taken to end the over. 

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Zaheer to Rohit and the batsman gets a run. Parthiv then flicks one for a brace. Another flick gets Patel three runs. 

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Coulter-Nile bowls and he is right on the money. A nice shot next earns nothing for Pandya. DD need to attack here. After four dots, Pandya gets out. What a start for DD here. A short ball and Pandya misses to get hold of it as the ball gets his edge. Good response from DD bowlers. 

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Simmons goes out second ball after the first was a wide. LBW dismissal for Simmons. Pandya flicks a ball for four before two wides follow. A short run is taken next. Eight comes from it. 

Delhi:

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Vinay bowls the last over and after a dot, Tiwary improvises a shot over fine-leg for four. A quick single is taken next. Delhi get past 150 runs in the over. Vinay bowled a good last over here. 

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Malinga bowls a slower one and Yuvi gets a single. Tiwary gets going and hits a powerful straight shot for four. A big heave next and he misses the ball. A bye is conceded next. Clever bowling here by Malinga. Yuvi opens the face of the bat and gets an edge. Jadhav collects the ball and there is an appeal for caught behind. But replays show it bounced. next ball Simmons pulls off an amazing catch to dismiss Yuvi. 

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McClenaghan gets the ball and he starts with three full deliveries. Good option in these circumstances. Yuvraj then flicks a loose ball for a six. The next ball is flicked for another six. Fifty up for Yuvi. 

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Malinga bowls and Yuvraj smashes a four over mid-wicket. The next ball gets an edge and gets to the fence. Another four is pelted over covers for four. A run comes off the next ball. It was right at the block-hole. 

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McClenaghan bowls a tidy over with only 5 runs from it. DD need to push themselves and get a respectable score. MI have bowled their hearts out. Yuvi hasn't managed to do anything great so far. mathews carves Pandiya for a huge six next over. DD need more of these. Next ball he is caught at long off. Yuvi then smashes a four off the last ball. 

Mathews c Jagadeesha Suchith b Pandya 12(10)

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Pandiya is the new bowler and Mathews defends the first ball before running for a close single. the fielder misses the stumps. Yuvi flashes wide and misses the stumps. Some loose shots there played by him. A run is taken off the last ball. 

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Harbhajan continues and Yuvi collects a run. The next ball Jadhav dances down the track and is stumped by Patel. Three runs come from the over. Suchith bowls next and two singles come before Yuvi slams a four. Another single is taken from the next ball. Yuvi needs to take DD to a big score here. Mathews is the new man in to bat. 

K Jadhav st Parthiv Patel b Harbhajan 16(15)

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Jadhav smashes Suchith for a huge six over square-leg. Three dot balls follow. Two runs are then taken after a cheeky shot is played. 

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Harbhajan bowls and Jadhav drives the ball towards long on for a single. Yuvraj is kept quiet buy Bhajji and it is a highly productive over. A brace only comes from the last ball. 

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Malinga comes back to bowl and Jadhav collects a run from the first ball. Yuvi defends the next two balls. A cover drive is played but it's hit straight to covers. The next ball is pulled towards mid-wicket for four. Another short ball is hit for four. 

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Harbhajan is bowling well here and there is a nice seam position. A sweep shot in the last ball sees Jadhav get a top edge and over Malinga for three runs. 

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Suchith comes to bowl and Duminy powers a ball to the fence for four. Two more runs are taken and DD bring up their fifty. The next ball sees Duminy drive and the edge goes straight to the bowler. Third wicket down. Yuvraj is the new man in and he gets off the mark. 

Duminy c and b Jagadeesha Suchith 28 (19)

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Harbhajan comes into bowl and strikes in his first ball. Iyer wants to clover the ball for a huge hit but finds an edge and the short third-man fielder takes an easy catch. An awesome over from Bhajji and a run comes from it. 

Shreyas Iyer c Vinay b Harbhajan 19 (18)

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Vinay continues and Duminy steers it towards third man for a run. No run from the next ball before Iyer runs a single and a direct throw at the stumps allows an extra run. Another close run is taken next. A slower ball towards the leg stump and Duminy makes room and flicks it over mid-wicket for a six. The next ball is hit straight for a four. 

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McClenaghan continues and Iyer makes some room and pulls a ball across midwicket for four. He skies the next ball over cover-point for four. Another ball next is skied again and the cover and point fielder run backward for a catch but the indecision does them in. A beautiful ball then follows and misses Iyer's bat. Iyer then smashes the last ball over mid-on for four.

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Vinay replaces Malinga and he bowls a good over before Duminy comes forward and smashes a six. The best part is this Mumbai Indians outfit is looking well so far and full of confidence. DD need a big partnership here. Eight runs come from the over. 

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McClenaghan to bowl and Iyer gets off the mark with a single. A run and a wide is all that comes from the rest of the over. Good start by MI here. 

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Malinga bowls and well in the first ball he gets Mayank Agarwal poking at a ball and the catch is taken. JP Duminy is the new man in and he hits a full ball straight to the cover fielder. Another fulltoss and its hit straight to cover again. The next ball is short and he pulls it towards square leg for four. The ball hits JP's pads and Malinga appeals but umpire isn't interested. A dot ball ends the over.

Bouncer Biddu enjoyed that superb over by Malinga, especially the wicket off the very 1st ball. #ApunKaSuperstar #MI pic.twitter.com/Kfmr9NNfdQ — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 5, 2015

M Agarwal c Parthiv Patel b Malinga 0 (1)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first.

Playing XI:
Delhi Daredevils: Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, Saurabh Tiwary, Jean-Paul Duminy(c), Yuvraj Singh, Angelo Mathews, Kedar Jadhav(w), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Zaheer Khan

Mumbai Indians: Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Ambati Rayudu,Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Hardik Pandya, Jagadeesha Suchith, Vinay Kumar, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga

Teams:

Delhi Daredevils (From): Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, Jean-Paul Duminy(c), Yuvraj Singh,Angelo Mathews, Kedar Jadhav(w), Saurabh Tiwary, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Zaheer Khan, Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Quinton de Kock, Manoj Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Gurinder Sandhu, Chidhambaram Gautam, Travis Head, Srikar Bharat, Albie Morkel,Marcus Stoinis, Domnic Joseph, KK Jiyas

Mumbai Indians (From): Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel(w), Unmukt Chand, Rohit Sharma(c),Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Vinay Kumar, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Colin Munro, Aditya Tare, Jasprit Bumrah, Marchant de Lange,Pawan Suyal, Shreyas Gopal, Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun, Aiden Blizzard, Akshay Wakhare,Nitish Rana, Siddhesh Lad, Hardik Pandya, Ben Hilfenhaus

Preview: High on confidence after their third consecutive, Mumbai Indians will hold a clear edge over the inconsistent Delhi Daredevils in their key IPL cricket match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday.

The comprehensive 23-run victory over bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab at Mohali has given the resurgent MI the perfect shot in the arm to take on Daredevils who have blown hot and cold this season and were beaten convincingly by Rajasthan Royals last night.

MI can take a lot of positives into tomorrow's game against a rival which is placed one rung above because of a superior net run rate ? both having 8 points from 9 games and occupying the sixth and seventh slots after yesterday's games.

The return to form of struggling opener Parthiv Patel, who made his first half century of the season besides putting on a near-century stand with fellow-opener Lendl Simmons, bodes well for the home team. MI seem to have hit the right combination after the loss of a few key players due to injury and no-show but will be a tired lot after travelling to Mohali.

On the other hand, Daredevils, who had a poor game overall and fielded woefully, need to regroup quickly and take advantage of the travel-weariness of MI.

Both Delhi captain Jean-Paul Duminy and key all-rounder Angelo Mathews spoke about the need for consistency in their display.

"Unfortunately when we win, the next game has not been good. We need to break that pattern. Consistency hasn't been there. If we start winning a couple of games in a row we can turn it around," said Mathews confidently ahead of MI's game.

There's a question mark over the poor run of Yuvraj Singh who hit Royals' Dhawal Kulkarni for three silken-smooth boundaries in one over, before departing immediately afterwards.

"It's just 15 minutes now after the game and all options are open. At the end of the day he's a match winner and I still believe he can come good and have to back him to do that," he said on Yuvraj. Mumbai, on the other hand, go into the game with their tails up but are aware of the pitfalls as another defeat could scuttle their qualifying hopes.

They have a very good middle order in place to take advantage of a good start. Death bowlers in Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga and New Zealand's Mitchell McClenaghan, besides the wily and experienced Harbhajan Singh, can strangle the scoring in the middle overs.

In short, Daredevils have a huge task in front of them to stop MI's winning run and resurrect their own qualifying hopes.