With Mumbai Indians (MI) already having secured a berth in the play-offs, the defending champions will further like to cement their hegemony at the very top by securing a win over third placed Delhi Capitals.
Iyer-led DC will be more desperate for a victory against MI as they are aware of the fact that a loss could put them into a spot of bother for their play-off qualification. In the larger context of the tournament, KXIP, KKR, SRH and RR are all in with a chance of making it to the knockouts.
With Rajasthan Royals (RR) win over Kings Eleven Punjab (KXIP) on Friday (Oct 30), the race is wide open yet again as none of the teams apart from MI can take any of their remaining league fixtures lightly.
While the 'Blue jersey donning teams will battle it out to consolidate their positions at the very top and steer clear of the challenging pack, there will be some major battles to watch out between key players on each sides.
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The high voltage IPL T20 encounter between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals could also witness a few players reaching important milestones in their respective T20 careers.
Here is a look at some major milestones which can be achieved in IPL 2020 encounter between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians
Delhi Capitals wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant needs just 11 runs to complete 2000 runs in the IPL. The hard hitting southpaw has scored 1989 T20 runs for Delhi Capitals in his IPL career so far.
If Pant happens to scale the milestone, he will be the fourth player from Delhi Capitals franchise to have achieved the feat. Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir and Ajinkya Rahane have scored 2000 runs or more for DC (formerly Delhi Daredevils) in Indian Premier League.
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard needs just 27 runs to attain the 3000-run mark in IPL. The explosive Windies batsman has scored 2973 runs for MI in the Indian Premier League. If Pollard reached the milestone during the game against DC, he shall be only the second player for his franchise after Rohit Sharma to have attained the landmark.
Kieron Pollard is also nearing another batting milestone as the Barbadian power hitter needs 6 more maximums to enter the 200-six club in the IPL. Pollard will join his Windies team mate Chris Gayle, AB De Villiers, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma in elite six hitting-club.
Spin all-rounder Krunal Pandya needs 14 runs to register 1000 T20 runs for Mumbai Indians. The elder of the Pandya brothers has scored 986 runs for MI in his IPL career.