IPL Final 2020, DC vs MI HIGHLIGHTS: Mumbai Indians Beat First-Time Finalists Delhi Capitals To Win Record-Extending Fifth IPL Trophy

MI vs DC, IPL 2020 Final HIGHLIGHTS: After Trent Boult (3/30) starred with the ball to restrict Delhi Capitals to a moderate total, HITMAN Rohit Sharma played a captains knock tonight to help Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by five wickets to Win IPL 2020 trophy!!! With this win, Mumbai Indians successfully defended their fifth title in eight years!

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DC vs MI HIGHLIGHTS, IPL 2020 Final UAE: Mumbai Indians have managed to make early inroads and destroy the DC top-order but Pant and Iyer are showing signs of recovery here. This partnership is what Delhi Capitals need at the moment. To stop them Rohit Sharma has brought back Boom Boom Bumrah to break the blossoming partnership. Swashbuckling Pant is on fire and MI needs his wicket to continue their dominance in the match. Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) in the grand finale of the Indian Premier League Season 13 later on Tuesday evening (November 10) at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.

The IPL 2020 final between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC ) is scheduled to commence at 7:30 pm (IST) with the toss slated to be held at 7:00 pm (IST)

Mumbai Indians (MI) had beaten Delhi Capitals (DC) by 57 runs in the IPL 2020 'Qualifier 1' to make it to the title clash, Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 17 runs in the IPL 2020 Play-offs 'Eliminator' played out at 8 November in Abu Dhabi.

Defending Champs Will Head Into The Title Clash As Favourites Against Delhi Capitals

Four time champions Mumbai Indians will go in as favourites to win the title clash against Delhi Capitals as they have looked by far the more consistent team all through the tournament, besides having also beaten Iyer and Co. thrice in the tournament so far.

Mumbai Indians' march to their sixth IPL finals has largely come on the back of an all-round performance by their players with both the willow and red cherry, with most of their playing contingent firing on all cylinders all through the season.

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While their frontline batsmen in Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan have scored runs consistently all through the season, power hitters in Keiron Pollard, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya have provided the late flourish to set up mammoth totals and hunt down herculean chases.

Mumbai Indians bowling unit has delivered the goods all through the tournament with both their seamers and spinners chipping in with wickets. The seam duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult have provided the initial breakthroughs in the powerplays and also pecked the opposition with economical spells in the death overs. Spinners Rahul Chahar and Krunal Pandya have complimented the efforts of the fast bowling unit.

Delhi Capitals Look To Topple 4-Time Champs Mumbai Indians And Win Maiden IPL Title

Delhi Capitals will be looking to win their first ever IPL title after making it to their maiden final in the coveted T20 league. Delhi Capitals would need to replicate their performance of the Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad to hope for a win against a formidable MI unit in the grand finale.

While Delhi Capitals batting was on full song against Sunrisers Hyderabad a couple of days ago, skipper Shreyas Iyer and the think tank will look for the DC top order to put up yet another good show with the bat in the all important title clash.

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DC might use Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis as the opening partner to the seasoned opener Shikhar Dhawan as the move reaped huge dividends in the eliminator against SRH. Skipper Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetymer would need to score quickly during the middle stages of the innings and keep the momentum going.

DC will look towards their lethal Proteas seam duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje to make the early inroads into the MI top order. The South African seamers will also have a role to play in the death overs too by way of restricting any late flourish by the Mumbai Indians power hitters

DC spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel will need to chip in with wickets during the middle stages of the MI batting innings to stem the defending champions from running away with the game.

Here are the full squads for Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals in Season 13 of the IPL In UAE

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

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

22:55 PM (IST)  •  10 Nov 2020

DC vs MI, IPL Final LIVE: Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) emerged as the Indian Premier League (IPL) champions for a record extending fifth time after beating first-time finalists Delhi Capitals by five wickets in the IPL 2020 finals which just got over at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai (UAE). Mumbai Indians chased down a competitive 157-run target set by Delhi Capitals with relative ease to win the IPL 2020 finals and pocket their fifth title in the marquee Indian T20 league.

MI's title winning victory in the finals came on the back of a fiery half ton by their skipper Rohit Sharma (51-ball 68) and quick-fire knocks by opener Quinton De Kock (20) and top order batsman Ishan Kishan.

Mumbai Indians also became only the second team after Chennai Super Kings to defend their IPL title. They had beaten Chennai Super Kings to win their fourth IPL title in the 2019 edition of the tournament last year. The Rohit Sharma-led side had earlier won the IPL title in 2013, 2015 and 2017.

Mumbai Indians secured a berth in their sixth IPL final after beating Delhi Capitals by 57 runs in the IPL 2020 Play-off Qualifier 1.

23:14 PM (IST)  •  10 Nov 2020

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22:41 PM (IST)  •  10 Nov 2020

DC vs MI, IPL Final LIVE: OUT! Just 20 runs required off the last 24 balls and Nortje cleans up Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma for heroic 51-ball 68! Rohit's brilliant knock comes too an end but its too late for it!

IPL 2020 LIVE Score, DC vs MI: Mumbai Indians- 137/3 After 16.2 Overs

22:37 PM (IST)  •  10 Nov 2020

DC vs MI, IPL Final LIVE: Rohit Sharma's unbeaten innings is taking MI closer to their fifth IPL WIN! The MI batters are not just scoring but SLAPPING boundaries and by the look of DC skipper, it seems he has already given up! Now, Ishan Kishan has joined Rohit in the party and he's too dealing in boundaries!

IPL 2020 LIVE Score, DC vs MI: Mumbai Indians- 135/2 After 15.3 Overs

22:33 PM (IST)  •  10 Nov 2020

DC vs MI, IPL Final LIVE: Kishan and Rohit keeps the scoreboard ticking! Mumbai Indians are coasting here and DC bowlers seem to have no reply to them!

IPL 2020 LIVE Score, DC vs MI: Mumbai Indians- 126/2 After 15 Overs