mi vs dd

mi vs dd
Here is a Preview to Game 55 of IPL's Season 2:-Delhi Daredevils:International players: Virender Sehwag, Paul Collingwood, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Andrew McDonald, Glenn McGrath, Farveez Maharoof, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Aavishkar Salvi, Owais Shah, Manoj Tiwary, Daniel Vettori, David Warner.Players who will be missing: Paul CollingwoodMumbai Indians:International players: Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Bravo, JP Duminy, Dilhara Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Kyle Mills, Mohammad Ashraful, Luke RonchiPrevious meetings: DD 2, MI 1Match #23, 2008 – Mumbai – Mumbai Indians won by 29 runsMatch #50, 2008 – Delhi – Delhi Daredevils won by 5 wicketsMatch #35, 2009 – East London – Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wicketsTalking points:Delhi were the first team to qualify for the semi-finals.Mumbai Indians will only be playing for pride today.Lasith Malinga has one last shot at the Purple Cap – he is two wickets shy of RP Singh’s tally of 19 wickets.Sachin Tendulkar started off with a bang, but couldn’t maintain the same form through the tournament. He has however managed 40’s in two of his last three innings.Mumbai Indians have been missing Zaheer Khan because of a shoulder injury. He is unlikely to return to the line-up today.Mumbai Indians could perhaps field Dilhara Fernando, Kyle Mills and Mohammad Ashraful – their overseas internationals - who are yet to play a match this season. Delhi Daredevils continue to struggle with their openers. Sehwag has been woefully out of form in the competition, managing only two decent innings in nine innings. In his last three innings, he has only managed scores of 11, 9, 2 and 0.AB de Villiers has been in awesome form in the tournament. He is Delhi’s top run-getter in the competition with 433 runs from 11 innings at an average of 61.85 (strike rate of 132.01).Delhi have been one of the top fielding sides in the tournament – they’ve so far effected 14 run outs. They have AB de Villiers, Tillkaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir and David Warner – all very good fielders, although their fielding and catching has been scratchy in the last few matches.Ashish Nehra has been bowling very well in the tournament. He is within striking distance of picking up the Purple Cap; he has 18 wickets from 12 matches.Farveez Maharoof’s selection now poses a problem of plenty for Delhi Daredevils. They now have five performing fast bowlers to choose from – Ashish Nehra, Dirk Nannes, Pradeep Sangwan, Farveez Maharoof and Aavishkar Salvi.Dinesh Karthik is having a great tournament. In his last four innings, his scores read 23* (11 balls), 32 (29 balls), 44* (23 balls) and 31 (29 balls). With the glove too, he has had a wonderful tournament – he is now the most successful wicketkeeper in the tournament with 14 dismissals.Delhi experimented with their combination in the previous match, leaving out the likes of Tillekaratne Dilshan, Dirk Nannes, Amit Mishra and Pradeep Sangwan.We could get to see the Glenn McGrath v Sachin Tendulkar battle – one of the most looked-forward to contest today. In all international cricket, McGrath has dismissed Tendulkar 13 times.Delhi will also try to accommodate David Warner and Rajat Bhatia in their line-up. Both players performed well in the few opportunities they have had so far. Bhatia has 9 wickets from 6 matches, while Warner has had four good scores from five matches.