Mumbai face bogey team at bogey ground
Delhi Capitals have a great record against Rohit Sharma's side winning six out of nine IPL games at Feroz Shah Kotla
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- Shikhar Dhawan has cracked Jasprit Bumrah for 69 runs off 46 balls without being dismissed in T20 cricket. So, it makes sense for Mumbai to hand the new ball to Jason Behrendoff and Lasith Malinga, and hold back Bumrah for Pant. Bumrah has dismissed Pant three times in six IPL innings while conceding only 26 runs off 24 balls. No other bowler has dismissed Pant as many times as Bumrah has in the IPL.
- Capitals should try to make sure Chris Morris gets a crack at Kieron Pollard. Their head-to-head reads 23 runs off 22 balls plus one wicket.
Stats that matter
- In a way, Pant's patchy form at home has mirrored Capitals' patchy form at home. At Kotla this season, Pant has managed only 41 runs in three innings at a strike-rate of 117.1 as opposed to 204 runs in five innings at a strike-rate of 174.4 on the road.
- Watch out for Malinga's offcutter. He has picked up four of his seven wickets this season with that variation.
- Mumbai have a win percentage of 30 at Kotla - their lowest at an away venue in the IPL.
- Rohit Sharma needs 12 runs to become only the third Indian after Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli to 8000 runs in T20 cricket.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo