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Jason Behrendorff and Piyush Chawla claimed three-wicket each for Mumbai Indians. Delhi Capitals lost Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey early and the onus is now once again on David Warne to take the anchor’s role and help his team post a big total. Debutant Yash Dhull has a golden opportunity to showcase his talent here at the big stage. Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi.
Mumbai made a couple of changes in their side as Riley Meredith got a chance while they start with only three overseas players and expected to pick one as Impact Player at a later stage of the game. While Delhi gave the debut cap to Yash Dhull as Khaleel Ahmed missed out due to injury. While Mustafizur Rahman came in the side replacing Rilee Rossouw. The two star-studded franchises – Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals are yet to open their account on the points table but it is definitely going to change on Tuesday when they clashed against each other in New Delhi.
It has been a disappointing start for Delhi Capitals this season with three defeats in a row under David Warner’s captaincy. The batting unit has failed to deliver for the Capitals as opener Prithvi Shaw struggled against the pace while Warner is facing scrutiny for his low strike rate in all three matches. The bowling unit has also failed to produce a collective effort on the field which has resulted in the team leaking big runs against the opposition.
While Mumbai Indians are also going through a similar phase as they have lost the first two matches of their campaign against the rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. The five-time champions failed to match the intensity of the oppositions in their matches as a result they looked completely inferior on the field. Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav – three big guns have failed to fire so far while the mega overseas recruits – Cameron Green and Tim David also flopped so far with the bat. The bowling unit also looked weak in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah but they will bank on Jofra Archer to fill those big shoes in the coming matches.
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Cameron Green is not feeling the pressure of his Rs 17.5 crore price tag in his maiden IPL season and hopes iconic Sachin Tendulkar’s priceless insights help him over the course of the high-profile league.
Recalling his recent interaction with Mumbai Indians Icon Tendulkar, the 23-year-old said: “Obviously whenever Sachin talks you listen. He was talking about may be in red ball cricket the bat is slightly closed face to keep balls on ground but in white ball potentially opening up the face of the bat helps you to access balls on the off side and may be the trajectory as well. So that was the talk.”
What about the pressure of a million dollar contract? “No pressure at all. The conversations I have had with the support staff and people higher up, I don’t feel that at all. Thee have told me to enjoy my cricket and enjoy my experience of the IPL since it is my first time. Will take bit of time to adjust but no pressure.” Green had missed the first two Tests against India recently due to a finger injury before making a comeback for the remaining two games. He scored a hundred in Ahmedabad Test.
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