On paper, this clash is as heavy-weight as they come. It features not only two of the top sides in the tournament, but also has India's favourite son - Sachin Tendulkar - taking on the man who is most likely to be his heir apparent - Virender Sehwag.
In reality, however, Mumbai come into this match on a high, while Delhi are struggling slightly with two losses against teams they would have expected to beat.
Mumbai have 16 points, and no other team has more than 12. The only way Mumbai will not qualify for the semi-finals is if there is a multiple team tie on 16 points (since at this stage there is no combination possible that will ensure that four teams end up with morethan 16 points), and the others edge Mumbai out on net run-rate. When you consider that Mumbai's net run-rate is +1.04, and the next highest net run-rate is Bangalore's +0.343, it is pretty clear that short of a whole host of statistical freaks, Mumbai are well and truly into the semi-finals.
They can thus afford to experiment and tweak their side in an effort to put the best combination out for the knock-out matches. It might be worth their while to give Graham Napier a chance and get Dwayne Bravo back into the mix. Napier comes with a domestic T20 strike rate of almost 150, and is a handy right-arm medium pace bowler, while if Bravo can get his batting going, he will be an invaluable all-rounder. In fact, Mumbai may want to bench quite a few of their regulars - especially amongst the foreigners - and give chances to those haven't had too many. We might well see Mumbai picking JP Duminy, Sanath Jayasuriya, Napier/McLaren and Bravo for the match, and giving a well deserved break to the likes of Malinga. The young Abhishek Nayar seems to have finally recovered from the injury that kept him out of most of the tournament, and if fit, he too should get a game. Mumbai's biggest disappointment so far has been the performance of Kieron Pollard, who has struck the ball hard and fiercely, but hasn't managed to stay at the crease to have any major impact on a match, with a highest score of 25 in ten innings.
Sachin Tendulkar continues to remain the main man for Mumbai, with almost twice as many runs as the next highest scorer in the side - Saurabh Tiwary. He is of course, capable of firing in all of Mumbai's remaining matches, but on the suspicion that the 'law of averages' must catch up with the man sometime (after only sporadically doing so over 20 years of international cricket), Mumbai have to start planning for how to win in case Tendulkar fails.
Delhi have more pressing worries on their mind than one man winning all their matches - they have to start winning matches again first. The defeats against Kolkata and Punjab will hurt them, since before those matches, they were on a winning streak and had looked one of the few sides capable of consistently challenging Mumbai. Delhi's best batsman has been Virender Sehwag, but a lot of his efforts have been in solo causes, with the rest of the team not supporting him, with the result that victories of Sehwag's bat have been rather lesser in number than would be expected - especially when Delhi have such good back-up for Sehwag on paper.
David Warner will always remain a hit-or-miss player, and Gautam Gambhir has made it clear on numerous occasions that that is the way Delhi want him to be, since on the days he comes off, he is an unstoppable force for Delhi. However, Gambhir himeslf, alongwith Collingwood and Dinesh Karthik have to play the role of middle-order enforcers, who do the bulk of the scoring when the openers fail. What hurt Delhi in their last two matches was that the middle order did not get going. With an opening combination of Warner and Sehwag, Delhi can expect fliers more often than not, but have to budget for the occasional failure as well.
The one good thing for Delhi was that Ashish Nehra finally recovered enough to play a game, and if Dirk Nannes recovers too then he will come in place of Ferveez Maharoof, which would strengthen Delhi's pace attack immeasurably. Daniel Vettori has been a bit of a let-down so far, leaking runs at 8.31 an over and taking just 2 wickets in the 3 matches he has played, but for a player of such proven ability, he is likely to be part of the starting eleven.
A full-strength Delhi against an in-form Mumbai is one of the marquee matches of the IPL. However, the last time these two sides met, Mumbai annihilated Delhi by 98 runs. Delhi should come fired up to exact revenge, and Mumbai will be equally keyed up, especially on their home ground. A potentially cracking contest looms.
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Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians have the full backing of Mumbaikars. According to TAM Sports, for all India market in the CS 4+ category from March 28 to April 3, Mumbai delivered the highest TVR for IPL3, followed by Hyderabad and Kolkata.
While Mumbai has delivered ratings on double digits on two occasions during these 10 matches, Kolkata delivered the highest TVR of 12.17 per cent. The match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers on Thursday, April 1, 2010, whereas Hyderabad delivered a TVR of 8.19 per cent for the same match. KKR had defeated Deccan Chargers in this match.
Going by the average TVR for these 10 matches – from March 28 to April 3 – Mumbai delivered the highest with a TVR of 6.87 per cent, Hyderabad followed with 5.32 per cent, while Kolkata came third with 5.22 per cent TVR. Delhi delivered an average TVR of 4.61 per cent, Chennai delivered a TVR of 4.5 per cent, Rajasthan with 4.36 per cent, while Bangalore had a TVR of 4.16 per cent. The least TVR was 3.49 per cent in Punjab, along with Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.
The highest TVR delivered by Mumbai was on Sunday, March 28, 2010, which was at 11.74 per cent. The match was played between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers, which delivered a TVR of 6.53 per cent TVR for the same match. Against Kings XI Punjab too Mumbai witnessed a double digit TVR of 10.15 per cent. Mumbai Indians had won both these matches.
While most of the matches played so far saw Mumbai deliver ratings of 5 per cent and higher, the only two matches that that perhaps disinterested Mumbai were played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore and CSK and Rajasthan Royals played on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 and Saturday, April 3, 2010, respectively.
Not surprisingly, there is certainly team loyalty, or rather city loyalty, building up, wherein every city that has witnessed high ratings had their respective city playing the match and having won. The highest TVR delivered by Bangalore was 7.63 per cent, not surprisingly, Royal Challengers Bangalore had won that match against Kings XI Punjab.
It was his highest ever score in the Indian Premier League .
It ensured his team a spot in the semi-finals of the lucrative competition for the first time in three attempts.
And it helped him grab hold of the Orange Cap - for the highest scorer in the tournament with 512 runs - from Jacques Kallis' head.
You guessed it right - we are talking about Sachin Tendulkar .
Tendulkar's unbeaten 59-ball 89, inclusive of 10 boundaries and two sixes, helped Mumbai Indians post a formidable 174 for five and eventually beat Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.
The Mumbai skipper, shared a crucial 63-run fourth wicket partnership with JP Duminy (31) and then added 50 runs with Kieron Pollard (25) for the fifth wicket to help the table toppers recover from 30 for three.
Tendulkar, when on 45 was dropped by Aditya Dole off Siddharth Trivedi , and the Master Blaster made the Rajasthan side pay heavily for their blunder, smashing 20 in the bowler's final over.
During his knock he surpassed Royal Banngalore Challengers' Jacques Kallis tally of 501 runs and took possession of the Orange Cap.
And his side ensured that his record - of not losing a match having scored a fifty in this tournament - remained in tact for a fifth match in succession.
It ensured his team a spot in the semi-finals of the lucrative competition for the first time in three attempts.And it helped him grab hold of the Orange Cap - for the highest scorer in the tournament with 512 runs - from Jacques Kallis' head.
You guessed it right - we are talking about Sachin Tendulkar .
Tendulkar's unbeaten 59-ball 89, inclusive of 10 boundaries and two sixes, helped Mumbai Indians post a formidable 174 for five and eventually beat Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.
The Mumbai skipper, shared a crucial 63-run fourth wicket partnership with JP Duminy (31) and then added 50 runs with Kieron Pollard (25) for the fifth wicket to help the table toppers recover from 30 for three.
Tendulkar, when on 45 was dropped by Aditya Dole off Siddharth Trivedi , and the Master Blaster made the Rajasthan side pay heavily for their blunder, smashing 20 in the bowler's final over.
During his knock he surpassed Royal Banngalore Challengers' Jacques Kallis tally of 501 runs and took possession of the Orange Cap.
And his side ensured that his record - of not losing a match having scored a fifty in this tournament - remained in tact for a fifth match in succession.
Sachin Tendulkar took the Mumbai Indians to the semi-finals of the IPL by thumping the Rajasthan Royals for the first time on their home ground. Though they had an almost perfect start, the Royals were dazzled by Tendulkar's magic on Sunday as they lost by 37 runs at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium on Sunday.
Shane Warne tried all his tactics at the 'fortress' but Tendulkar was up for it as he revived the Mumbai Indians with an unbeaten 89 off 59 balls. Once tottering, the Mumbai Indians managed an impressive 174-5, thanks to a super innings from their skipper.
In their chase, Royals were never in the hunt with Zaheer Khan and some needless run outs giving Mumbai control right from the onset. The home team could manage only 137-8 in their 20 overs.
Rajasthan lost three wickets for 11 runs and never managed a fightback with Adam Voges (28) top-scoring for them. After both openers perished, they were jolted when Shane Watson (one) was run out in the third over due to a mix-up with Faiz Fazal. Yusuf Pathan (10), who had slammed a hundred against the Mumbai Indians in their previous outing, could manage only one six before skying one off Kieron Pollard.
Earlier, after electing to bowl, Shane Watson ripped through the Mumbai top order with three quick wickets to have the visitors on the mat at 30-3 in the fourth over. The Aussie all-rounder snared Sanath Jayasuriya (one), Ambati Rayadu (zero) and Saurabh Tiwary (15).
Tendulkar and JP Duminy (31 off 32) then started the recovery process with some steady batting. The master also stitched a crucial stand with Kieron Pollard (25 off 13).
After a patient half-century, Tendulkar, who was dropped on 45 by Aditya Dole, opened up his shoulders in the end, blasting Siddarth Trivedi for 20 runs in the last over including two sixes. The Mumbai skipper also smashed 10 boundaries in his unconquered knock.
Tendulkar's blaze in the end also helped him snatch back the Orange Cap from Royal Challengers Bangalore's Jacques Kallis. The South Africa all-rounder now trails Tendulkar by 11 runs.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will show the unedited version of its 'Save Water' campaign video, featuring master blaster Sachin Tendulkar at the Mumbaiairport.
The BMC recently released the video showing Tendulkar back from a practice session and asking for half a glass of water - urging Mumbaikars to use water prudently.
The video had Tendulkar requesting people to use a bucket of water, instead of taking a shower. However, the part was deleted after corporators opposed it saying it was elitist, as most of Mumbai's population has no access to a shower.
With this in mind, the BMC plans to make two versions of the video.
While the version featuring the shower will be beamed at the airport keeping the elite crowd in mind, the edited version (use a bucket) will be shown in BEST buses and on television.
"We will show this video on LCD screens at the airport as people at airports fall under the corporators elite list," said a senior hydraulic engineer from the BMC.
The corporation has requested the agency handling the railway and airport LCD screens to show the water campaign video.
We are asking the agency handling advertisements on LCD screens at airport and railway stations to show our 'Save Water' video, confirmed Vinay Deshpande, chief hydraulic engineer. "We don't want a special slot, but if they can arrange for something between advertisements."
The idea behind showing it at railway stations and airports is that outsiders coming to the city should know about the water crisis.
Presently, the videos are beamed on LCD screens in BEST buses.
"We are already displaying messages at railway stations. Soon, we will have hoardings showing Tendulkar with slogans of 'Paani vachva, Mumbai jagwa', said a civic official.
Acute water shortage caused by a delayed monsoon spurred the BMC to rope in celebrities for its water campaign. Mumbai, which has a daily requirement of 4,200 million litres of water, has a shortfall of 800 million litres a day. While domestic users presently face a 15 per cent water cut, it's 30 per cent for commercial users.
The BMC recently released the video showing Tendulkar back from a practice session and asking for half a glass of water - urging Mumbaikars to use water prudently.
The video had Tendulkar requesting people to use a bucket of water, instead of taking a shower. However, the part was deleted after corporators opposed it saying it was elitist, as most of Mumbai's population has no access to a shower.
With this in mind, the BMC plans to make two versions of the video.
While the version featuring the shower will be beamed at the airport keeping the elite crowd in mind, the edited version (use a bucket) will be shown in BEST buses and on television.
"We will show this video on LCD screens at the airport as people at airports fall under the corporators elite list," said a senior hydraulic engineer from the BMC.
The corporation has requested the agency handling the railway and airport LCD screens to show the water campaign video.
We are asking the agency handling advertisements on LCD screens at airport and railway stations to show our 'Save Water' video, confirmed Vinay Deshpande, chief hydraulic engineer. "We don't want a special slot, but if they can arrange for something between advertisements."
The idea behind showing it at railway stations and airports is that outsiders coming to the city should know about the water crisis.
Presently, the videos are beamed on LCD screens in BEST buses.
"We are already displaying messages at railway stations. Soon, we will have hoardings showing Tendulkar with slogans of 'Paani vachva, Mumbai jagwa', said a civic official.
Acute water shortage caused by a delayed monsoon spurred the BMC to rope in celebrities for its water campaign. Mumbai, which has a daily requirement of 4,200 million litres of water, has a shortfall of 800 million litres a day. While domestic users presently face a 15 per cent water cut, it's 30 per cent for commercial users.
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