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Both Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians are aiming to make up for lost time and this encounter at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday is crucial for momentum. Delhi Daredevils' loss to the Knight Riders will have deflated their confidence slightly and they will be aware that Mumbai Indians have the capability to sustain a winning habit after a poor start. (Go back just one season)

The big news for MI is that Corey Anderson has been ruled out of the tournament with a fractured finger, a big blow considering the Kiwi had made a decent start to this edition of the tournament. In his absence, MI have roped in another New Zealand all-rounder Colin Munro.

DD, despite their recent loss, have a settled batting order and two attacking leg spinners. In

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Right on cue, Imran Tahir comes along and bowls an incredibly tidy over. Rohit and Rayudu were happy working the leading spinner for singles and only 5 came off the 15th over increasing the required rate once again.

Rayudu then proceeded to hit Nathan Coulter-Nile for two fours off the first two balls before the Australian came back to dismiss the Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma with a short ball that the batsman skied and was caught by Nadeem.

Imran Tahir's third over put DD firmly in control of the match. The South African leg-spinner dismissed Hardik Pandya , Ambati Rayudu and Mitchell McClenaghan in one over as Mumbai hurtled towards their fifth loss of the season. Tahir displayed guile and variations in abundance and was duly rewarded. He will take the purple cap back from Nehra after this display.

Coulter-Nile then bowled one short-ball too many and was dispatched for six by Harbhajan in a nine-run over. Too late for MI.

Delhi Daredevils ended their 9-match losing streak at the Feroz Shah Kotla with a thumping win over the struggling Mumbai Indians. The 37 run win also condemned Mumbai to their fifth defeat in six games and they now face an uphill battle to make the playoffs. Delhi however move on to brighter things. After two seasons of mediocre results, they now find themselves in the right half of the table. The Shreyas Iyer-Duminy stand set the game up. Chasing 191 was always going to be difficult and MI didn't help their cause by losing wickets at frequent intervals. Once again, back to the drawing board for them.

We'll see you in another IPL encounter tomorrow. Until then, take care and be good!