IPL 2017: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, Face Off

After their best ever start to an IPL campaign, Mumbai Indians welcome Delhi Daredevils to the Wankhede Stadium tonight. Mumbai are currently top of the pile in season 10 whereas Delhi Daredevils lie fourth in the table after an inconsistent start to their season. Mumbai have won their last five games on the trot while the Daredevils have lost their previous two encounters as the Zaheer Khan-led side will be keen to stop the Mumbai juggernaut.

Both the teams have faced each other 18 times so far with nine wins apiece. Last season saw these two teams win their games at their respective home grounds.

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Mumbai's Indian core has performed exceedingly well so far, while the same cannot be said for Delhi, barring Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant.

Here, we statistically compare the two expected starting lineups of both the sides in order to find a favourite for this encounter. The comparison made is only based on the IPL career stats with the internationals not being counted for this head to head comparison.

Mumbai Indians	Delhi Daredevils	Who’s better?
Jos Buttler	Sam Billings	MI
Runs - 440, Avg - 25.88, SR - 145.7	Runs - 226, Avg - 25.11, SR - 136.14
Parthiv Patel	Sanju Samson	DD
Runs - 2055, Avg - 21.19, SR - 115.38	Runs - 1024, Avg - 26.7, SR - 122.56
Rohit Sharma	Karun Nair	MI
Runs - 3923, Avg - 32.97, SR - 131.25	Runs - 935, Avg - 25.27, SR - 126.01
Nitish Rana	Rishabh Pant	Even-Stevens
Runs - 359, Avg - 44.88, SR - 141.34	Runs - 339, Avg - 26.08, SR - 143.64
Kieron Pollard	Corey Anderson	MI
Runs - 2122, Avg - 29.07, SR - 147.57 Wkts - 56, Avg - 31.61, Eco - 8.86	Runs - 420, Avg - 35, SR - 138.16 Wkts - 6, Avg - 41.67, Eco - 9.62
Hardik Pandya	Chris Morris	DD
Runs - 252, Avg - 21, SR - 152.73 Wkts - 7, Avg - 61.29, Eco - 9.39	Runs - 359, Avg - 35.9, SR - 177.72 Wkts - 53, Avg - 21.49, ECo - 7.4
Krunal Pandya	Shreyas Iyer	MI
Runs - 325, Avg - 36.11, SR - 175.68 Wkts - 11, Avg - 32.82, Eco - 7.34	Runs - 567, Avg - 27, SR - 126 Wkts - 0
Mitchel Mclenaghan	Pat Cummins	MI
Wkts - 44, Avg - 23.66, Eco - 8.37	Wkts - 9, Avg - 30.89, Eco - 8.38
Jasprit Bumrah	Jayant Yadav	MI
Wkts - 31, Avg - 28, Eco - 7.88	Wkts - 4, Avg - 42.5, Eco - 6.54
Harbhajan Singh	Amit Mishra	DD
Wkts - 122, Avg - 26.44, Eco - 6.96	Wkts - 129, Avg - 23.53, Eco - 7.32
Lasith Malinga	Zaheer Khan	MI
Wkts - 147, Avg - 18.51, Eco - 6.85	Wkts - 99, Avg - 26.49, Eco - 7.59

Mumbai Indians 7-3 Delhi Daredevils

It is clear from the table that Mumbai Indians have an advantage in every department when compared to the Daredevils. Sanju Samson and Chris Morris have bailed out DD this season, whereas the entire team has contributed to the Mumbai Indians’ rise to the summit of the IPL.