Mumbai face Virtual Knockout against well adapting Delhi

             Mumbai tripped into an awkward position with losing against KXIP at Visakhapatnam and scenes moving quite quickly for them into a virtual Knockout scenario from here on. Once again a match at new home will be a challenge against well adapting Delhi on Sunday.
              Delhi found their lost momentum against table toppers with dominating both with bat and ball, it has been a trend followed by them with changing the team accordingly with conditions on offer. Where Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jayant complemented well alongside regulars with the ball.
              In the first half it has been a single player who turned on with bat in different situations, but now the batting firing as an unit with mixture of experience and unseasoned players.
             On the other hand Mumbai who are sticking with the same squad irrespective of the conditions, making things tough for them. The inability in  adaptability of their batsmen on slowish, spinning tracks as been an uncovered concern with the new home.
             Now they are in a peculiar situation where the remaining matches turning out be Virtual Knockouts with only two matches to play and the net run rate is a big concern which making things even complicated, nothing but to win the both games.
               The pitch at Visakhapatnam as been on the slower side with making batsmen to wait, to score runs against the slowing spinning ball and conditions won't be any different on Sunday with dew gonna effect bowlers in the second Innings.
              Meanwhile Delhi seek on the fitness of Captain Zak and will look to make changes accordingly with the given surface and opposition, while Mumbai don't have too many options to work with but look for stability with the bat and may consider Guptill at the top order.
              So with two different philosophies two sides up for the contest in challenging conditions, as the Contest heavily lies on the combination of the squad and with adaptability of batsmen against the slower balls.