Mumbai are in the ascendancy in the final here and they also have been on top in the Pro Kabaddi League, where Siddharth Desai has shone for them.
12.40pm Mumbai need 178 to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy. They won the toss, elected to bowl with the surface assisting bowlers early on and have justified the decision. The stars: Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dubey and senior-pro Dhawal Kulkarni. They picked up eight wickets between them to break Delhi's back.
Dhruv Shorey made 31 in the middle to keep the innings afloat, but his wicket exposed the lower order early. Pawan Negi's injury - a bruised right hand in trying to evade a bouncer - left him unbeaten on 21 and may have played a huge role in Delhi being limited to the score they finished with. Mumbai have the batting pedigree to chase this down in what should be excellent conditions. Join us in 30 minutes for the chase.
S Bhati lbw b Kulkarni 25 (45m 22b 1x4 3x6) SR: 113.63
Mel: "In televised matches, the Umpires are advised to keep attention on the action at Striker's end. No Ball is checked in case of dismissal to ensure it was a valid delivery.. which was what was done in this case. It's a normal practice in televised games. Very sensible approach in my opinion.. nothing to be umbraged about."
S8u281m: "Heard Dahiya on TV saying that Negi went for a X-ray. This is the last wicket in that case."
Dhawal Kulkarni is back into the attack
END OF OVER:45 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | DELHI: 170/8 | RR: 3.77
- Suboth Bhati19 (18b)
- Shivam Dube10-2-29-3
- Royston Dias9-1-40-0
NA Saini b Dube 7 (29m 24b 1x4 0x6) SR: 29.16
Nikhil: "Why Rohit Sharma is not playing today? Is there any cap on playing International Players?" -- He's in Guwahati with the ODI squad.