Live Report - Fraser-McGurk's 84 off 27 gives Capitals flying start

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Bowling consistently in excess of 145kph, Williams made a good impression. He even hurried Rohit with a short ball, with the batter taking evasive action and getting a top edge over the keeper for a couple. But a wide down the leg side that went to the boundary ruined an otherwise excellent over.

In the next over, Ishan Kishan hit Khaleel Ahmed for three successive fours to take MI to 29/0 after two overs.

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It was a slower bouncer and Pant could not get on top of it. As a result, he was not in control of the pull and was caught at long leg by Rohit Sharma.

Their head-to-head now reads: 46 balls, 55 runs, seven dismissals.

Despite a wide, Bumrah conceded only six in the 19th over. After going for 18 in his first over, he concedes only 17 in the next three to finish with figures of 4-0-35-1.

DC 240/4 after 19

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In Capitals' previous game, we saw Tristan Stubbs taking apart R Sai Kishore. Today, he has done the same against Luke Wood.

Two scoops and two reverse scoops on the first four balls of the over fetched him 18 runs. For the last two balls, he cleared his front leg and pulled him through midwicket.

Stubbs was premeditating throughout and still Wood had no answer.

6 Before Saturday, Pant had fallen to Bumrah six times in 43 balls while scoring only 48 runs.

Today, Pant hit Bumrah for a six on the first ball he faced from the bowler. But Bumrah made a good comeback and conceded only nine in the over.

DC 199/3 after 16. ESPNcricinfo's Forecaster is predicting 247 for Capitals. But will that be enough?

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Mohammad Nabi has Porel stumped in the tenth over but there is little respite for MI as Hope and Pant have kept scoring at ten an over.

Hope, in particular, has been impressive. We know he has improved his six-hitting in ODI cricket in the last one year or so but he was not able to translate the same into the T20 format. Until today. He smashed five sixes in his 17-ball 41 before Wood had him caught at deep midwicket.

Tristan Stubbs joins Pant in the middle.

DC 181/3 after 14

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It has taken just 2.4 overs for Delhi Capitals to get to 50 runs - the joint-fastest for a team in the IPL. In the next over, Fraser-McGurk brings up his own fifty, off just 15 balls. It's the joint-fourth fastest in the IPL.

DC 69/0 after four

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As we have seen in his fledgling career, Jake Fraser-McGurk does not waste any time getting his eye in. With his slightly open stance to left-armer Luke Wood, he kicked off the innings with 4, 4, 6 using his free-slowing bat swing and beautiful wrists. After a dot, he smashed Wood through covers for another boundary.

After taking 19 from the first over, he greeted Jasprit Bumrah, arguably the best all-format bowler in the world right now, with the same disdain. Bumrah started with a slower one and he launched it over long-on. To make it worse, Bumrah had overstepped. Fraser-McGurk smashed the free hit past long-on for four more.

That was not all. He also ended the over with a four.

DC 37/0 after two

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Mumbai Indians have won the toss and decided to bowl first. "This is a small ground, so it's better to chase," their captain Hardik Pandya says. "Only one change. Gerald misses out; he has a stomach bug. So Luke Wood comes in."

Rishabh Pant says Delhi were looking to bat first only as they expect the pitch to slow down in the second half. "Instead of Prithvi, Kushagra comes in," he says. They also have Lizaad Williams making his debut for Capitals; Ishant Sharma presented him with his cap. Williams comes in for Nortje.

Here are the XIs

Delhi Capitals: 1 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 2 Abishek Porel, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Axar Patel, 7 Kumar Kushagra, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Lizaad Williams, 10 Mukesh Kumar, 11 Khaleel Ahmed

Impact subs: Rasikh Salam, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ricky Bhui, Sumit Kumar

Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Nehal Wadhera, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Tim David, 7 Piyush Chawla, 8 Mohammad Nabi, 9 Luke Wood, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Nuwan Thushara

Impact subs: Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dhir, Shams Mulani, Dewald Brewis, Kumar Kartikeya

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The lowest team total in the two games played in Delhi this IPL has been 199, and today's pitch looks no different. One square boundary is just 59 metres; the other 64. The straight boundary is 73 metres.

"There's no grass on the pitch," says Sanjay Manjrekar. "It's rock-hard, like a sheet of marble. I think it's going to be slightly better for spinners. Given their spin attack - Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav - Delhi may have an advantage."

3h ago

Delhi Capitals will once again be without David Warner, who has a finger injury. Ishant Sharma, too, has also been ruled out for today's game.

Mitchell Marsh, who was ruled out with a hamstring injury, has been replaced by Afghanistan allrounder Gulbadin Naib. But will Capitals leave out Shai Hope and give him a game straightaway? We will get to know soon.

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Hello and welcome to match 43 of IPL 2024. We are in the second half of the season, which means there is a significant gulf between the top two teams and the bottom two. Mumbai Indians are currently in the bottom two, ninth, with six points from eight games.

But all is not lost yet. If Mumbai beat Delhi Capitals today, they will go sixth, a spot occupied by Capitals at the moment.

While we wait for the toss, take a look at our preview.