Find Me A 100 Winner / Jaymes Monte / 20 May 2009 /

Delhi will use this match as preparation for their upcoming semi-final whilst the Mumbai Indians will use it as a last attempt of salvaging some pride from what has been, in truth, a nightmare tournament for them. Jaymes Monte talks us through it all.

Team News

Delhi have already qualified for the semi-finals as group winners. As their semi-final will be held in this very ground they can use this match to familiarise themselves with the pitch and surroundings, meaning we can expect a similar side as to the one that will play in the knock-out stage.

Mumbai are at the opposite end of the spectrum, with only pride to play for. It means that they will probably revert to playing their superstars, in one final attempt for them to salvage something from this tournament. However, their opening partnership changes with the wind, and it's anyone's guess as to what they will go with at the top here.

Venue, conditions

SuperSport Park, Centurion has been one of the more batsmen friendly grounds so far this tournament, with big totals being both set and successfully chased down. A score of anything below 150 would take some defending.

Weather forecasters predict a 'Mostly Sunny' day and there is little to no chance of rain.
Match Odds

A fixture which is effectively a dead rubber match is always a little tricky to get too involved with in the Match Odds market. On the other hand, Delhi will want to hit the ground running in the semi-final and can use this game as a platform to do just that, meaning the [1.8] on offer for Delhi looks good value.

Top Batsmen

Gambhir and Sehwag have proved to be an unsuccessful opening partnership, meaning that AB de Villiers has seen plenty of time at the crease. His price is artificially held up at around the [5.0] mark on the premise that he is a number four batsmen, but should be backed here accordingly.

JP Duminy has been a diamond amongst the rough for Mumbai this tournament, highlighted by his appearance in the top tournament run scorer table, despite poor team results. Back him to sign off with a big total @ [4.0].

Featured Market

On a high scoring ground with both teams free of any result driven pressure I expect there to be some big totals here, back Over 300.5 runs in the Total Match Runs market at anything around the [1.8] mark.

Jaymes Monte says: Back Over 300.5 runs @ [1.8] or bigger

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