Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of IPL 2021 Match 46 between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals from Sharjah.

Rabada continues. Excellent from Kagiso. Four dots, two singles and a wide. Three off that over. Terrific skills from Rabada, mixing up pace and length. MI 76/3 in 12 Overs.

Axar Patel into his third. The golden arm strikes again – Suryakumar Yadav perishes – holes out at long-on. Here comes Kieron Pollard. But it’s Tiwary on strike – he launches one down the ground for four. 7 runs and a wicket. MI 73/3 in 11 Overs.

Rabada to resume after the break. Just a couple of singles off the first four balls. Yadav finding his touch now has he clears one over deep mid wicket for six! Nine off the over. MI 66/2 in 10 Overs.

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Patel continues. Yadav takes a single off the second ball. Five singles came off that Patel over. MI 57/2 in 9 Overs.

Ashwin back into the attack. Slip in place for Tiwary, who gets a single first ball. Shot – Yadav slog sweeps this to the deep mid wicket for four. Another boundary – this time hits it past short fine for four more. 12 off the over. MI 52/2 in 8 Overs.

Axar Patel with the breakthrough! Qdk departs. The left-hander sliced a wide ball straight to Nortje at point. Saurabh Tiwary is the new man in. Saurabh off the mark with a single. 5 runs and a wicket. MI 40/2 in 7 Overs.

Nortje to wrap up the Powerplay. Just a couple of singles this over. Change of pace from Nortje. Frustration building for de Kock as has a wild swing at a slower ball and misses! Single off the last ball. MI 35/1 in 6 Overs.

Rabada into the attack. Greeted by Qdk with a maximum – a scoop over short fine! A dot later, de Kock gets a couple. A single off the penultimate ball gets Yadav on strike. Nine off the over. MI 32/1 in 5 Overs.

Here’s Avesh, no slip. Yadav on strike. Three dots. Avesh has been brilliant for Delhi this season. Yadav finally gets a single down to third man. 2 runs off the over. MI 23/1 in 4 Overs.

Ashwin to bowl, a slip in place. Suryakumar Yadav off the mark with an easy single. He could use a good knock today. Ash vs QDK should be a mouth-watering contest. For now, QDK takes a single. Yadav has swept uppishly and collected six! Nine runs from that over. MI 21/1 in 3 Overs.

Avesh Khan into the attack now. A couple of dots to start with. Rohit is on strike. Three dots in a row. Good start. Four ball has been given a wide. GONE! The pressure was building after those dot balls – Rohit tries to break free with a pull shot but the extra bounce and pace lead to Rohit slicing it to third man. Surya in at 3. But QDK on strike. The southpaw whips one through midwicket for four. MI 12/1 in 2 Overs.

Anrich Nortje to take the new ball. Rohit takes strike. Slip in place. Rohit gets off the mark with a boundary – half volley into his pads and flicked away. A couple of dots later, Rohit takes a couple. Follows it up with a single. Dot to end the over. MI 7/0 in 1 Over.

The two umpires make their way to the centre. Out come the Delhi players and the two MI openers.

Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will eye a solid start against a formidable DC attack.

Last year’s finalists to have a go at each other. MI needs to keep winning to stay alive in the competition, DC needs a win to ensure a top-two finish.

TOSS UPDATE: Delhi Capitals have won the toss and elected to bowl. One change for Delhi –  Prithvi Shaw in for Lalit Yadav. One change for Mumbai – Jayant Yadav in for Rahul Chahar.

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje

This is Mumbai’s first game of this season in Sharjah. The toss is minutes away.

Quinton de Kock, Mumbai Indians: “I think it’s going to be a slow wicket, especially playing in the day and it’s going to be tough from the batting point of view. We know what needs to be done, it’s going to be a grinding day with the bat. It’s just a matter of getting out there and getting the job done.”

Steve Smith, Delhi Capitals: “Coming up against a good Mumbai side and we are starting to get towards the business end of the tournament, so hopefully keep building and ensure that we are playing our best cricket in the finals. We have seen a lot of low-scoring games here, the wicket’s pretty tired, it’s pretty difficult to hit boundaries. Just being smart, adapting to whatever the conditions we are faced with today and doing that really quickly.”

Where to watch today’s match?

The IPL 2021 match between MI and DC will be aired live on Star Sports channels – Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 3 HD at 3:30pm. The online streaming will be available on Hotstar.