IPL 2018: 3 Memorable clashes between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhede Stadium

After two heartbreaking losses in their first two games, Mumbai Indians will now be playing against Delhi Daredevils at home on Saturday afternoon at the iconic Wankhede Stadium.

Mumbai Indians will be desperate to win this crucial encounter, so will be the Delhi Daredevils who have lost their first two games in this season.

The game will begin at 4 PM in the afternoon and promises to be an exciting one as both the teams will look to register their first win of the season.

The pitch at Wankhede is generally considered to be a batting-friendly wicket with some assistance to the slower bowlers.

When it comes to head to head department, Mumbai and Delhi have clashed against each other on 20 occasions in which Mumbai have won 11 games, while Delhi managed to win nine games.

However, at Wankhede, Mumbai has a stupendous record winning five out of the six games played against Delhi at this venue.

Let us look at three memorable clashes between both the teams at Wankhede Stadium.

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#3 Ambati Rayudu and the bowler's set up an easy win for Mumbai - 2011

Rayudu was awarded the Man Of The Match award

This was the 49th game of the DLF Premier League 2011. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field first on a batting strip at Wankhede.

Aussie left-hander Aiden Blizzard and Sachin Tendulkar got the team off to a good start with no wickets down and 50 on the board.

However, the master blaster was dismissed by Irfan Pathan in the sixth over for 14 and in the very next over the Blizzard handed over a catch to Virender Sehwag of the bowling of Shahbaz Nadeem.

Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu who were new to the crease stitched together a good partnership.

They milked the Delhi Daredevils bowlers with ease. Both the batsmen cut-loose after the halfway mark and took the attack to the opposition.

Sharma, in particular, was the aggressor as he smashed two sixes of James Hopes in the 15th over.

Unfortunately, he got out for 49 in the 17th over caught at the third man of the bowling of Morne Morkel.

Rayudu continued his good touch and brought up his half-century in style smashing a six and a four of the bowling of Shahbaz Nadeem in the 18th over.

He struck further two boundaries in the 19th over before being dismissed for a well made 59. His knock comprised of seven boundaries and two hits over the fence.

Mumbai reached a formidable total of 178/4 in their allotted 20 overs thanks to the partnership between Sharma and Rayudu. The pair added 87 runs in 56 deliveries for the third wicket.

Chasing a solid total of 179 in a must-win encounter, Delhi had a horrible start to their innings.

They lost David Warner in the very first over who was trapped in front of the bowling of Harbhajan Singh.

The South African left-hander Colin Ingram was the next to go as he was clean bowled to a peach of a delivery from Lasith Malinga in the second over.

With a herculean task ahead Sehwag, played a rash shot as he got out playing a hook of the bowling of Munaf Patel on the first ball of the third over.

Wicket-keeper Naman Ojha was dismissed on the last ball of the third over as he nicked on to the wicket-keeper. Delhi Daredevils were soon reduced to 7-4 in three overs.

With a mountain to climb, Venugopal Rao and Hopes resurrected the innings as the pair added 87 runs for the fifth wicket in 65 deliveries before Rao was bowled off the bowling of Dhawal Kulkarni.

Hopes and Irfan Pathan kept the hopes alive until the Australian batsman was run out for a well made 55.

This wicket closed the doors for Delhi Daredevils of a win as they couldn’t cope up with the climbing required run-rate and they were finally dismissed for 146 with two balls to spare.

All the Mumbai Indians bowlers chipped in with the wickets. Malinga was the pick among the lot as he picked up two wickets giving away only 18 runs in 3.2 overs.

But for his brilliant effort with the bat, Rayudu was awarded the Man of the Match.

This win meant Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs of the 2011 season and Delhi Daredevils were out of the completion.

#2 Delhi humiliate Mumbai at Home – 2012

Delhi humiliated Mumbai in this match

Captain of Delhi Daredevils, Sehwag won the toss and elected to field first. His decision paid off as both the Mumbai openers (Richard Levi and Davy Jacobs) were dismissed by the left-arm off-spinner Shahbaz Nadeem within the power-play.

Mumbai Indians were further reduced to 4-38 in the ninth over with Sharma stranded at the end.

Sharma looked in good touch until he handed over a catch to Ross Taylor of the bowling of Ajit Agarkar. He looked fluent for his 29 off 27 deliveries.

Harbhajan Singh (33 off 22 balls) provided few lusty blows at the end and was the top scorer of the innings.

However, this was never going to be enough as Mumbai Indians were bundled out for 92 in the last over of the innings.

Sharma and Harbhajan were the only two batsmen to reach double figures in the entire innings.

Morkel, Agarkar and Yadav bowled with fire and picked up two wickets each. But the pick of the bowlers was Nadeem, who set the tone by picking up the openers within the power-play. His figures read 4-0-16-2.

In reply, Mumbai Indians chased the target of 93 within 15 overs losing only three wickets. Sehwag top-scored for Delhi with 32 off 36 deliveries.

This was the first win for Delhi Daredevils at Wankhede Stadium and was a humiliating defeat for Mumbai Indians.

For his excellent off-spin bowling Nadeem was awarded Man of the Match.

#1 Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard script a famous win for Mumbai – 2015

Rohit Sharma played a wonderful innings

This was the 39th game of the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2015 season played at Wankhede Stadium.

J.P Duminy, Captain of Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. However, his decision didn’t pay off as the opener Mayank Agarwal was dismissed off the very first ball of the innings of the bowling of Malinga.

Shreyas Iyer and Duminy struck few lusty blows before both were dismissed in the fifth and sixth overs of the Delhi innings.

Kedar Jadhav didn’t last long as he was stumped off the bowling of Harbhajan and Delhi were tottering at 78-4 in 11.2 overs.

Yuvraj Singh held up one end as he took the fight against the opposition. Although not at his fluent best he scored a valuable half-century which helped his team reach a fighting total.

Yuvraj’s 57 was the highest score of the innings and with some contributions from Angelo Matthews and Nathan Coulter-Nile, Delhi Daredevils reached 152/6 in 20 overs.

Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh picked up two wickets each. The off-spinner, in particular, had a dream spell. His figures read 4-1-11-2.

In reply, Mumbai got off to a poor start as the opener Lendl Simmons was dismissed in the very first over to Zaheer Khan.

Hardik Pandya who was promoted to No.3 didn’t last long as he was dismissed of the bowling of Coulter-Nile for five. Mumbai were 8-2 within two overs and were in a spot of bother.

Sharma joined Parthiv Patel at the crease and the pair added 21 runs before the wicket-keeper handed over a catch to Amit Mishra of the bowling of Matthews.

Harbhajan, who had a good day with the ball was promoted to No. 4 to up the ante.

He didn’t last long either as he was bowled by Coulter-Nile for a meagre five runs. At this moment, Mumbai Indians were 40-4 in 5.2 overs.

However, Sharma found able support in Rayudu as both the batsman steadied the ship. The pair batted sensibly by rotating strike and scoring the odd boundary to keep up with the required run-rate.

With 53 runs needed off 29 deliveries, Sharma chopped a googly of Mishra on to his stumps and the game was wide opened.

Sharma got out for 46 off 37 deliveries and his innings comprised of two boundaries and three maximums.

Kieron Pollard was the next batsman in and he started his innings with a six over long on of the bowling of Mishra in the very second ball of his innings.

The pair managed to score a boundary an over and brought the target to touching distance.

22 were needed off the last two overs and Pollard started the over with a six over deep midwicket of the bowling of Coulter-Nile.

Eight runs were required off the last over and the ball was handed over to leggie Imran Tahir. The first ball of the over went for a single.

With seven needed off five, Pollard smashed a six over long-on. He pinched a single off the next ball to register a famous win at home.

This win propelled Mumbai to the fourth spot and Delhi had to win their remaining games to stay in the competition.

For his excellent spell with the ball Harbhajan was awarded Man of the Match.