Domestic Giants Face Glory

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"It's like India – Pakistan". This is how Vinayak Samant, the Mumbai coach, described his rivalry with Delhi on the eve of the Vijay Hazare Trophy final at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. That set the tone for the big day of Saturday, when two teams will compete for the title. Mumbai is undefeated for ten games. Almost all of their matches were rather one-sided, including the two knockout matches leading to the final. Delhi has lost only one of his ten matches so far and enters the final after almost surviving a scare against Jharkhand in the semifinals. Mumbai may hold the brunt considering the depth of the side and the big names on the side. At Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer, they are among the top three with international experience. They could also have had Rohit Sharma, but he had to leave the team after two matches to join the Indian team in front of the ODI Windies. The starry batting lineup meant that there was no place for Siddhesh Lad in the previous match. He will now join the middle order with Suryakumar Yadav, while Rahane will open the baton with Shaw.

Shaw's physical form raised some concerns. The 18-year-old appeared to be uncomfortable with a shoulder injury in the semifinal against Hyderabad, although that did not stop him from score 61 points out of 44. He did not train with the team on Friday, but Samant revealed that he would take the job. in the final because the injury was a simple "muscle pull". He also has the license to go after bowling from the first ball. "He has his own way of beating, I do not have to instruct him," Samant said. "Let him play his shots, he is in good shape and I let him play his way, no matter if he goes out tomorrow at 0 or 1. That's what a champion player is "He's on the wicket for 15-20 outs, it's the maximum profit for the team." The Mumbai race in this tournament is what we could call to following a complete performance of the team. None of their drummers are in the Top 10 scorers list. Captain Shreyas Iyer, 15th on the list with 366 points over five innings, is their first scorer. Shams Mulani, the 21-year-old spinner on the left arm, is their top box scorer with 16 wickets in eight games. The highly reliable Dhawal Kulkarni led the pitch attack with good support from Tushar Deshpande.

The shape of the bowlers and the higher order of Mumbai allowed the middle order of Mumbai not to have much time. Samant said that this should not be a problem or an excuse for the camp, since they are professionals. But this is an area that Delhi may consider a weakness; if they manage to overtake the first three on a new box in the final, they could put the rest under pressure. Delhi has the bowlers to do it too. Navdeep Saini and Khulwant Khejroliya are in good shape and enter the match with confidence. They picked up six wickets between them to travel Jharkhand during the previous game, establishing their victory. Rahane and Iyer could well decide the fate of the final. Delhi will also need his bat group to come together and support his captain Gautam Gambhir. He was their top scorer with 517 points in nine games – second only behind Abhinav Mukund of Tamil Nadu – with 250 points. He was the cement that held the stick, and his dismissal in the previous match had resulted in a collapse which Delhi had almost never recovered. Fortunately for them, they had Pawan Negi in the lower order to remove him.

Dhruv Shorey and Nitish Rana scored goals, but they will know that one man can not do all the work. This is an area that Mumbai views as a weakness on the Delhi side. "They have a lot of stroke players, so there's more responsibility on Gambhir," Samant said. "Because there are a lot of stroke players, he does not play his (natural) game.And that's what we have to watch.Even when he's at the box office, it does not matter, we should not allow them to score points quickly. "Delhi coach Mithun Manhas is not too worried, however, and says tight games are bringing the game closer. 'team.

"Not really, you will sometimes find yourself in such situations, sometimes the navigation will be smooth, if you win such games, the confidence is really great." When you play in such a tournament, you will meet a given moment a team as good as you are. Jharkhand played very well, they had a good bowling attack and we managed to do it thanks to Saini and Negi. Negi is used to dealing with this type of pressure; He had already done this before for Delhi and for IPL. "No team has won the trophy in recent years, which could also boost motivation." Mumbai won its last victory in 2006-07, against Delhi in 2012-13, as they often do at international conferences. press, both parties pointed out that they would consider the final as a "single game." Samant admitted however that the nerves would arrive later on Friday night, which could even lead to a sleepless night., for Mumbai and Delhi , two giant cities of Indian cricket whose history goes far.

Squads:

Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer (Capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, Aditya Tare (wk), Shivam Dubey, Shams Mulani , Royston Dias, Dhawal Kulkarni, Tushar Deshpande, Jay Gokul Bista, Siddhesh Lad, Eknath Kerkar, Akash Parkar, Vijay Gohil, Shardul Thakur, Akhil Herwadkar, Shubham Ranjane., Gautam Gambhir (Capt), Dhruv Shorey, Nitish Rana, Himmat Singh , Pranshu Vijayran, Suboth Bha Ti, Lali t Yadav, Pawan Negi, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Hiten Dalal, Gaurav Kumar, Manan Sharma, Simarjeet Singh, Lakshay Thareja.