Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, Indian Premier League 2020 Match 27: In Pics

Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bat first against defending champions Mumbai Indians in Match 27 of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. 

Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians are currently occupying the top two spots in the IPL points table, respectively. While Iyer's side has won five out of their first six matches, the Rohit Sharma-led side have four victories in hand.

The two sides have faced each other in a total of 24 matches, with both DC and MI emerging victorious on 12 occasions each.(Image Courtesy: Twitter/@IPL)

Delhi Capitals have made two changes in their Playing XI for their tie against the Rohit Sharma-led side.Alex Carey has replaced Shimron Hetmyer, while Ajinkya Rahane will play his first game of the season in place of Rishabh Pant.

Alex Carey, Marcus Stoinis, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are the four overseas players named in the Delhi Capitals' Playing XI for their seventh match of the 2020 edition of the IPL. (Image Courtesy: Twitter/@DelhiCapitals)

Mumbai Indians have headed into their clash against the Shreyas Iyer-led side with an unchanged Playing XI.Quinton de Kock, Keiron Pollard, James Pattinson and Trent Boult are the four overseas players in the Rohit Sharma-led Playing XI for the match. (Image Credits: Twitter/@mipaltan) 

Delhi Capitals lost two wickets inside Powerplay. While Prithvi Shaw fell cheaply for four runs after being caught by Krunal Pandya at short cover on the third ball of the first over by Trent Boult, Ajinkya Rahane departed for 15 runs after being trapped leg before wicket on the second delivery of the fifth over from Krunal Pandya. At the end of Powerplay, DC were standing at 46/2. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten at 29 each to take Delhi Capitals to a score of 80 for two against Mumbai Indians at the halfway mark.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Krunal Pandya can be seen celebrating with his Mumbai Indians teammates after removing Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer for 42 runs. Iyer was caught by Trent Boult at deep midwicket on the fourth delivery of the 15th over from Pandya.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan brought up a half-century off 39 deliveries. He achieved the feat by tucking the second delivery of the 16th over from Trent Boult off the hip for one to short fine leg.He evenually finished 52-ball 69 which helped DC post a score of 162/4 in their stipulated 20 overs. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Skipper-cum-opener Rohit Sharma departed cheaply for nine runs after being caught by Kagiso Rabada at deep midwicket on the last ball of the fifth over from Axar Patel.  (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Quinton de Kock (52) brought up a half-century off 33 balls in his side's chase of 163 runs. He reached the mark with four runs by hitting the fourth ball of the ninth over from Harshal Patel over short fine. It was his second fity of the ongoing season. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav also notched up a half-century during his side's clash against Delhi Capitals off 30 balls.He achieved the mark with a maximum off a Kagiso Rabada delivery in the 15th over. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav smashed a fifty each to help defending champions Mumbai Indians chase down the target of 163 runs in 19.4 overs and seal a comfortable five-wicket win over Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.