Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, Indian Premier League 2020 Qualifier 1: In Pics

Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl first against defending champions Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday.

Mumbai Indians became the first side to qualify for this season's playoffs after finishing at the top of the points table with nine wins from 14 league stage fixtures.Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, rebounded strongly following their four consecutive defeats to beat RCB by 6 wickets in their final league stage fixture and make a second-place finish in the standings.

MI and DC have met each other in a total of 26 games so far, with the four-time winners leading the rivalry with 14 victories to their name. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Mumbai Indians have made three changes in their Playing XI for the all-important clash against the Delhi Capitals. Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Hardik Pandya have all returned in place of James Pattinson, Dhawal Kulkarni and Rahul Tiwary.

Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Trent Boult are the four overseas players named in the MI team for the tie. (Image Credits: Twitter/@mipaltan)

Delhi Capitals have headed into their clash against Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 with the same Playing XI that sealed a six-wicket win over Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their last league stage fixture of the season.

Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are the four overseas players for the clash. (Image Credits:Twitter/@DelhiCapitals)

Ravichandran Ashwin gave breakthrough to Delhi Capitals by taking a big wicket of Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma. The Indian opener fell for a duck after being trapped leg before wicket by Ashwin on the third delivery of the second over.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Quinton de Kock, who was looking good at the crease, fell for 25-ball 40 after being caught by Shikhar Dhawan at long-off on the fourth ball of the eighth over by Ravichandran Ashwin.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Suryakumar Yadav (45) continued to stand strong at the crease, while Ishan Kishan (5) joined him at the other end following the dismissal of Quinton de Kock (40) as Mumbai Indians reach 93/2 at the halfway mark.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Soon after bringing up his half-century off 36 deliveries, Suryakumar Yadav (51) was caught by Daniel Sams at long leg on the fifth ball of 12th over by Anrich Nortje. The Mumbai franchise, however, have crossed the 100-run mark. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Suryakumar Yadav (51) and Ishan Kishan (55) brought up a fine half-century each to help Mumbai Indians post a mammoth total of 200/5 against Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2020 in Dubai. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Mumbai Indians made a superb start to their defence of 201-run target by reducing Delhi Capitals to 0/3 inside two overs. While Prithvi Shaw fell for a duck after being caught behind the wicket by Quinton de Kock on the second delivery of the first over by Trent Boult, Ajinkya Rahane too departed without scoring any run after being trapped leg before wicket on the fifth ball. 

Subsequently, opener Shikhar Dhawan too fell for a nought after getting clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah on the second ball of the second over.  (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Marcus Stoinis brought up his IPL fifty of 36 deliveries. The Delhi Capitals batsman reached the mark by picking up a single off Hardik Pandya delivery in the 12th over. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan hammered a half-century each before Jasprit Bumrah shone with the ball to help defending champions Mumbai Indians clinch a comfortable 57-run victory over Delhi Capitals and storm into the final of the 2020 IPL in Dubai on Thursday. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)