Mumbai in the hunt again
Mumbai Indians are in familiar territory as the Indian Premier League moves into the playoffs but the defending champions know they will have to take their game to another level when they face Delhi Capitals on Thursday.
Mumbai, the tournament's most successful team with four titles, became the first side to reach the playoffs last week and used Tuesday's game against Sunrisers Hyderabad to test the strength of their bench.
It did not work out well, a 10-wicket thrashing coming as a wake-up call ahead of the Delhi tie.
Delhi, led by the tournament's youngest captain in 25-year-old Shreyas Iyer, will be hoping it is third time lucky against Mumbai having lost both their group matches to them last month.
The winners of Thursday's match will move straight into the Nov. 10 final in Dubai but all is not lost for the losers.
They will meet the team that comes through Friday's eliminator between Royal Challengers Bangalore and 2016 champions Hyderabad to decide the second finalist.
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