Match Previews 
/ Richard O’Hagan / 06 May 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Tendulkar for top bat?
"Tendulkar will go into a game with someone else the favourite to top score in the match."
Richard O'Hagan looks forward to an intriguing contest, with Sachin Tendulkar's Indians trying to regain top spot in the IPL against a Delhi team who seem to be coming into some form at last.
Mumbai
The Indians have led the IPL almost from the outset and have been deserving of that honour. They have won both of their other games this week convincingly, but the loss of wicketkeeper Davy Jacobs to a broken finger will be a blow as it unbalances their batting.
Delhi
Delhi have scrapped their way off the bottom of the table and now have an outside chance of reaching the semi-finals. Virender Sehwag has been in blistering form, scoring 214 runs in the last week and taking the orange cap from Tendulkar.
Match Odds
Mumbai thrashed Delhi when these two teams met at the Kotla and it is hard to see any result other than an Indians win. They are simply too consistent and have too many weapons at their disposal, whereas Delhi have yet to find a settled side or a balanced bowling attack. They are becoming the very definition of a one man side, such is their reliance upon Sehwag. Back Mumbai to win at [1.6]
Top Scorer odds
Unusually, Tendulkar will go into a game with someone else the favourite to top score in the match. But although Sehwag has been in such great form, the Little Master's power is such that his Indian colleagues tend to underperform when up against him. Back him to top score at odds of around [4.7]
Best Bet
Sachin Tendulkar to top score at around [4.7]
Its crunch time for both of these under performers. Sunday's second game is a battle of the basement as the ailing Punjab take on the wilting Warriors.
Kochi are two from two and Bangalore have won their last four. A couple of the IPL's form teams go head to head in Sunday's opening match.
Bangalore are looking for a fourth consecutive victory to move into the top four and remain on course for a place in the knockout stages of the competition......
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