IPL 2017 Fantasy Guide: Fantasy Tips for Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians

IPL Fantasy League(Fantasy Tips for Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians)

Transfer out: Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi

Transfer in: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya

Now, I already have Rishabh Pant and Amit Mishra in my side for this game.

With Morris being left out in the last game and DD not playing their next game for sometime now, it wouldn’t be very wise to get in any Delhi player(as I already have Pant and Mishra in my side).

Mumbai play a game every 3rd day, and hence you need to draft in at least two Mumbai players into your squad.

Mitch McCleneghan, Jos Buttler, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are the players in my consideration set, but due to the paucity of transfers, I’ll be getting in only two of them into my side.

I am tempted to go with with both the Indian players, as it’ll free up my overseas spots for the games to come, but there in more to it.

Mitch McCleneghan has been chipping away with wickets but it has had more to do with the sluggish nature of the pitches that he has operated on. With the Kotla dishing out a batting paradise last time round, combined with its short boundaries, I don’t think McCleneghan can rely on his half trackers to fetch him wickets this time round. Bumrah is a better death bowler than McCleneghan and he is slowly finding his groove in the tournament. I’ll go with Bumrah over Mitch, purely on the basis of the skill that these two bowlers possess.

Now, this is the big one, Jos Buttler or Rohit Sharma? While there is no proper way to figure out who would go big today, I can only give a few pointers that you could consider to make your decision.

Ideally it is always better to go in with an opening batsman, than opting for a number 4, but when you are up against a superlative bowling attack, that has the ammunition to run through your top order, you are always better off going for the number 4. Also, Nadeem could be used up to to unsettle Buttler and hence I would suggest getting Rohit in.

I won’t be making any other transfers for this game.

For the uncapped player, I’ll be getting in Krunal Pandya into my side, hoping that he is fit.

Captain: Jasprit Bumrah(if Mumbai bowl first)/Rishab Pant(if DD bowl first)

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