IPL THREE CRICKET 2010 MUMBAI INDIANS - DELHI DAREDEVILS

IPL THREE CRICKET 2010

MATCH WITH MUMBAI INDIANS Vs DELHI DAREDEVILS on TUESDAY

Can Devils douse Pollard fire?
Windies Allrounder Arrivves to Boost
Mumbai Indians In Kotla's First Game 

New Delhi: The Delhi Daredevils are on a roll but their opponents for Wednesday's home game. the Mumbai Indians, have been buoyed by the arrival of IPL3's most prized possession: the fiery Trinidadian Kieron Pollanrd, the most expensive player in this year's auction.

           Pollard is finally available to ply his brand of big hitting for Sachin Tendulkar's team when they take on Gautam Gambhir's confident outfit in their second match at the Ferozeshah Kolkata on Wednesday evening. Useful even with the ball, Pollanrd's all round skills could be just what the doctor ordered for the Mumbai team and Tendulkar will be hoping the player dcan also reprise the batting form he exhibited during last year's Champions League.

                 Another West Indies all rounder, this time a proven performer in Dwayne Bravo played a key role for the team in the last two editions and with Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga certain to make the playing XI, it might be a toss-up between Ryan McLaren and the veteran Sanath Jayasuriya for the fourth foreigner's slot.

           The Daredevils, though, are on home turf and boast an explosive array of options themselves, With back-to-back wins over kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, Gambhir's men are looking for a hat-trick of wins. With Sehwag in the kind of aggressive form he exhibited against the Royals, fans could be in for a treat.

            The Devils are banking on a frew weak links in the Mumbai bowling department; Yusuf Pathan went all guns blazing against them and Sehwag and Co will be looking to pick up a cue.

            The Daredevils also boast an explosive opening combination--Sehwag and Gambhir--and will again be hoping the duo fires. The middle-order, though, has not been tested yet.

         The Mumbai Indians will be looking to their homegrown cricketers in Saurabh Tiwary, Ambati Rayudu and Rajagopal Sathish to bail them out in this area. In their last encounter against the Royals, Mumbai picked three foreign recruits when they had the option of picking four, their middle-order looks solid, even without a big name like JeanPaul Duminy.

         Delhi, though, are still awaiting the arrival of coach Greg Shipperd, and maybe his presence could have helped Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan find some form.

         The team's bowling coach, Eric Simons, said: "There are surprises in store for them (Mumbai). But to exeeute those plans to perfecton, each player has to play his part. I can't divulge any details as of now. You will come to know when we apply them on the ground. All I can say is it's an important game. "

              Simons aghreed: "We have played two practice matches on it and ball is seaming nicely. It's a good track and I don't anticipate any problems with the pitch. "