Skipper Shreyas Iyer's fluent 116 and an impressive show by India speedster Shardul Thakur powered Mumbai to a 67-run win over Rajasthan.
Iyer, who walked in at three, was in his elements and hammered nine boundaries and one six, in his unbeaten knock.
The Delhi Capitals captain said the addition of foreign names such as Steve Smith and Tom Curran, along with young Turks like Lukman Meriwala, makes the side stronger.
The Mumbai Cricket Association announced a 22-member squad for the domestic 50-over championships.
Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg has said that Rishabh Pant should make a comeback in India's limited-overs squads.
On December 6, Team India's three star cricketers - Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer celebrate their birthdays.
Shreyas Iyer says Aussie plans best be tackled by adopting a counter-offensive approach and taking advantage of the field placing.
India lost the first two ODIs by 66 runs and 51 runs respectively at the Sydney Cricket Ground, after conceding record totals to Australia.
Amid all the criticism, Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas took to Twitter to buoy up the fans saying despite two games the team will come back stronger.
India lacked a sixth bowling option in the first ODI against Australia on Friday, as the home side posted a mammoth total of 374/6 in 50 overs.
With Rohit Sharma's participation in the Test series looking uncertain, reports have emerged that Shreyas Iyer could be added as a reserve batsman for the Test series against Australia.
After losing the first Qualifier, Capitals had made a strong return by defeating SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the second one.
DC fans will have to wait for a while to see their team lifting their maiden silverware.
DC captain Shreyas Iyer assessed the side's performance in the final during the post-match press conference.
Delhi remained unchanged while Mumbai Indians made a tactical move replacing Rahul Chahar with Jayant Yadav.
Despite being the underdogs, Capitals will be eyeing maiden silverware to etch their name on the coveted IPL trophy.
Before the season, DC traded New Zealand pacer Trent Boult to MI and brought in experienced spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
While the Mumbai franchise managed to establish their supremacy in the league stage, DC had to gallop through a few hurdles to book a place in their first-ever IPL final.
This will also be Rohit Sharma's 200th IPL game and he also needs just 8 runs to complete 4000 runs for MI.
The Australian scored 38 runs and also plucked three wickets as Delhi Capitals (DC) cruised to their maiden IPL final by handing SRH a 17-run defeat.
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