Delhi Capitals’ matches in Mumbai have come to an end. They had played three matches at Wankhede (all were high-scoring) and won 2 of them. They are now off to MA Chidambaram Stadium for their next set of games. In their first game in Chennai, DC will face defending champions Mumbai Indians on Tuesday (Apr 20). Mumbai have already played 3 games at this venue thus far and lost only one of those games.
Mumbai Indians:
With an experience of 3 games at this venue this season, Mumbai Indians are certainly the favorites going into this game. In their latest game against Sun Risers Hyderabad, all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard had come back to form showing their all-round skills on the field both with the bat and on the field. If these two players come to full flow, we all know what would be the outcome as we had witnessed a storm in UAE last year during the death overs. Hardik sustained a shoulder niggle during the previous game but there were no serious updates lately meant Hardik will probably take the field in this game.
The only weakest link at the moment in the Mumbai Indians line-up seems to be Ishan Kishan who is struggling to time his shots to perfection. Delhi might target him in this game in Chennai. Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult were in some form in these Chennai games for MI and they both would be the duo to watch out for during the opening overs and also during the death overs. Wrist-spinner Rahul Chahar has completely dominated the opposition the batting during the middle-overs and he would still be intimidating in this game.
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Adam Milne, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Delhi Capitals:
Delhi openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan are in good form with the bat at the moment and it was their contributions that helped DC won two of their three games in Mumbai. This opening partnership is once again going to be very crucial for Delhi in this game. With no Shreyas Iyer in the middle, the pressure will be on Steven Smith and Rishabh Pant to get them a decent start if the openers failed to put up a massive partnership. However, Pant’s struggles against Bumrah will help Mumbai in this game!
With this game being played in Chennai, Capitals’ would be tempted to include an extra spinner in their playing XI. If that is so, Amit Mishra might replace Meriwala in the playing XI for this game. Kagiso Rabada conceded too many runs for his standard and would want to correct that on this slow pitch in Chennai. There is no clear update on Anrich Nortje’s inclusion in the playing XI and that means Chris Woakes would still be part of their playing XI in this match.
Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Amit Mishra/Meriwala
Head-to-Head Summary:
Both these teams have played 28 games against each other prior to this game. Mumbai Indians had won 16 of them while Delhi Capitals had won the remaining 12 games. In the IPL 2021 season in UAE, Mumbai Indians had defeated Delhi Capitals in all the four games they faced off against each other.
Match Prediction:
It has not been a happy hunting ground up until now in the IPL 2021 season. Mumbai Indians had already successfully defended two targets around the 150-run mark at this venue. That would imply the team winning the toss might opt to bat first at this venue. As per the recent stats, Mumbai Indians would defeat Delhi Capitals would beat in this match.
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