One of the most successful Indian Premier League franchises, Mumbai Indians, will clash against Delhi Capitals in what will be the penultimate clash for both teams in this edition of the IPL. Match number 63 will be hosted by the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
With both teams looking to secure their place in the final four, this match is set to be a virtual knock-out, with its winner progressing to the playoffs. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals currently sit in the fourth and fifth spots, respectively, with 14 and 13 points each. In their last fixture of the season, the Hardik Pandya-led side emerged victorious by 12 runs. Delhi Capitals will look to avenge their defeat with a win, which will kick Mumbai out of the competition. Both teams have faced each other a total of 36 times over the years. Mumbai has won 20 while Delhi has won 16 of those fixtures.
Here is the list of eleven players of Delhi Capitals who may be entrusted with the responsibility of representing the team in this virtual knock-out.
Batters
Delhi Capitals will possibly keep their opening pair intact with KL Rahul and Faf Du Plessis opening the innings. KL Rahul has been in sublime form, having scored a century in the last game. Abhishek Porel is expected to bat at number three. Tristan Stubbs and Sameer Rizwi are going to bat in the middle order. Ashutosh will be expected to deliver finishing touches to the innings.
All-Rounders
The captain himself will need to step up his performance in this very important fixture. Axar Patel is again expected to bat as a floater in the middle order to keep the right and left hand combination at the crease. Axar is also expected to bowl his complete quota of four overs in this fixture.
Bowlers
Aussie pacer Mitchell Starc is expected to spearhead Delhi’s bowling lineup, which appeared blunt in the last few matches. Starc will look to add to his 14 wickets. He was assisted by Chameera and Mustafizur Rahman. Mustafizur Rahman was the only economical bowler from the encounter against Gujrat, which saw others getting thrashed all over the park. Kuldeep Yadav will be leading the spinning duties along with Axar Patel in the non-powerplay overs.
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