By IPL 2021-DC vs MI-Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals will try to beat each other: DC vs MI Live-When the teams of defending champions Mumbai Indians and last season’s runners-up Delhi Capitals face each other in the Indian Premier League match on Tuesday, they will have to beat each other.
The strong Mumbai Indians team will have to overcome their middle-order woes against Delhi Capitals if they want to win a third consecutive win.
The Delhi team will play in this match after defeating the Punjab Kings by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium, while Mumbai has consistently won by defending small goals. But this is not going to happen against Delhi Capitals, they will have to do the best in every department in this match.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has got off to a good start and will be committed to turning it into big innings and the same will happen with Quinton de Cock.
DC vs MI, Mumbai has players like Suryakumar Yadav, Ishaan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya and his brother Krunal who are capable of flogging any attack on any given day but they are yet to perform brilliantly.
After the last match, Rohit conceded that his team could bat a little better in the middle overs. ”
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Pacer is brilliant in the last two games bowling attack led by a Mumbai-based Jaspreet Bumrah when he successfully defended the low scores of 150 and 152 respectively. The lead bowlers Bumrah (three wickets) and New Zealand’s Trent Boult (six wickets) have been exceptional in the death overs.
Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar took seven wickets in the last two matches, which bowling coach Shane Bond called ‘the wicket-taker.
They also have spinner Krunal who will be desperate to make his team a success.
Mumbai had fed Adam Milan in the previous match but given the nature of the pitch, they could also field off-spinner Jayant Yadav who played against the same opponent in 2020 final.
On the other hand, the most positive thing for Delhi Capitals is the form of Shikhar Dhawan, who has been the top scorer in the tournament so far, scoring 186 runs.
The opening pair of Dhawan and young Prithvi Shaw are dangerous, but the Mumbai player needs to convert his start into a big score.
Delhi decided to feed Australian Steve Smith on Sunday but now that they play on Chepauk’s slow pitch, they can again feed Ajinkya Rahane who is better suited to play on such pitches.
Captain Rishabh Pant has the ability to take away any attack. The team management of Delhi Capitals will expect their top order to play in unison against the defending champions against whom they lost in the final last year.
Delhi Capitals also have excellent all-rounders like Marcus Stoinis and Lalit Yadav and these players will also be eager to play their part.
Their fast bowling attack is led by South African Kagiso Rabada and Chris Woakes and both have been brilliant so far. He also has an additional option in the form of Enrich Norzia who has joined the team.
Delhi had fed four fast bowlers against Punjab but in Chennai, they can feed more spinners as this pitch is beneficial for the spinners.
He also has the option of veteran Amit Mishra, Praveen Dubey and newcomer Shams Mulani who can be helpful to Ravichandran Ashwin.
Teams:
Delhi Capitals:
Rishabh Pant (captain), Prithvi Sauv, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Enerchi Norzia, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripple Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Karen, Sam Billings and Anirudh Joshi.
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwari, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy. , Ishan Kishan, Quinton Dickock, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Nathan Culter Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhveer Charak, Marco Jenson and Arjun Tendulkar.
The match will start at 7.30 pm.
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