Mumbai Indians will lock horns against Delh Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the 20th match of IPL 2024 on Sunday. While the five-time champions are yet to get on the board, Delhi has managed a solitary win out of their four games.
We take a look at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Mumbai Indians: L L L
MI have not been able to tick the right boxes as they have lacked the collective effort with both bat and ball. They could only manage 125 runs against Rajasthan Royals whereas they conceded 277 runs against SRH. SKY will join the team on Friday and it will be interesting to note if he is match fit.
Delhi Capitals: L W L L
DC’s bowling looked toothless in the previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders. All of their bowlers, barring Sumit Kumar, conceded their runs at a run-rate of more than 10. A positive for DC is the form of Rishabh Pant but he will want more from his top order.
Head to Head: Matches: 33, Won by MI: 18, Won by DC: 15.
Players to watch out for: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, and Piyush Chawla will hold the key for MI.
Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, and Tristan Stubbs will be the crucial players for DC.
MI Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Luke Wood, Kwena Maphaka.
DC Squad: Rishabh Pant, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Shai Hope, Prithvi Shaw, Harry Brook, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, David Warner, Pravin Dubey, Axar Patel, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jhye Richardson, Rasikh Salem