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Match background
Match 69 between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals will perhaps be the match where fans of other teams, specifically RCB will be praying for a result that helps their cause.
Five times champion, Mumbai Indians were nowhere near their best in IPL 2022, having lost 10 matches so far and one to go.
Having their campaign been ended a lot earlier than they would’ve liked, Mumbai will be looking to the next season.
They have found couple of promising talents like Riley Meredith and Tilak Verma who can prove to be real assets in the next IPL.
Therefore, Mumbai will likely go all guns blazing in their last match of this season and hoping to end a dismal campaign with a win.
Delhi Capitals on the other hand will be under a lot of pressure in their last game as they must win here to secure their place in the play-offs.
A win here would place them equal with RCB, both having 16 points but Delhi’s better net run-rate will push them ahead of RCB.
DC batting looks shaky
Delhi’s Capital Rishabh Pant has not been at this best this entire season.
Pant is known for his freestyle batting regardless of the situation of match but he has gone through a rough spell this time around.
Jasprit Bumrah has dismissed Pant 6 times in their 12 encounters.
Mumbai will likely look to exploit Pant early on by bringing in Bumrah.
Delhi’s batting is mostly dependant on Aussie mates Mitchell Marsh and Warner who have played some quick-fire innings.
With Prithvi Shaw out and Pant not clicking, the load will be on Marsh, Warner and Sarfaraz Khan who has the ability to strike the ball long and hard.
Mumbai showing signs of recovery
Mumbai has had their worst IPL season ever but in their last few matches, Mumbai recovered some ground as well.
Mumbai comprehensively defeated Chennai.
They also beat the table toppers Gujarat and Rajasthan in consecutive matches.
Can they also shatter Delhi’s dream of qualifying for play-offs?
This is possible as Mumbai would be desperately looking for a farewell win here.
Mumbai’s top guns did not do enough in this season to keep afloat their team.
Pollard had a forgettable season this year with the worst average of 14.40 and a low strike rate of 107.40.
Similarly, Captain Sharma remained out of form as well scoring 266 runs at an average of 20.
Match details
Venue: Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Date: 21st May, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm IST
Head to head past record:
Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals go way back and have played 31 games against each other.
Mumbai has just the edge with 16 wins while Delhi has 15 wins.
Probable Playing 11 – Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma (capt), Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Sanjay Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith, Murugan Ashwin/Mayank Markande
Probable Playing 11 – Delhi Capitals:
David Warner, Sarfaraz Khan, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match:
Anrich Nortje
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match:
Tilak Verma
Who will win?
Wankhede will be having a tense crowd this Saturday with Delhi fans praying and hoping for a final win in the group league to crawl into play-offs.
But Mumbai Indians did cause some upsets later in their campaign and they are surely capable of doing another one.
Nevertheless, Delhi walk in this match on the back of 2 consecutive wins and look favourites to score another victory and march past in the play-offs.
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