IPL 2021: Match Preview, Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians

Last year's finalist Delhi Capitals will be facing the defending champions Mumbai Indians in the 13th match of IPL 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Tuesday. Both the teams would be aiming for their 3rd win. 

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Match Number: 13th match of IPL 2021.

Match Between: Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI).

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Timing: Tuesday, 20th April 2021, 7:30 PM IST.

Squads:

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant(wk/c), Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Lukman Meriwala, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Aniruddha Joshi, Sam Billings, Tom Curran, Shimron Hetmyer, Praveen Dubey, Anrich Nortje, Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Siddharth, Shams Mulani, Ripal Patel.

Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(wk), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Adam Milne, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, James Neesham, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh.

Team News:

Delhi Capitals: Amit Mishra can get a chance to represent the Delhi Capitals in this match due to the spin-friendly track of Chepauk. As the matter of fact, Amit Mishra has dismissed MI's skipper Rohit Sharma 6times in IPL.

Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Amit Mishra.

Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah has a great bowling record against Rishabh Pant as he has dismissed him 5 times in 33 balls. Bumrah can also create a problem for Steven Smith as he has a fabulous record against Smith. It would be interesting to see how Mumbai uses their pacers against Delhi Capitals. Mahela Jayawardene mentioned the shoulder discomfort of Hardik Pandya which could play in deciding the playing 11.

Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Adam Milne, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.

Some Facts:

1. The last match which Delhi Capitals won in Chepauk was way back in the year 2010. DC has lost 6 matches against CSK at this venue.

2. Both the teams were the finalists of last year's IPL.