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DC vs MI Dream11 Team Prediction of IPL 2019: Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians match. We are covering DC vs MI Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the T20 match. The match is to be played at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

Delhi Capitals are second on the points table with five wins and three losses. They have won three matches on the trot and are buzzing with momentum. In the last match, They defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 39 runs. Batting first, Colin Munro and Shreyas Iyer played handy knocks of 40 and 45 respectively to take the team to a respectable total of 155. Defending the target, Pace trio of Rabada-Morris-Paul bowled exceedingly well to restrict Hyderabad at 116. Rabada took four wicket-haul while Morris and Paul took three scalps each to successfully defend the target. Delhi Capitals will hope to continue the winning momentum and get another victory over Mumbai Indians in IPL’19.

Mumbai Indians are just behind Delhi with similar five wins and three losses. They defeated RCB by 5 wickets in their last encounter. Bowling first, A Lasith Malinga special restricted Bangalore at 171. Malinga took an outstanding four wicket-haul for his team. Chasing the target, Quinton De Kock and Rohit Sharma gave a good start to the team with former scoring 40 runs in 26 balls. Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan also played handy knocks but a 16-ball 37* from Hardik ensured easy win for hosts. Mumbai will be determined to break the momentum of confident Delhi team at Feroz Shah Kotla.

A good match can be expected between both teams.

When and Where:

DC vs MI, 34th T20, Indian Premier League, 2019.
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
18th April, 08:00 PM

Venue Stats:

Average 1st innings score: 157
Average 2nd innings score: 143

Pitch will behave slow and favour spinners. However, Batsmen can also score well.

Matches won batting first: 3
Matches won bowling first: 3

Head to Head:

Matches played: 23
Delhi Capitals: 12
Mumbai Indians: 11

Matches played in Delhi: 09
MI: 03
DC: 06

Squads:

DC:
Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Colin Ingram, Axar Patel, Manjot Kalra, Chris Morris, Hanuma Vihari, Keemo Paul, Sherfane Rutherford, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Rahul Tewatia, Harshal Patel, Colin Munro, Ankush Bains, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Bandaru Ayyappa.

MI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Dar, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Jason Behrendorff, Anukul Roy, Anmolpreet Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Pankaj Jaiswal, Aditya Tare, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Alzarri Joseph.

Team News:

Delhi Capitals:

Harshal Patel is ruled out of season due to fracture and J Suchith is added as a replacement.

Colin Ingram was not available for selection in the last encounter as he departed to his country for a personal reason.

Team management can add another spinner resting any pacer probably Sandeep Lamichhane for Keema Paul or J Suchith for Ishant Sharma.

Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw will open the innings. Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant will follow them.

C Morris, Axar Patel and Keemo Paul will play the role of an allrounder. K Rabada can also contribute with the bat.

Axar Patel and Amit Mishra will lead the spin attack while Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, C Morris and Ishant Sharma will be the key pacers.

Mumbai Indians:

Alzarri Joseph is injured and unlikely to play tomorrow.

Jason Behrendorff has failed to put an impression in last few matches and can be replaced by Mitch McClenaghan.

Rohit Sharma will open the innings along with Quinton De Kock. Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard and Ishan Kishan will follow them.

Pandya Brothers will play the role of an allrounder.

Jasprit Bumrah will lead the pace attack along with Malinga, Behrendorff/McClenaghan and Hardik Pandya while Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar will be the key spinners.

Playing XI

Toss update: MI won the toss and elected to bat first.

Delhi Capitals are unchanged, whereas, two changes for Mumbai Indians. Jason Behrendorff and Ishan Kishan make way for Jayant Yadav and Ben Cutting.

DC:
Shikhar Dhawan, P Shaw, Colin Munro, S Iyer ©, Rishabh Pant (wk), Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Keemo Paul, K Rabada, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma.

MI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, L Malinga, Ben Cutting, J Bumrah.

They can shuffle their batting order.