Tata IPL 2022 – DC vs MI match preview, predicted lineups
Delhi Capitals take on Mumbai Indians in Tata IPL 2022 today as the tournament moves ahead. Both teams will be looking for winning starts.
Date & Time : 27th March 2022, 3:30 PM IST
Venue : Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Mumbai Indians are one of the elite teams of the India Premier League and they have a huge fan base, so they automatically are one of those sides that are in the reckoning and have pressure from the outset to do right.
But they failed to meet expectations last season when they didn’t reach the playoffs. This time they are bounded by pressure to qualify at least for the playoffs and even win it. And they will give their all certainly.
Mumbai Indians will be captained by Rohit Sharma yet again. They know he in India is a fantastic leader and they will bore their chances around him.
MI should know the conditions better than other teams of the tournament as it’s their home conditions and they will look to make merry of it. On batting wickets MI certainly will enjoy.
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals should be confident of another good IPL round-robin after being good in them in recent times. They though will look to win it for the first time for sure.
DC know they are a balanced side with good overseas players as well as local. They will be captained by wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who has a good record in India and will be backed by coach Ricky Ponting.
Delhi Capitals will look to play their brand of cricket to succeed and they will have good bowling options in their games. They should exploit the conditions well.
Both of these sides have played each other on 30 occasions with Mumbai having an upper hand as the ratio is a 16-14 in favour of MI.
The deck on which they will play will aid the batters and as is the case on Indian wickets, the spinners will get some purchase too.
Team news and possible lineups
Suryakumar Yadav is injured and will not be available for Mumbaifor this fixture.
As for Delhi Capitals Anrich Nortje will be unavailable.
MI XI : R. Sharma (C), Kishan (WK), T. Varma, A. Singh, T. David, Pollard, Allen, Unadkat, Markande, Mills, Bumrah.
DC XI : Shaw, Seifert, Pant (C&WK), M. Singh, Powell, L. Yadav, A. Patel, Thakur, K. Yadav, Sakariya, K. Ahmed.
Prediction
I think toss will play a crucial role. Teams will look to chase as it yields the desired results.
