The Delhi Capitals, who are comfortably placed in the points table courtesy their 5 wins from eight matches, have a solitary win from their three home matches this season. Shreyas Iyer and company have found it tough to adjust with the slow surfaces that have been at play and will hope the curator will give them a more lively pitch than he did two weeks ago.
The Mumbai Indians come into the game at the back of a thrilling win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. MI who once again dint have the best possible starts to the tournament have got back to winning ways after fine finetuning the small things.
Mumbai Indians will expect Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock to provide the opening salvo and help set the platform for big score. MI have plenty of firepower in the middle order, with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard.
The Delhi Capitals would hope that their young turks Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant can notch up some good scores with the bat after being pretty up and down with the willow. The onus has generally fallen on the shoulders of the experienced players – Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer and Colin Munro – to score the bulk of the runs.
On the bowling front, expect the Purple Cap holder Kagiso Rabada to consolidate his place as the numero uno wicket taker. MI pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been on the money in the last few matches and will be keen to improve on his dismal record at the Feroz Shah Kotla
Previous Match XIs:
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Keemo Paul, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma.
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah.