IPL 2021: Who will win today’s match between Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians returned to winning ways with a 6-wicket triumph over Punjab Kings, demonstrating the champions’ ethos of never giving up. They changed their lineup a couple of times, and it paid off big time for them. For them, this is yet another must-win game. With 10 points, Mumbai is in fifth place in the standings.

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The Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, are one step away from securing a playoff berth. Kolkata Knight Riders ended Delhi Capitals’ four-match winning streak on Tuesday. They defeated Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets in their previous match in the first leg of the IPL, which would boost their morale. With 16 points, they are in second place in the standings.

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Delhi Capitals: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Prithvi Shaw/Steven Smith/Sam Billings, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Lalit Yadav, 7 Axar Patel, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Avesh Khan, 11 Anrich Nortje

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Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Saurabh Tiwary/Jayant Yadav, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Jasprit Bumrah.

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In the last two seasons, the Capitals have lost four of their five games against Mumbai, but R Ashwin has an excellent record against them, going 31-32-2 (balls-runs-wickets) against Quinton de Kock, 29-28-0 against Ishan Kishan, and 22-28-1 against Rohit Sharma while conceding only one run in five balls against Krunal Pandya. Suryakumar Yadav, on the other hand, has a 29-46-0 record against him.

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Mumbai has struggled with the bat in the death overs this season, with a scoring rate of only 8.23. It’s the worst they’ve ever done in that phase in any season of the IPL. For some context, they went at an all-time-best 12.56 last season.