MI vs DC Playing 11: Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians will square off against Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals in the 63rd match of the IPL 2025 on May 21 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
With Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Punjab Kings have qualified for the playoffs, and the upcoming clash will be a virtual qualification for the final playoff spot.
Mumbai Indians have seven wins out of 12 games of the season, Delhi Capitals have 6 wins out of seven games and secured fourth and fifth position in the IPL 2025 points table.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, Faf du Plessis said, “(On Axar) Unfortunate for him, really sick in the last two days, down with flu, so we wish him all the best.”
“He’s been excellent for us this season, and we’ll definitely miss him today. What an opportunity! If you ask any team, the last game of the season, you have a crack to get to the top four, you’ll smile and you’ll grab that opportunity with both hands. Playing a good team today, we are ready for it.”
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“We haven’t been at our best in the last 5-6 games. Everyday there’s a new opportunity,. Looks a bit different to a normal Wankhede wicket, a bit dry, so we’re sticking with the tone of the campaign and chasing.”
“Axar is not there, Axar is two players – fantastic spinner and a great batter, so it’s difficult to replace that. We don’t have a like-for-like. We’ll see how it goes,” concluded du Plessis.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya said, “It’s been under covers for a couple of days, rain has been around. We would have liked to bowl as well, but it’s okay. Every game is important from now onwards. If we want to go ahead, we want to play our best cricket. The boys are very excited.”
“On a lot of things, we’ve been spot-on. (Best yet to come?) Yes, definitely, I don’t think we’ve had a complete game. We’d like to tick all the boxes, play some really dominating cricket. If we can do that tonight, it’d be very nice.”
“They (crowd) have been fantastic. They have backed us even when we weren’t on a roll in the initial stage. One change, Mitch (Santner) comes, back, Bosch misses out,” concluded Hardik Pandya.
MI vs DC Playing 11
Mumbai Indians Playing 11: Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Faf du Plessis(c), Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar
