Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians
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46th Match:
The match between DC and MI is the forty-sixth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on October 2nd 2021.
DC vs MI History:
The teams competed against each other 29 times, till date. Out of them, DC won 13 times and lost 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against MI are WLLLL.
DC Home:
The teams faced each other 10 times at the home ground of DC. The host won 6 times. On the other hand, the visitors won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against MI are LWLWW.
MI Home:
The teams competed 10 times at the home ground of MI. The home team won 7 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against DC are LLWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 9 times at the neutral venue. DC won 4 times, whereas MI won 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against MI are WLLLL.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Delhi Capitals:
DC is on the second rank in the table and will earn 2 points and may come to the top of the table or may stay at the same position after winning the match. The team will stay at the same rank in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC are LWWWW.
Mumbai Indians:
MI is at sixth rank in the table and will come to the fourth position by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team will stay at the same rank in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are WLLLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Sharjah shows the weather would be partly cloudy throughout the match. Though, the precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 34 to 36 Celsius. The wind would be between 12 to 22 km/h. The speed of wind would decrease gradually and the temperature would fluctuate throughout the play.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL Matches):
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 16 times in 22 matches. The selection favors the teams, as the teams won 10 times and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLWW.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first just 6 times, and the team won the match twice and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWWL.
Overall, the teams, who won the toss, won 12 times and lost 10 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLWW.
The first batting team won 8 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 14 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLWLL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 125 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 224 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 114, and the highest total was 228 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 112 runs, whereas the highest was 226 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.26 and 30.50 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other once at the venue. DC won the outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against MI at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
DC had 6 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has a pretty good record, as the team won 4 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC at the venue are LWWWW.
MI got 4 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an average record, as the team won twice and lost twice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are LWWL -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Delhi Capitals:
The team may go with S. Billings in place of S. Smith.
Delhi Capitals Eleven: S. Billings, S. Dhawan, S. Iyer, R. Pant, S. Hetmyer, L. Yadav, A. Patel, R. Ashwin, K. Rabada, A. Nortje, A. Khan
Mumbai Indians:
The team may go with J. Yadav in place of N. Coulter-Nile.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: R. Sharma, Q. de Kock, S. Yadav, S. Tiwary, K. Pollard, H. Pandya, K. Pandya, J. Yadav, R. Chahar, T. Boult, J. Bumrah
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
