Predicting Delhi Capitals’ playing XI against Mumbai Indians

After registering a narrow win by 4 runs against GT in the last game, Delhi Capitals will be looking ahead to make it to the top 5 teams in the points table of IPL 2024 with a win in the next game against MI. Both teams will take on in the 43rd game of the current season of the tournament at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. 

Having said that, here we’ll have a look at the predicted playing XI of Delhi Capitals in the next game against MI. The Capitals’ management might go ahead with more or less the same team they played with in the last game against GT. 

Here’s a look at DC’s predicted playing XI against MI: 

Openers – Prithvi Shaw and Jake Fraser-McGurk 

The star openers Prithvi Shaw and J Fraser-McGurk have been in brilliant form with the bat; both the batters are in the list of top-5 leading run-scorers for DC in the tournament. Shaw has scored 185 runs in 7 innings, with a half-century. On the other hand, McGurk has scored 163 runs in just 4 innings with an average of 40.75, having 2 half-centuries. 

So, the duo is more likely to open the innings for DC in the upcoming crucial game against the five-time champions, Mumbai Indians. They have also produced amazing performances in the last couple of matches.  

Middle Order – Tristan Stubbs, Rishabh Pant (C&WK), Shai Hope, and Abhishek Porel 

The DC have quite a bit of a strong middle order, starting from the blistering batters, Tristan Stubbs and skipper Rishabh Pant at the number 3 and 4 or vice-versa. Rishabh Pant is currently the leading run-scorer for DC in the tournament with 342 runs in 9 innings with an average of 48.85 and 3 half-centuries. Tristan Stubbs has scored 225 runs in 8 innings with an average of 56.25, including 2 half-centuries. 

Pant and Stubbs will be followed by the Caribbean star Shai Hope and uncapped Indian middle-order batter Abhishek Porel in the middle-order. 

All-Rounder – Axar Patel 

Star all-rounder Axar Patel has been impressive for DC both with the bat and the ball so far in the ongoing IPL 2024. He has scored 123 runs in 7 innings, with 2 not-outs and a half-century. Apart from that, he has also picked 7 wickets with the ball in 9 innings with a best performance of 2/35. He could be a crucial asset for DC both in the bowling and batting department. 

Bowlers – Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, and Mukesh Kumar

Star in-form left-arm China-man, Kuldeep Yadav is currently the leading run-scorer for DC in the tournament so far. He has scalped 12 wickets in just 6 innings, with a brilliant economy rate of 7.54 and a strike rate of 12.00, including a four-wicket haul. He might be accompanied by three pacers in the bowling attack. 

Anirch Nortje might get another chance, alongside the in-form bowlers Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar in the 43rd game of the tournament against Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians.

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