The Mumbai Indians will play the Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2022’s penultimate group stage encounter at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, May 21. The five-time champions have already been eliminated from the tournament, but this is a crucial match for the Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. DC needs to win to qualify for the playoffs, while RCB will qualify if Delhi loses. At the same time, the Mumbai Indians will strive to avoid finishing last in the points table and conclude the season well.
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Wankhede Stadium is expected to help both the batsmen and bowlers. The conditions are expected to assist the batsmen and the par score will remain around 160-170.
Probable Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma(C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis(✈️), Ramandeep Singh, Tim David(✈️), Daniel Sams(✈️), Sanjay Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith(✈️)
Delhi Capitals
Sarfaraz Khan, David Warner(✈️), Mitchell Marsh(✈️), Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Rovman Powell(✈️), Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed, Anrich Nortje(✈️), Kuldeep Yadav
Fantasy Tips
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma will be desperately waiting to play a long innings. He hasn’t scored 50 this season and smashed an explosive knock of 48 runs off only 36 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad during the most recent game.
Tilak Varma has been the best batsman for the Mumbai Indians so far in this tournament. The left-handed batsman has scored 376 runs in his debut IPL season.
Jasprit Bumrah has returned to form in a sensational manner, taking a five-wicket haul against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Bumrah has taken 12 wickets in this IPL season.
The Delhi Capitals’ senior opener has been in outstanding form during IPL2022. Southpaw has scored 427 runs from only 11 matches in the ongoing tournament.
Rishabh Pant, the captain of the Delhi Capitals, has yet to score a fifty in this tournament, and this will be his first season without having fifty. Rishabh scored 44 runs off 30 deliveries against the Lucknow Super Giants, including seven fours and one six.
Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has picked up 20 wickets in this IPL 2022 season so far in a total of 13 matches.
Dream11 Picks
Wicket-Keepers: Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant
Batters: Tilak Varma, Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Rohit Sharma
All-Rounders: Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Marsh
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed
Captain & Vice Captain Choices
Tilak Varma, David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Mitchell Marsh.