Axar Patel misses out as Delhi Capitals stand-in captain Faf du Plessis opt to bowl against Mumbai Indians: Check playing XIs

Delhi Capitals stand-in captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in their do-or-die clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams will look to win this clash if they want to qualify for the playoffs of the mega event. Axar Patel is missing the crucial clash because he is down with the flu.

DC vs MI head-to-head

Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians played 36 matches against each other, where DC managed to win 16 matches and MI won 20. This means the Hardik Pandya-led side has the upper hand against DC. Both Delhi and Mumbai are coming after losing the last match, and now one team would like to go to the playoffs by winning.

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Captains at toss

Faf du Plessis: (On Axar): Really sick in the last two days. We'll miss him today. Playing a good team today, we are up for it. We haven't been at our best in the last 5-6 games. Everyday there's a new opportunity. Looks a bit dry, we're chasing. Axar is not there, Axar is two players and it's difficult to replace him. We'll see how it goes.

Hardik Pandya: It's been under covers for a couple of days. We would have liked to bowl as well, but it's okay. Every game is important from now onwards, we want to play our best cricket. The boys are very excited. (Best yet to come?) Yes, definitely, I don't think we've had a complete game. They (crowd) have been fantastic. They have backed us even when we weren't on a roll. One change, Mitch comes, back, Bosch misses out.

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MI vs DC playing XIs

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): 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 XI): Faf du Plessis(c), Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Tristan Stubbs, Dushmantha Chameera, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar

Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: KL Rahul, Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L

Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Karn Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar, Satyanarayana Raju