Mumbai Indians (MI) Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field first against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Rohit replaced South African batter Tristan Stubbs with Australian pacer Riley Meredith. Rohit revealed at the toss that Jofra Archer is still not fit to play.
“We batted in the first 2 games, didn't do well enough. The pitch looks dry and probably take some turn and dew might also be a factor tonight. We got Riley Meredith in place of Stubbs. The other changes is about the impact players. We will see how it goes. When the chips are down you need the senior players to stand up. Jofra is not available,” Rohit said after winning the toss.
Warner replaced underperforming Rilee Rossouw with Bangladesh's left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman. Also, India's Under-19 World Cup 2022 winner Yash Dhull has been handed his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut cap.
“We would have done the same thing. For me it is about finding rhythm and as a whole group we gotta work harder and get sharper. We got a forced change, Khaleel Ahmed is injured and we got Yash Dhull in place of him. Also Rilee Rossouw makes way for Mustafizur Rahman. All the boys are up and about, we gotta adapt to the situations and pumped to be playing in front of the home ground,” Warner said after losing the toss.
Head to head:
DC and MI have went up against each other in 32 games. MI have a slight edge over DC with 17 wins over them out of 32. The last time two teams locked horns MI emerged victoriously by five wickets.
DC Playing XI: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner(c), Manish Pandey, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Abishek Porel(w), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman
MI Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Riley Meredith
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