Saturday, 27 Apr DC vs MI Match Prediction, Betting Odds and Tips

Key match factors – DC vs MI

• The pitch in Delhi is expected to be a belter. Keeping that in mind, teams should opt to field first.
• MI need to be wary of the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, who both are in decent form for the Capitals.
• Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan need to strike big in the powerplay and take MI off to a flying start.
• Axar Patel’s promotion in the batting order paid dividends for them and DC should stick to it.

Match Preview

Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will face each other in the 43rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Saturday, April 27 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

The Capitals, led by Rishabh Pant, are currently placed sixth in the table with 4 points and a net run rate of -0.386 thanks to wins in 4 out of 9 matches. They will go into the match after beating Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans (GT) by 4 runs at their home ground.

Skipper Rishabh Pant played a captain’s knock and won the Player of the Match award. The southpaw scored 88 runs off 43 balls with 5 fours and 8 sixes. It was his partnership of 113 runs with Axar Patel that laid the platform for DC. Later Rasikh Salam Dar picked up 3 wickets to take the Capitals home.

MI, on the other hand, are eighth in the table with 6 points and a net run rate of -0.227. They will be looking to bounce back strongly after losing to Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 9 wickets in their previous game. After opting to bat first, MI could only manage to score 179.

Tilak Varma scored 65 runs off 45 balls, but Sandeep Sharma picked up 5 wickets for 18 runs to restrict Mumbai. The MI bowling attack looked hapless as the Royals chased down the target in 18.4 overs. Piyush Chawla picked up one wicket, but the other bowlers were hardly able to make an impact with the ball.

Head-to-Head Record Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians

DC and MI have faced each other 34 times since their first meeting back in 2008. Mumbai have won 19 matches while the Capitals have won 15 times. In New Delhi, DC have a slender 6-5 lead over their opponents. MI beat DC by 29 runs when the two teams last met on April 7, 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

After being asked to bat first, MI put up a big score of 234 for 5 on the board. Thereafter, DC failed to go past the finish line despite Prithvi Shaw’s 66 and Tristan Stubbs unbeaten 71-run knock of 25 balls.