🏏IPL 2023: Match 16 - MI vs DC on 11/04/23 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏

“You don't need to play every ball, but every ball needs your judgement.”

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🏏IPL 2023: Match 16 - MI vs DC on 11/04/23 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏

After three back-to-back defeats in IPL 2023, Delhi Capitals (DC) are all set to host Mumbai Indians (MI) today at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Meanwhile, their opponent on the night, Mumbai Indians also haven't won a single match this season as neither their bowling nor their batting has looked impressive so far!!

Skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav's form is also a huge matter of concern, as Rohit himself agreed that seniors need to step up now!!

Delhi’s captain David Warner meanwhile is on a different platform.⭐️

Even though he is among the top run-scorers and is in the race to win IPL Orange Cap, the southpaw’s strike rate is a massive concern.

Prithvi Shaw’s form is another thing that the team needs to address immediately. On the other hand, Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel are in good form at the moment and are likely to play a key part against Mumbai.

Just over a week into the start of the tournament, Parth Jindal - co-owner of Delhi Capitals - is calling out the lack of intent of his players. Three games down, they are yet to get off the mark.

More significantly, they are unable to figure out and fix the extent of the concerns. There is panic, and there is admission of those concerns. Ricky Ponting, the head coach, is uncertain if he's even putting the best XI on the park.

Pravin Amre, DC's batting coach, put up a braver face ahead of the team's fourth game of the season and said they are looking for inspiration from a team that has had lengthy streaks of losses before eventually winning the tournament.

"It's not how you begin, but how you end that matters," he muttered in a rather filmy tone on Monday!!

Thanks for the tag. DC🥳

Thanks for the tag Madhu.🤗

May the best team win.👍🏼

Cheers..

DC vs MI Probable Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals (DC):

David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Phil Salt (wk), Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

Mumbai Indians (MI):

Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff

Probable best batter

David Warner:

The southpaw is playing well and is among the top run-getters and is expected to succeed again. However, he needs to concentrate on his strike rate and he has the ability to hand Delhi their first win of the season. The Australia international has scored 158 runs from three matches so far.

Probable best bowler

Khaleel Ahmed:

The left-hand quick can trouble MI’s top order with the new ball. So far, Khaleel has picked up three wickets in three matches and thus, there’s room for improvement but players like Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav find it difficult to play against left-arm pacers and thus, Khaleel can take advantage of that.

DC vs MI Pitch Report

Batters will get a lot of help from the surface and thus, fans can expect a high-scoring encounter when these two sides face. Spinners can get some help in the middle overs as anything above 175 will be a good total on this wicket. Captain winning the toss should field first.

What to expect: Only one game has been played at the venue so far this season, where the hosts crumbled with the bat. They did try to control with the ball, but without much success, as Gujarat Titans looked comfortable to chase down totals in the range of 180-190 rather easily.

FINALLY ONE OF THE TWO TEAMS WILL REGISTER POINTS AND ONLY ONE WILL BE LEFT WINLESS. 🥳

Thanks for the tag Madhuri

I am supporting DC

Today's Match Prediction: Chasing team to win the match

Disclaimer: The prediction is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While making your prediction, consider the points mentioned, and make your own decision.

Injured/Unavailable: Khaleel Ahmed, who was ruled out with an injury mid-way through the previous game, remains uncertain. The team management is awaiting scan reports to take a final call on the pacer's availability.

Tactics & Matchups: Axar Patel could be used early on, given his high success against Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. The left-arm spinner had kept both the batters in check, allowing them to score at a strike rate of only 83 and 86 respectively.

Injured/Unavailable: Even as Jofra Archer missed the game due to a niggle, Cameron Green confirmed that all the players are available for the game.

Tactics & Matchups: Even as David Warner has struggled to score at a good rate, he is the only Delhi Capitals batter to be among runs, with two slow half-centuries to his credit. Jofra Archer has had a successful one-on-one battle with both Warner and Prithvi Shaw, dismissing them twice each in 19 and 16 balls respectively in the IPL and conceding at less than run-a-ball.

What they said:

"We have to work on our powerplay game with the bat. When your top four batters get runs, then your team is in a different position. However, we have to execute our plans well in all three departments of the game as well." - Pravin Amre, Delhi Capitals' batting coach.

"Whenever Sachin talks, you listen to him. He was basically talking about the fact that I was playing with a closed-face in red-ball cricket, but in white-ball cricket, opening the face of the bat helps you to access balls on the off side. That's the conversation I had with him." - Cameron Green, Mumbai Indians all-rounder on his conversation with Sachin Tendulkar