IPL 2023 Predictions: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals

The 16th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) today on 11th April 2023 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.

DC and MI have still not opened their account.

Delhi has lost all their three matches. They lost their opening match against Lucknow Super Giants by a margin of 50 runs, got beaten by Gujarat Titans in their second match and faced another defeat to Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs.

They are currently at the bottom of the points table.

MI lost the first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore and were beaten by Chennai Super Kings in the second.

Funnily, DC has one of the most powerful batting units and yet, it is the batters who have let the side down.

Apart from David Warner who has scored two fifties in three matches, everyone else has underperformed.

Prithvi Shaw is going through the batting horrors and scored just 19 runs in three games.

The situation is the same for Sarfaraz Khan who hasn’t been able to replicate his domestic form.

Rilee Rossouw was outstanding in the PSL but has failed to make an impact in IPL.

They also have Rovman Powell, Abhishek Porel and Axar Patel – but none of them has fired.

For MI, it’s pretty much the same story – big names with great reputations who have failed miserably.

Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan have shown sparks but failed to post a big score. However, the most worrisome aspect is Suryakumar Yadav’s descent into batting hell.

Last year, he was the best T20 batter in the world but the decision to thrust him into the Test and ODI side seems to have backfired spectacularly.

He has lost his confidence and is looking like a shadow of his former self.

The only bright spot for Mumbai is the precocious Tilak Varma who has been outstanding.

Head-to-Head

Delhi Capitals had faced Mumbai Indians in 32 matches where they won 15 matches and Mumbai Indians won 17 matches.

Recent form

Delhi Capitals had won just one out of the most recent five matches.

Even Mumbai Indians has won one out of the previous five matches.

Venue stats

The pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium is known to be a good batting pitch with a high scoring potential.

The surface is generally flat and har and favours stroke play.

However, as the match progresses, the pitch tends to slow down, making it a little more difficult to score runs.

Delhi Capitals Playing 11

David Warner (c), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Abishek Porel (wk), Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11

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

Team News

For MI, Suryakumar Yadav will most likely, move up to No. 3.

Jofra Archer is expected to make a comeback into the side replacing Piyush Chawla.

The Mumbai Indians have managed to get a total of just 5 wickets in the two games.

The absence of Bumrah and Jhye Richardson is hurting the team.

For DC, Mitchell Marsh will be unavailable for a few games, so DC need to sort out batting woes quickly.

Who will win

Both teams are having an extremely poor run in form, which makes this a difficult game to predict.

However, DC have a stronger batting line-up when compared to the Mumbai Indians.

With the home crowd backing them, we feel that the Capitals have the perfect opportunity to pull off a win.