Mumbai Indians will travel to Delhi as they lock horns against Delhi Capitals in match number 16 of the IPL 2023 on 11^th April 2023 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Mumbai Indians, come into the contest after being hammered by two of the biggest rivals in the cash-rich league. They lost their away game against RCB and their home game against CSK. As far as batting department is concerned, Tilak Varma is the only positive for Mumbai Indians, he has aggregated 106 runs with an impressive average of 106 in two games and all those runs have come at a strike rate of 165.62.

Cameron Green, the player whom MI went all-out in the auction has not lived up the expectations, he bagged 17.5 cr in the auction but has just scored 17 runs in two games. MI bowlers were taken to the cleaners in both games, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis toyed with MI bowlers in the first game while Ajinkya Rahane smashed the fastest fifty of IPL 2023 in MI’s second game. They would look to seek improved performances in both departments so as to bounce back the winning ways.

Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, have come into the contest as similar as that of their opponents, the only difference is DC has played one game more than MI. With three losses in three games, DC are placed at the bottom of the points table.

 No matter other than David Warner has stood up for them, Warner has aggregated 158 runs at an average of 52.67 and two half-centuries. Warner &co too would seek improved performances in both the department and will really need their big players to step up if at all they need to go big in the tournament.

IPL 2023, Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indian Head-to-Head:

Both teams have met on 32 occasions in Mumbai Indians are ona the winning side 17 times and Delhi Capitals have won the rest of the 15 games.

Stats and Records at Arun Jaitley Stadium, IPL 2023

Both spinners and pacers have enjoyed bowling in this venue, spinners average 29.2 and struck at 23.4 while pacers average 30.0 and struck at 22.4. Spin bowlers have a better economy of 7.5 as compared to pacers who have an economy of 8.1.

Pacers who have a knack for bowling cutters and slow deliveries have succeeded in this particular venue. Teams batting second have the upper hand over teams batting first with 43 wins to 34 wins in as many as 78 games. One game hasn’t yielded a result. Delhi Capitals have won 30 out of 71 matches they played here while Gujarat Titans are yet to play their first game on this ground.

Matchups:

Rohit Sharma has a poor batting record against Axar Patel in IPL, he has aggregated 41 runs from 49 balls and has struck at 83.7. Axar Patel has dismissed Rohit Sharma twice in IPL from 8 innings. In the powerplay, Rohit Sharma has faced Axar Patel in four innings and has scored 6 runs from 11 balls, getting dismissed once. Warner would be relying on Axar in the powerplay to tackle Rohit Sharma early on.

Mumbai would rely on Jofra Archer earlier on to dismiss Warner. Archer has dismissed Warner twice in IPL in as many as 19 balls. 12 out of 19 balls were dots, this would help Rohit to use Archer straight up in the powerplay.