Hardik Pandya (Image credit: BCCI/IPL)
New Delhi: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and chose to field against five-time champions Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.“I chose to bowl first. In the first home game, I want to see how the wicket behaves.
It seems a bit dry, a bit hard. We chased well in the last game. Chasing a target from 26/4 on the powerplay gives the group a lot of confidence.
Even the top-ranked players know that there are lower-ranked speculators who can advance if they fail. Playing a home game is always beneficial. DC supporters will cheer us on. Same team,” Axar said at the draw.Mumbai Indians have suffered a major blow as their skipper Hardik Pandya missed the clash against Delhi Capitals.In Pandya’s absence, Suryakumar Yadav led the team.
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Stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav explained the reason and said that Pandya is not feeling well.“(Hardik News) He is not feeling well, he is not looking good, so he was not fit for today’s match. So, I am wearing his shoes today. (On the win over KKR) If you win the first match after 13-14 years, there is a lot of positivity in the camp, we are very happy, but it is a very different place here than Wankhede.
“We have to take good responsibility and play a good match here,” Soria said during the draw. “(On the surface) it looks good, the toss was irrelevant. We wanted to bat first, they wanted to bowl first, but yeah, very happy to bat first. It looks good. We did really well here batting first and defending. Very few changes. Deepak Chahar comes in for Hardik. Corbin Bosch comes in for Bolte, so that’s a tactical change.”
Bolte had a good game in the last match at Wankhede Stadium. Mitch Santner comes for God Ghazanfar.”Mumbai Indians also issued a statement.“Hardik Pandya is not feeling well and hence will not take the field today. Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain today,” Mumbai Indians said.
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Playing with the eleventh squad:Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): KL Rahul (W), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Viraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh KumarMumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickleton (W), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Noman Dhir, Shravan Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bush, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit BumrahHere are the effective substitutes for both teams:Delhi Capitals Influential Divers: Ashutosh Sharma, Aaqib Nabi Dar, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair.Mumbai Indians Influential Subs: Mayank Markande, Robin Means, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar.