Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals will battle against each other in their opening game of IPL 2022. DC vs MI, Match 2 of IPL 2022 will take place on March 27 (Sunday).
The venue of the DC vs MI clash is Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Rohit Sharma will lead Mumbai Indians in the tournament while Delhi Capitals is led by Rishabh Pant. Last season in IPL 2021, Delhi Capitals defeated Mumbai Indians in both encounters.
Delhi Capitals retained 4 players in their squad ahead of auction namely Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, and Anrich Nortje. Later, they bought players like David Warner, Mitch Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Rovman Powell, and Chetan Sakariya during the auction.
For Mumbai Indians, they retained Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Kieron Pollard ahead of the auction. Later they bought players like Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Basil Thampi, Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, and Riley Meredith in the auction.
In head-to-head encounters in the Indian Premier League, DC and MI have played 30 matches so far. Mumbai Indians have won 16 games and Delhi Capitals have won 14 matches.
MI vs DC Probable XIs
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (keeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande
Delhi Capitals: Tim Seifert, Prithvi Shaw, Mandeep Singh/KS Bharat, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Rovman Powell, Sarfraz Khan, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Chetan Sakariya/Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Lungi Ngidi
