DC vs MI 34th Match Prediction

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Delhi Capitals

Delhi is perhaps the only team in IPL 2019 that would be dreading the prospect of playing its home matches. The squad that Delhi has is built around power hitters and some quality fast bowlers. This not a bunch of players that likes to play attritional cricket on slow turners but that is exactly what they are served up time after time.

Delhi Capitals have played three matches at home this season. They ended up losing to Chennai Super Kings, tied the match against Kolkata Knight Riders (eventually winning in the Super Over), and lost to the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In all three matches, the Delhi batting suffered a collapse.

Delhi added Colin Munro to the side in the previous match and he made an immediate impact. Munro smashed three sixes and looked very good during the time he spent at the crease. Keemo Paul is also another player that performed very well with the ball during the previous match.

The West-Indian all-rounder is the sixth bowling option for the side and is not particularly good at batting either. He is, however, likely to find a place in the team because of his performance in the previous match.

Delhi’s bowling lineup is quite good. Kagiso Rabada is the highest wicket-taker of the tournament, Ishant Sharma has been good with the new ball, and Chris Morris is effective at the end of the inning. Axar Patel and Amit Mishra have been given the spin-bowling responsibilities and both the players have been decent without being spectacular.

Mumbai has Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya in their side, two players that have done w=very well against Amit Mishra in the past, and so we think that Amit Mishra might not play this match.

Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians have really started to come together nicely as a side in the last few matches. Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma are playing aggressively to set the tone of the inning while the middle order is full of power. Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya have been very good in IPL 2019 and are able to hit sixes with ease from the moment they arrive at the crease.

Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav also played a few useful innings in the previous match to give the batting a very solid look. If anything, we would be concerned at the fact that Kieron Pollard is once again being shifted down the order minimizing the number of deliveries he faces in the middle.

One of the biggest advantages that the Mumbai Indians have over the Delhi Capitals is their ability to play spin bowling. Almost all of their Indian batsmen are good against spin and that could be decisive in Delhi.

Mumbai Indians also have an advantage when it comes to pressure situations. They have Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga, two bowlers who specialize at bowling yorkers during the end overs. The middle order of Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, and Krunal Pandya is also very good in tough situations.

The bowling attack had Jason Behrendorff, Rahul Chahar, and the two Pandya brothers alongside Bumrah and Malinga in the previous match. That is an excellent bowling lineup with options for any kind of playing surface they may encounter.

We don’t think there will be any change in the Mumbai Indians playing eleven for this match either.

The only possible weakness that is seen in the Mumbai Indians side is a tendency to over attack while batting first. All of their batsmen perform better with a target in front of them. Batting first can be difficult since they aim for a total that may be a bit too high at times and end up falling very short.