IPL 2025: What changes did the teams make in DC vs MI Match 29?

Faf du Plessis will probably not be included in the Delhi Capitals’ starting lineup for Sunday, April 13, when they play the Mumbai Indians in the current Indian Premier League at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. DC chose to field first after winning the toss.

The two teams’ IPL 2025 starts have been very different. Prior to this specific match, MI had only won one game, whereas DC had won all four of their games. With opposing goals in mind, both teams would be eager to win this specific game.

Toss Update

Axar Patel won the toss and opted to field first. He explained his rationale for the decision and disclosed vice-captain, Faf du Plessis, to be injured due to which he won’t feature in the XI. However, he remained unambiguous on whether Du Plessis would feature as an Impact Player.

DC, MI field unchanged XIs

Both DC and MI opted to not tinker with their playing XIs from their previous games against Royal Challengers Bengaluru which they won and lost by six wickets and 12 runs, respectively.

What did the captains say?

Axar Patel (DC)

We’ll bowl first. We’re chasing well, and it’s the first match over here this season so don’t know how the pitch will play. Don’t trust numbers from the past too much. Challenge is to follow the plan properly and to be brave even if you get hit for a six. Faf is injured.

Hardik Pandya (MI)

 Conversations are about where we are making mistakes. There’s no lack of experience in this group. We’re not far from having a good game. We’re trying not to hit the panic button. Panicking doesn’t help. We don’t have much margin of error, hope everything comes good tonight. Same team.

Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Substitutes: Darshan Nalkande, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera

Mumbai Indians : Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Impact Substitutes: Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Karn Sharma