IPL 2025 Match 29: DC vs MI MATCH : Bruised MI face DC juggernaut at high-scoring Kotla.
DC vs MI Match Details
| Match | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, Match 29, IPL 2025 |
| Venue | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Date & Time | Sunday, April 13, 2025, 7:30 PM (IST) |
| Live Broadcast and Streaming Details | JioStar Network Channels, JioHotstar (App & Website) |
Delhi Capitals (DC) will clash with Mumbai Indians (MI) in a high-voltage encounter at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday, the 13th of April. Capitals have been the best side in the tournament so far and won all their four encounters. MI, on the other hand, are languishing in the bottom half and have won just one solitary match from five appearances this season. The top-order has not fired and their combined batting average of 20.3 is the worst in the tournament. The bowling has also lacked the zip and venom in the powerplay and been very expensive conceding at 10.4 per over in the first 6 overs.
We look at the rivalry between the two big franchises, the players to watch out for and the match-ups, the numbers which stand out in the different phases of play and who is likely to come out triumphant in the high-octane encounter.
Pitch and conditions
Delhi is the highest-scoring venue since last year. That shouldn’t change at all unless the hosts tactically want it to be lower-scoring and can influence the groundsmen to do so. There was a dust storm in Delhi two days before the match, bringing down the temperatures a little, but don’t expect any rain or much respite from the heat.
Key stats
- MI lead the head-to-head between these two sides 19-16. At home, though, DC are 9-5 against MI.
- In the last match, Trent Boult took a first-over wicket for the 31st time in the IPL, four clear of Bhuvneshwar Kumar at No. 2 on that list. In all T20 cricket, Boult is fifth, behind Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Willey, Bhuvneshwar and Mohammad Amir.
Head-to-Head Record
| Matches Played | 35 |
| Won by Delhi Capitals | 16 |
| Won by Mumbai Indians | 19 |
| Tied | 00 |
| No Result | 00 |
| First-ever Fixture | May 04, 2008 |
| Most-recent Fixture | April 27, 2024 |
Probable Playing X11s (including Impact Player)
DC: 1 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 2 Faf du Plessis, 3 Abishek Porel, 4 KL Rahul, 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Axar Patel, 7 Ashutosh Sharma, 8 Vipraj Nigam, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Mohit Sharma, 12 Mukesh Kumar
MI: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton, 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Will Jacks, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Naman Dhir, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Mitchell Santner, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Jasprit Bumrah, 12 Vignesh Puthur
Indian Premier League 2025 Most Runs (T20)
| Player | MAT | RUNS | SR | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nicholas Pooran | 6 | 349 | 215.43 | 31 |
| 2. Sai Sudharsan | 6 | 329 | 151.61 | 13 |
| 3. Mitchell Marsh | 5 | 265 | 180.27 | 15 |
| 4. Shreyas Iyer | 5 | 250 | 208.33 | 20 |
| 5. Jos Buttler | 6 | 218 | 157.97 | 9 |
| 6. Travis Head | 6 | 214 | 186.09 | 9 |
| 7. Shubman Gill | 6 | 208 | 149.64 | 6 |
| 8. Ajinkya Rahane | 6 | 204 | 154.55 | 13 |
| 9. Aiden Markram | 6 | 202 | 153.03 | 9 |
| 10. Surya Kumar Yadav | 5 | 199 | 150.76 | 8 |
Players To Watch Out For
Hardik Pandya (MI)
Hardik Pandya has been in fine form with the bat and ball for Mumbai Indians but still not been able to take them over the line in close chases in the last couple of matches. He hammered a stunning 42 off just 15 deliveries against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Wankhede but the team still fell short of the 222-run target and went down by 12 runs. Hardik’s unbeaten cameo of 28 off just 16 deliveries wasn’t good enough in the 203-run chase against Lucknow Super Giants as they had again fallen short by 12 runs. The MI skipper is also the joint second-highest wicket-taker of the season with 10 wickets at 12 apiece.
Vignesh Puthur (MI)
Chinaman, Vignesh Puthur, has stepped up and delivered when some bigwigs have failed to live up to their billing this season. The left-arm wrist spinner has bagged six wickets in four matches and been restrictive with an economy of 8.5 per over. Puthur’s best performance came against Chennai Super Kings when he returned with 3/32 in his 4 overs.
KL Rahul (DC)
KL Rahul is the leading scorer for Capitals with 185 runs in three innings at a strike rate of close to 170. His highest impact performance came against Royal Challengers Bengaluru when he weathered the initial storm and smashed a magnificent unbeaten 93 off just 53 deliveries to take his franchise to a six-wicket win at the Chinnaswamy. Rahul has been a run-machine in the IPL and scored in excess of 600 in four of five seasons between 2018 and 2022. Remarkably, when Rahul scores 50-plus at a strike rate of 150-plus (as he did in DC vs RCB) his franchise wins 71.4% of the matches (15 of 21)!
Mitchell Starc (DC)
Mitchell Starc has been a revelation for Capitals and is their leading wicket-taker this season with 9 wickets in four matches at an average of 15.4 and strike rate of 9.8. Starc returned with a fifer against Sunrisers Hyderabad and has been very effective in the death overs – he has picked 4 wickets at an economy of 7.87 in the final four overs this season.
Indian Premier League 2025 Top Wicket Taker (T20)
| Player | MAT | WK | BBI | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Noor Ahmad | 6 | 12 | 4/18 | 10.00 |
| 2. Shardul Thakur | 6 | 11 | 4/34 | 11.45 |
| 3. Prasidh Krishna | 6 | 10 | 3/24 | 13.80 |
| 4. Sai Kishore | 6 | 10 | 3/30 | 11.90 |
| 5. Mohammed Siraj | 6 | 10 | 4/17 | 14.40 |
| 6. Hardik Pandya | 4 | 10 | 5/36 | 8.40 |
| 7. Syed Khaleel Ahmed | 6 | 10 | 3/29 | 13.80 |
| 8. Josh Hazlewood | 6 | 9 | 3/21 | 14.56 |
| 9. Mitchell Starc | 4 | 9 | 5/35 | 9.78 |
| 10. Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 8 | 3/22 | 12.00 |
Venue Stats – Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
- The average total batting first in Delhi since IPL 2021 is 199.
- The average total chasing at the venue since IPL 2021 is 182.
- The team batting first has won nine encounters in Delhi while the team chasing has been victorious in seven matches out of a total of 16 at the venue since IPL 2021.
- The spinners have outshone the pacers in Delhi and have a better average (29.4 vs 34.7), strike rate (20.1 vs 20.8) and economy rate (8.8 vs 10) since IPL 2021.
Powerplay & Death Over Stats
- Trent Boult has bagged the most wickets in the powerplay since 2021 in the IPL (39).
- Suryakumar Yadav has a strike rate of 230 in the final 4 overs in the IPL since 2021.
- Jasprit Bumrah has an economy of 6.2 in the powerplay since IPL 2024.
- Mitchell Santner has an economy rate of 6.5 in the middle overs in the IPL.
- Mitchell Starc has bagged 26 wickets at a strike rate of just under 10 at an economy of 8.9 in the last 4 overs in the IPL.
- Kuldeep Yadav has bagged 20 wickets in the middle overs since IPL 2024 – second-most after Varun Chakravarthy.
MATCH-UPS
– KL Rahul vs Jasprit Bumrah
Innings – 13
Balls – 117
Runs – 146
Strike Rate – 124.8
Dismissals – 2
– Faf du Plessis vs Trent Boult
Innings – 14
Balls – 98
Runs – 109
Strike Rate – 111.2
Dismissals – 4
– Hardik Pandya vs Kuldeep Yadav
Innings – 5
Balls – 32
Runs – 42
Strike Rate – 131.25
Dismissals – 0
Indian Premier League 2025 Most Sixes (T20)
| Player | MAT | 6s | HS | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nicholas Pooran | 6 | 31 | 87 | 215.43 |
| 2. Shreyas Iyer | 5 | 20 | 97 | 208.33 |
| 3. Mitchell Marsh | 5 | 15 | 81 | 180.27 |
| 4. Priyansh Arya | 5 | 15 | 103 | 220.45 |
| 5. Ajinkya Rahane | 6 | 13 | 61 | 154.55 |
| 6. Sai Sudharsan | 6 | 13 | 82 | 151.61 |
| 7. Riyan Parag | 6 | 12 | 43 | 155.66 |
| 8. Aniket Verma | 6 | 12 | 74 | 183.12 |
| 9. Sunil Narine | 5 | 11 | 44 | 189.39 |
| 10. Quinton De Kock | 6 | 11 | 97 | 141.00 |
Match Predictions
Toss Prediction
Delhi Capitals
Who will score most runs
Suryakumar Yadav (MI)
KL Rahul (DC)
Who will pick most wickets
Jasprit Bumrah (MI)
Kuldeep Yadav (DC)
Win Prediction %
Mumbai Indians to win
2025 IPL TEAM
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