Hardik Pandya (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel has won the toss and opted to take on five-time champions Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.“I decided to bowl first. First match at home, I want to see how the wicket behaves. It looks a bit dry, a bit hard. We chased well in the last match. To chase down the target from 26/4 in the powerplay, it gives the group a lot of confidence. Even the top order batsmen know there are always lower order batsmen. Our DC supports can play the match if they fail.” us the same team.” Axar said as he threw.Mumbai Indians suffered a major blow as their skipper Hardik Pandya missed the clash against Delhi Capitals.Suryakumar Yadav led in Pandya’s absence.
DC vs MI: Why is Hardik Pandya not playing today?
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Sameer Rizvi on batting: simple mindset, big impact for DCExplaining the reason, stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav said that Pandya was unwell.“(Hardik news) He’s not well, he’s not looking good, so he wasn’t fit for today’s game. So he got into the shoes today. (On the win against KKR) If you win the first game after 13-14 years, there’s a lot of positivity in the camp and we’re very happy, but a very different place here from Wankhede and good here. We have to take responsibility. We have to take responsibility. “(On the surface) It looks good, the toss was irrelevant. We wanted to bat first, they wanted to bat first, but yes, very happy to bat first. It looks good. We did really well here batting first and defending. Quite a few changes. Deepak Chahar comes in for Hardik. Corbin Bosch comes in for Boulty, that’s a good change in Boulty’s game. And Mitch Santner comes in for Allah Ghazanfar.” he said.Mumbai Indians also released a statement.“Hardik Pandya is unwell and therefore will not take the field today. Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain today,” Mumbai Indians said. Playing XI:Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh KumarMumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(f), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.Here are the Impact substitutes for both teams:Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi Dar, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun NairMumbai Indians Impact subs: Mayank Markande, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar
