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Delhi Capitals (DC) have arrived at their original home venue and will take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in match number 29 of IPL 2025. The match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on April 13. The new-looked DC side led by Axar Patel is looking inevitable at the moment and are yet to lose a game in the ongoing season with four consecutive wins so far.
Meanwhile, the five-time champions MI are struggling to get back on the winning track and are standing in the eighth in the points table with just one win and four losses. Now, Hardik Pandya and his men will look to get their form back after defeating inform DC in the upcoming match. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the Delhi Capitals versus Mumbai Indians IPL 2025 29th match.
DC vs MI Match Details
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Match Number |
29 |
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Teams |
Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians |
|
Venue |
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
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Time |
7:30 PM (IST) |
| On Field Umpire | Chris Gaffaney, Vinod Seshan |
| Third Umpire | Madanagopal Jayaraman |
DC vs MI Head-to-Head Stats & Records
Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) have faced each other 35 times in the IPL history so far. Out of these 35 matches, MI won 19 times while DC come out victorious against them on 16 occasions
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DC |
vs |
MI |
|
35 |
Matches Played |
35 |
|
16 |
Won |
19 |
|
257 |
Highest Score |
247 |
|
0 |
No Result |
0 |
|
66 |
Lowest Score |
92 |
| 20 | Tosses Won | 15 |
| 5 | Elected To Bat | 7 |
| 15 | Elected To Field | 8 |
| 7 | Won Toss And Match | 6 |
| 1 | Toss Won, Batting First, Match Won | 3 |
| 6 | Toss Won, Bowling First, Match Won | 3 |
| 153.26 | Avg. Runs | 166.83 |
| 6.37 | Avg. Wkts | 6.4 |
DC vs MI Pitch Report
The surface of the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi provides great support for the batters where we see high-scoring encounters in the last few matches at this ground. Out of 89 IPL matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 42 times while the chasing team won 46 times.The average first innings score at this ground is 167 runs.
Records and Stats at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
| Total Matches played | 89 |
| Matches won batting first | 42 |
| Matches won batting second | 46 |
| Matches with no result | 01 |
| Matches Tied | 0 |
| Average First Innings Score | 167 |
DC vs MI Probable Playing XIs
DC Probable Playing 11: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Impact player: Abishek Porel
MI Probable Playing 11: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur
Impact Player: Rohit Sharma
DC vs MI IPL 2025 Full Squads
Delhi Capitals Full Squads: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Abishek Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi , Donovan Ferreira, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Dushmantha Chameera, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
DC's Last Five Matches: Performance
| Won | Won | Won | Won | Won |
Mumbai Indians Full Squads: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur, Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Krishnan Shrijith, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs
MI's Last Five Matches: Performance
| Loss | Loss | Won | Loss | Loss |
Top Captaincy and Vice-Captaincy Picks For DC vs MI, Match 29, IPL 2025
Q. Why are KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav good choices for captaincy picks?
KL Rahul: KL Rahul has shown great form while batting at different positions for DC in IPL 2025. His 77-run knock against CSK and 93-run knock against RCB showed his ability to turn the match around for DC from any situation. He has scored 185 runs in three matches this season so far.
KL Rahul IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 3 | 185 | 92.50 | 169.72 |
KL Rahul IPL Career Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 135 | 4868 | 46.36 | 135.67 |
Suryakumar Yadav: SuryaKumar Yadav is currently MI’s leading run scorer this season amassing 199 runs in five matches so far. He has provided strength to MI’s middle-order and will look to get a big knock in the upcoming match.
Suryakumar Yadav IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 5 | 199 | 32.98 | 145.60 |
Suryakumar Yadav IPL Career Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 155 | 3793 | 32.98 | 145.60 |
Q. Why are Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav good choices for vice-captaincy picks?
Hardik Pandya: The MI captain has shown proper all-round skills in the last two matches where he took five wickets against LSG and played a fiery knock of 42(15) runs against RCB.
Hardik Pandya IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Wickets |
S/R (BA) |
| 4 | 81 | 10 | 168.75 |
Hardik Pandya IPL Career Stats
|
Matches |
Runs |
Wickets |
S/R (BA) |
| 141 | 2606 | 74 | 146.14 |
Kuldeep Yadav: DC spinner Kuldeep Yadav looked in great touch with the figures of 2/17 in a batting friendly surface of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in the last game against RCB. He has taken eight wickets from four matches this season so far.
Kuldeep Yadav IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Wickets |
Avg |
S/R |
| 4 | 8 | 11.13 | 12.00 |
Kuldeep Yadav IPL Career Stats
|
Matches |
Wickets |
Avg |
S/R |
| 88 | 95 | 26.09 | 19.39 |
DC vs MI, IPL 2025 Match 29: Top Players to pick
Faf du Plessis: DC vice-captain and opening batter Faf du Plessis can end up playing a big knock against MI and take full advantage of the conditions of the stadium.
Faf du Plessis IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 3 | 81 | 27.00 | 155.77 |
Faf du Plessis IPL Career Stats
|
Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 148 | 4652 | 35.78 | 136.66 |
Axar Patel: DC skipper Axar Patel has an ability to turn the match around with his batting and bowling.
Axar Patel IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Wickets |
S/R (BA) |
| 4 | 58 | 0 | 161.11 |
Axar Patel IPL Career Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Wickets |
S/R (BA) |
| 154 | 1711 | 123 | 131.72 |
Tilak Varma: MI batter Tilak showed great fight with his half-century in the last game against RCB. He has scored 151 runs from five matches in this season so far.
Tilak Varma IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 5 | 151 | 37.75 | 133.63 |
Tilak Varma IPL Career Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 43 | 1307 | 39.61 | 144.74 |
Jasprit Bumrah: Jasprit Bumrah didn’t get any wicket in the comeback game against RCB but had the best economy in that game where both teams scored more than 200 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah IPL 2025 Stats
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Matches |
Wickets |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 1 | 0 | - | - |
Jasprit Bumrah IPL Career Stats
|
Matches |
Wickets |
Avg. |
S/R |
| 134 | 165 | 22.68 | 18.65 |
DC vs MI, IPL 2025 Match 29: Players to avoid
Sameer Rizvi: DC young wicketkeeper Sameer Rizvi didn’t get many chances in the ongoing season and is likely to sit out against MI.
Sameer Rizvi IPL Career Stats
| Matches | Runs | Avg. | S/R |
| 10 | 75 | 12.50 | 120.97 |
Robin Minz: Robin Minz hasn’t been able to make any impact for MI so far and is unlikely to get a place in the playing XI.
Robin Minz IPL Career Stats
| Matches | Runs | Avg. | S/R |
| 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 40.00 |
DC vs MI Match 29, Fantasy Team 1
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Ryan Rickelton
Batters: Faf du Plessis, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Varma, Rohit Sharma
All-Rounders: Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Kuldeep Yadav (vice-captain), Jasprit Bumrah
DC vs MI Match 29, Fantasy Team 2
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul (captain)
Batters: Faf du Plessis, Tristan Stubbs, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma
All-Rounders: Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain)
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc
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