The Mumbai Indians’ middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma are aiming to rebuild the innings during the IPL 2025 game against Delhi Capitals on May 21 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Mumbai and Delhi Capitals are aiming for a victory in the ongoing clash to secure the final spot in the playoffs berth.

Batting first, Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma opened the innings while Mukesh Kumar opened the bowling attack.

Mustafizur Rahim gave a crucial breakthrough, dismissing Rohit Sharma for 5 runs in the 3rd over. With the dismissal of Will Jacks for 21 runs, Mumbai Indians lost 2 wickets for 48 runs.

However, Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav went on to score 54 runs in the powerplay. Meanwhile Kuldeep Yadav picked the wicket of Ryan Rickelton for 25 runs.

The Mumbai Indians middle order batters Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma aiming to rebuild the innings.

 Speaking at the toss, Faf du Plessis said, “(On Axar) Unfortunate for him, really sick in the last two days, down with flu, so we wish him all the best.”

“He’s been excellent for us this season, and we’ll definitely miss him today. What an opportunity! If you ask any team, the last game of the season, you have a crack to get to the top four, you’ll smile and you’ll grab that opportunity with both hands. Playing a good team today, we are ready for it.”

“We haven’t been at our best in the last 5-6 games. Everyday there’s a new opportunity,. Looks a bit different to a normal Wankhede wicket, a bit dry, so we’re sticking with the tone of the campaign and chasing.”

“Axar is not there, Axar is two players – fantastic spinner and a great batter, so it’s difficult to replace that. We don’t have a like-for-like. We’ll see how it goes,” concluded du Plessis.

Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya said, “It’s been under covers for a couple of days, rain has been around. We would have liked to bowl as well, but it’s okay. Every game is important from now onwards. If we want to go ahead, we want to play our best cricket. The boys are very excited.”

“On a lot of things, we’ve been spot-on. (Best yet to come?) Yes, definitely, I don’t think we’ve had a complete game. We’d like to tick all the boxes, play some really dominating cricket. If we can do that tonight, it’d be very nice.”

“They (crowd) have been fantastic. They have backed us even when we weren’t on a roll in the initial stage. One change, Mitch (Santner) comes, back, Bosch misses out,” concluded Hardik Pandya.

MI vs DC Playing 11

Mumbai Indians Playing 11: Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Faf du Plessis(c), Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar