Find out team news, TV and streaming information, odds, weather forecasts and much, much more ahead of the 13th game of the new Indian Premier League season
Delhi Capitals take on Mumbai Indians in the 12th match of the 2021 IPL.
The game is scheduled for 7.30pm IST (3pm BST) on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium is hosting the game.
Both Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians have won two of their three matches so far in the tournament.
Mumbai lost their first fixture, against Royal Challengers Bangalore, but have subsequently beaten Kolkata Knight Riders (by 10 runs) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (by 13 runs).
Delhi romped to a seven-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their first game of the competition, lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets in their second, and saw off Punjab Kings by six wickets in their third.
Mumbai's victories have come when batting first in IPL 2021, and Delhi's when chasing.
Dafabet make Mumbai Indians the hot favourites for this one - the defending champions are 7/10 for the win.
If you fancy a flutter on Delhi Capitals, they are available at 11/10.
Fancy Shikhar Dhawan to continue in the rich form that saw him make 92 off 49 balls against Punjab Kings in Delhi's win on Sunday? He is 11/5 to top his team's runscoring charts in this fixture. His opening partner Prithvi Shaw is priced at 3/1.
For Mumbai, the hugely talented Suryakumar Yadav is priced at 16/5 to top score for his team. Rohit Sharma is available at 5/2.
Shikhar Dhawan is in red-hot form, with 186 runs from his three knocks so far in this year's IPL, with two half-centuries.
Dhawan, who is currently ranked 18th in the men's T20 Player Index, is scoring his runs at a strike rate of 163.15 in this year's competition.
With the ball, Chris Woakes has 33 dot balls from 11 overs - one every other delivery - so far in the tournament and is making an excellent case for inclusion in England's T20 side for the upcoming World Cup.
Trent Boult, of Mumbai Indians, has three more dot balls than Woakes in this year's competition, although he has bowled four more deliveries than the Englishman over the tournament as a whole.
Both are eclipsed in economy rate terms by Mumbai's Jasprit Bumrah, whose 12 overs in the 2021 IPL have gone at just 5.66 runs on average.
Mumbai Indians do not have any major selection concerns but will have to decide between keeping Adam Milne in the starting XI or include the offspinner Jayant Yadav.
Jayant played against Delhi in the 2020 final and the Chepauk pitch may favour his inclusion as captain Rohit attempts to blunt Dhawan and Shaw.
Delhi Capitals left Ajinka Rahane out of their XI in the victory over Punjab Kings. He could come back in, possibly at the expense of Steve Smith.
Anrich Nortje is available, too, and would add serious pace to an already intimidating attack.
The two teams have played each other 28 times.
Delhi Capitals wins: 16
Mumbai Indians win: 12
Another clear day is predicted in Chennai, with temperatures expected to reach 36 degrees Celcius during the afternoon before dropping to around 30 at the start of play. There is a 25 per cent chance of rain during the afternoon, but the match should be unaffected.
No, this match will be played behind closed doors owing to the Covid-19 situation in India.
Both teams have won two and lost one of their three matches so far this season. There is a fascinating battle in store between two excellent sets of seam bowlers and the Indian opening kings on either side - Rohit and Dhawan.
Expect the toss to be important, and the chasing side to have the upper hand.
IPL TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports have the rights in the United Kingdom.
You can aso stream the tournament using the Disney+ Hotstar digital platform, though the matches are only available for VIP or Premium subscribers.
Star Sports have the television rights in India.
Streaming service YuppTV have acquired digital streaming rights in a host of markets, including Australia, continental Europe, Malaysia, Southeast Asia with the exception of Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Central Asia, and Central and South America.
In the USA, the games will be broadcast on Willow TV and the Willow TV website. Fox Sports have the broadcasting rights in Australia, while Supersport will televise the games in South Africa. In the Caribbean, Flow TV have the rights.
The following broadcasters owning the rights for their respective regions:
Bangladesh: Channel 9
Afghanistan: Lemar TV
Malaysia: Measat
MENA/UAE: BeIN Sport
Hong Kong: Now TV
Singapore: SingTel
New Zealand: Sky Sport
Papua New Guinea: EMTV
Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Shams Mulani, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Aniruddha Joshi
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Adam Milne, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, James Neesham, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Yudhvir Singh
DC: Privthi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinka Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan
MI: Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
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