Mumbai, April 22: Delhi Daredevils (DD) captain Zaheer Khan won the toss and opted to chase against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 25 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 here tonight (April 22).
MI are without Lasith Malinga who is not well. Australian left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson got his first game of the season.
For DD, South African pace sensation Kagiso Rabada is made IPL debut. Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews has been dropped.
MI are on a roll, having won five matches in a row. They are
on top of the points table with 10 points. DD are at 5th place with 4 points.
Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians: Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler, Nitish Rana, Rohit Sharma (captain), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mitchell Johnson.
Delhi Daredevils: Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Chris Morris, Aditya Tare, Corey Anderson, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan (captain).