Mumbai Indians are playing at a familiar venue. While M Chinnaswamy Stadium is usually buzzing for RCB, Mumbai Indians have established a strong presence in Bengaluru. Just before MI’s third game at this stadium this season, Smriti Mandhana’s team suffered their third consecutive defeat here. In contrast, Harmanpreet Kaur’s team has secured two victories in two matches at this venue and hopes to maintain this momentum to stay at the top of the points table.
Before their current success, marked by three successful run-chases aided by favorable coin tosses and consistent bowling, Mumbai Indians began the season with a loss against their upcoming opponents for Friday, February 28th – Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals defeated them despite a strong performance from Nat-Sciver Brunt (81 runs off 43 balls). Meg Lanning’s team will aim to challenge Mumbai Indians again, seeking to displace them from the top position. Delhi Capitals themselves could have had a similar winning record at this venue, but were surprisingly defeated by UP Warriorz due to Chenille Henry’s powerful hitting (62 runs off 23 balls, including 2 fours and 8 sixes).
Friday’s top-of-the-table match is anticipated to be a closely contested and exciting game, expected to draw a large crowd, even if the usual sea of red in the stands transitions to different shades of blue.
Match Information
Teams: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians
Date: February 28, 2024, 7:30 PM IST
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
What to Expect
The toss could be crucial. In the current season, five out of six matches have been won by the chasing team. Conditions generally favor batters, although RCB were limited to 125/7 in their recent defeat at this venue.
Team News
Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals are unlikely to change their playing XI after their comfortable six-wicket victory over Gujarat Giants two nights prior.
Probable XI: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce (wk), Niki Prasad, Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu
Mumbai Indians
Seam-bowling all-rounder Jintimani Kalita, who replaced Parunika Sisodia in the previous match and bowled only one over in MI’s last win, is expected to retain her place, alongside the other ten players who secured victory against UP Warriorz the day before.
Probable XI: Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Jintimani Kalita
