Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 63rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) on Wednesday (May 21) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Madhav Tiwari replaces Axar Patel in the playing 11, who’s misisng out due to flu.
Why is Axar Patel not playing today?
Stand-in Delhi Capitals captain Faf du Plessis mentioned that Axar Patel will miss today’s match against Mumbai Indians as he’s down with a really bad flu. He also stated that Axar has been sick over the last couple of days.
A look at Axar Patel’s performances in IPL 2025
Axar Patel has had a good season so far with the Delhi Capitals, having performed with both bat and ball. He has scored 263 runs in 12 matches at a strike rate of 157.49. The Indian all-rounder avergaes 26.30 in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League and has a best score of 43.
With the ball, Axar Patel, has picked up five wickets, with the best bowling figures of 2/19. Despite having not picked up plenty of wickets, Axar is the vital cog for DC in the powerplay overs. He has an economy of 8.47 in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League.
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