2 weeks Ago
Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals will lock horns today in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League ( ) at the Stadium in Delhi. This is only the second game at the venue this season and the previous encounter witnessed the team batting first winning the match by 12 runs. DC failed to chase 205 runs in the previous encounter against Mumbai Indians and they will be looking to make amends soon.
's injury and Jake Fraser-McGurk's form are major concerns for the team at the moment, but their rest of the players are doing well. Karun Nair, in his maiden appearance this season, showed his class against MI's world-class bowlers and will be expected to do the same in this clash. As for the Rajasthan Royals, they lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at home and their campaign is dwindling currently, with two wins in six matches so far.
With the batter not being consistent enough, they are struggling a lot this season. Ever since the pitch in Delhi has been relaid, it has become flat. Last season, every match was a 200+ affair at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
In the previous game, even though MI posted yet another 200+ total, there was help for spinners and that is an encouraging sign for both teams. 230 is average score in the first innings in six matches played here since last season and all of them have been won by teams batting first. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, , Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Kumar Kartikeya, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, (w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, , Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, , Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari.
