The reigning champions Gujarat Titans will take on Delhi Capitals in the 44th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Both of these teams find themselves at extreme ends of the points table.
While Gujarat Titans have shown that they are once again a force to reckon with and thus they are firm title contenders, Delhi Capitals have failed to find any kind of impetus. GT has won six matches and lost two whereas DC has managed only two wins in the eight matches they have played.
We take a look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for DC: L W W L L
David Warner’s team has not been able to come up with collective efforts. Their bowling was not up to the mark against SRH and their middle order once again failed to deliver after Phillip Salt and Mitchell Marsh added 112 runs for the second wicket.
Current form for GT: W W W L W
Gujarat Titans have really impressed with their style of play. The likes of David Miller, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan, Hardik Pandya, and Vijay Shankar are delivering for the team on a consistent basis and they have once again proved their mettle.
Head to Head: Matches: 2, Won by DC: 0, Won by GT: 2.
Gujarat Titans have won both of their matches against DC in the IPL.
Players to watch out for: Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, and Mohammed Shami are going to hold the key for GT.
David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rilee Rossouw, Mustafizur Rahman, and Anrich Nortje will hold the key for DC.
DC IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt (ENG).
Batters: Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell (WI), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner © (AUS), Rilee Rossouw (SA), Manish Pandey.
All-rounders: Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh (AUS), Axar Patel.
Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman (BAN), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi (SA), Anrich Nortje (SA), Vicky Ostwal, Chetan Sakariya, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma.
GT Squad for IPL 2023: Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade (AUS), KS Bharat, Urvil Patel.
Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller (SA), Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill.
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Odean Smith (WI).
Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad (AFG), R. Sai Kishore, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little (IRE), Shivam Mavi.
