Delhi Capitals will square off against Rajasthan Royals in the 56th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Tuesday. While DC has managed five wins in 11 games they have played, RR has won eight out of their 10 games.
When these two teams met earlier in the season, the inaugural champions won by 12 runs while playing at home. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Rajasthan Royals: L W W W W
Rajasthan Royals have been on a roll as they have come up with some brilliant performances. The Sanju Samson-led team will look to keep up the good show and confirm their playoff berth as soon as possible.
Delhi Capitals: L W W L W
Delhi Capitals will want to pull up their socks in the batting department as they have lacked the collective support. Their bowlers have done a decent job for them but their batter needs to put enough runs on the board.
Head to Head: Matches: 28, Won by RR: 15, Won by DC: 13.
Players to watch out for: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, and Tristan Stubbs will be the crucial players for DC.
DC Squad: Rishabh Pant, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Shai Hope, Prithvi Shaw, Harry Brook, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, David Warner, Pravin Dubey, Axar Patel, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jhye Richardson, Rasikh Salem
RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.