Delhi Capitals (DC) are facing a must-win situation in their last four games. Their aim to revive their campaign begins with their next game against Rajasthan Royals (RR). The Capitals lost their last game against the Royals in Jaipur.
Delhi Capitals have 10 points and still have three games left. Winning all three games would give them 16 points and give them a real chance of making the playoffs.
DC last made it to the playoffs in 2021. The journey was not smooth for the Rishabh Pant-led team until now. It’s your season been plagued due to injuries to key players and some others who are out of shape.
We’re going into this gameFitness problems continue for David Warner and Ishant Sharma And Both could miss this game as well as.
The bowling group remains Key to stop a strong batting team like Rajasthan Royals. DC needs to play with a different approach perhaps a much more offensive one If They should make the playoffs.
After failing to post a competitive total against KKR due to a tactical error, the DC batters need to step up and their captain needs to be smart enough to take crucial decisions.
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Delhi Capitals play 11 vs Rajasthan Royals – IPL 2024, Match 56
Prithvi Shaw
Shaw will continue to open the batting lineup for DC. He has been well below average this season score Only 198 runs in 8 games at an average of 24.75. He scored 13 against KKR.
Jake Fraser McGurk
McGurk will open the batting with Shaw. The young offensive player must make the most of his opportunity with It’s unlikely Warner will play the game. He was very offensive at the top of the order.
Abishek Porel
Porel will step in at three. He was used was a substitute in the first half of the season, but now gets a chance in the starting lineup. He only scored 18 points against KKR.
Rishabh Pants (C/WK)
The pants are tucked in at four. He has scored 398 runs in 11 games so far this season, at an average of almost 45 and a strike rate of almost 160. He needs to deliver a big knock for his team.
Shai Hope
Hope will fill in at five. He is a good player of spin and needs to play well against RR spinners Chahal and Ashwin. Warner’s absence is welcome him a place in the XI as well as. He scored 41 points Off just 17 balls in one of his best knocks this season against MI.
Axar Patel
Axar will step in at six. He scored 15 off 21 balls against KKR. He and Kuldeep have been good with the ball for DC. So far this season he has scored 149 runs and taken nine wickets.
Tristan Stubbs
Stubbs can step in at seven and play the role of finisher for DC. He has nearly 190 strikeouts and scored 277 runs this season until now.
Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep can bat with eight. He scored 31 against KKR which was that Highest points for his team in this game. With the ball, he has taken 12 wickets in 8 matches until now.
Khaleel Ahmed
Khaleel will be the first of the two Indian pacers in the XI. He went wicketless against KKR. He has taken 12 wickets in the season so far.
Lizaad Williams
Williams will be one of the two foreign pacers in the eleven. He was drafted into the team as a backup but has not made an impact on the Capitals so far. Now it’s time for him to step aside.
Anrich Nortje
Nortje finalizes the team’s expected starting lineup. DC should ideally play the two overseas pacers together and strengthen their bowling In absence from David Warner.
Impact Sub: Rasikh Dar
Dar has been used as an impact sub by the Delhi Capitals in the last few games And It has paid off. The Jammu & Kashmir pacer took six wickets in the five matches that he has played so far.
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