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Rajasthan Royals (RR) lock horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) as David Warner won the toss and elected to bowl first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 clash at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Saturday (April 8).
"Don't know what's gonna happen. Hopefully we will start well. Marsh has gone home to get married. All the best to him. There is one forced change with Powell coming in for Marsh. There are changes. Lalit comes in as well for Sarfraz. Manish Pandey comes in,” DC skipper Warner said after winning the toss.
“I think it looks a good wicket to bat on. Should be a high scoring game. Let's see how we turn up. With the impact rule, we can balance the side both ways. We can kind of manage. Jos is alright. We have a couple of changes. I am a bit confused. I will have to see the sheet as it keeps changing thanks to the impact rule,” RR Sanju Samson said after the toss.
While DC have lost their initial two matches, RR too suffered a defeat at the hands of Punjab Kings after winning their opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Follow the RR vs DC's live scores here
Head-to-Head
Matches played: 26
Rajasthan Royals won: 13
Delhi Capitals won: 13
Last result: Delhi Capitals won by eight wickets (DY Patil 2022)
Last five results: RR won - 2; DC won - 3
Pitch Report
“The pitch that's been used today was used for the India-South Africa T20I where 450+ runs were scored. It's the centre pitch, 65m on both sides and longer straight boundaries. The pitch is brilliant, it might not be as good a wicket to bat on though, it's darker which means a bit more moisture, there are indentations and ridges which run parallel to each other because of the process of scarification, which has ensured a few marks. It's still a very good pitch to bat, but it might help the spinners to get some grip. batting first might be the way to go about today,” Deep Dasgupta analyses the pitch.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Abishek Porel(w), Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
Subs: Aman Hakim Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Dubey.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Subs: Navdeep Saini, Akash Vasisht, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Donavon Ferreira.
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