Delhi Capitals (DC) take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) as Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 clash which is being played at the Arun Jaitley stadium on April 20, Saturday. Both the teams are coming from a triumphant run in their last matches. While DC gunned down Gujarat Titans, SRH got the better of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their respective previous encounters.
What did the captains say?
After winning the toss DC skipper Rishabh Pant said:
"We're going to bowl first. Wicket looks pretty good, we would like to chase because we are playing more as a batting unit. We have more batters. Maybe there will be dew. The only thing we said is "stay in the contest". Yes they've been playing really good cricket but you can't let them get away with it. Ground doesn't matter, end of the day you have to play good cricket. We're looking to improve each and every match. Instead of Sumit, Lalit comes in. Instead of Ishant, Nortje comes in."
Meanwhile, after losing the toss SRH skipper Pat Cummins said:
“The way the boys have been batting, we know teams are going to come hard at us. Same batting lineup, we'll have a look at the bowling a little later on.”
Delhi Capitals' Playing XI
David Warner, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar
Delhi Capitals Subs: Prithvi Shaw, Shai Hope, Praveen Dubey, Rasikh Dar Salam, Sumit Kumar
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Playing XI
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad Subs: Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar
DC vs SRH's Head-to-Head
In the IPL, Delhi and Hyderabad have encountered each other 23 times. Among these matches, Delhi emerged victorious in 11 encounters, while Hyderabad clinched win 12 times.
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Pitch Report
“A 67m boundary on one side and a very short boundary at 59m on the other. The straight boundary is at 74m. You can expect a run-fest tonight. This pitch looks completely different to what was served up last year. This is a pitch that'll suit the Delhi Capitals pacers. It has got a lot of grass, it's really hard, there's plenty of runs on offer and there will be a bit of carry as well. So, both batters and bowlers will like this. You're going to get hit with the small dimensions, but you'll have to stick to your strengths as a bowler. Dew could be a factor as well and the captain winning the toss should be bowling first,” Kevin Pietersen and Matthew Hayden analysed the pitch.
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