Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to field first at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Rishabh handed the debut cap to Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who recently recovered from the injury he picked up during Australia’s tour of Pakistan. Interestingly, Marsh was included in the side in place of Sarfaraz Khan.
“The wicket is looking on the drier side, we want to make use of it. Mitch comes in for Sarfaraz Khan. Not decided yet, maybe he'll bat three and I'll bat four. Keep believing in the process and let's take one match at a time and give our 100%. Hopefully we can capitalise on the shorter side,” Pant said after winning the toss against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis made one change to his side as well. Slog overs specialist Harshal Patel made his comeback in place of Akashdeep Nath. Harshal left the bio-bubble after his sister’s death and missed RCB’s previous game.
“The pitch looks a little bit direr than anticipated. Chennai had two quality batters, putting up a massive partnership, not looking too much further than that. Harshal Patel is back which is great. He's an experienced X-factor player. Akash Deep goes out of the side,” Du Plessis said after losing the toss.
DC Playing XI: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(c & wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed
RCB Playing XI: Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj
Both the teams have had a mixed bag of a season so far. RCB have won three out of five games whereas DC have won two out of four games in the season so far. A win for RCB will give them direct entry into the top four.
