The Delhi Capitals (DC) return to the Arun Jaitley Stadium for their second Indian Premier League (IPL) match, facing the dominant Gujarat Titans (GT) on Tuesday, April 4. The Capitals will hope to bounce back from their disappointing loss to the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) with a win over the defending champions, who beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their opening match of the competition.
But before the match itself, there are murmurs of a late delay or interruptions during the match, given the weather in the national capital on the eve of the match. Here, we look at the weather in Delhi ahead of their clash with the Titans.
IPL 2023, DC vs GT Weather report
Luckily for the fans who are looking forward to watching their favourite team in the stadium, the promises to be low chances of rain in the city, despite the unpredictable weather in the last couple of days in Delhi.
The highest temperature promises to be around 31 degrees Celsius, with a comfortable 19 degrees celsius in the evening for the match-goers. More importantly, there is a 0 per cent probability of thunderstorms, also meaning that there will be 0 mm of precipitation as well!
But not all news is good, as the day might see a 6 per cent probability of thunderstorms, meaning that there is still a chance that the match might be late in starting, or even interrupted. But the chances of a full 40 overs of cricket seem highly likely.
IPL 2023, DC vs GT Match Preview
Meanwhile, all eyes will be on the Delhi Capitals' Indian pace unit, which will need to up the ante against a formidable Titans batting unit, which will be boosted by the return of David Miller. The defending champions have all their bases covered despite Kane Williamson being ruled out of the tournament after a serious knee injury.
The hosts, on the other hand, are looking like an outfit that is bereft of a Plan B as it became apparent in their 50-run thrashing at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants.
Squads
Gujarat Titans
Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, Kona Bharat (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wkk), Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Mohammed Shami, Pradeep Sangwan, R Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharshan, Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mathew Wade, Odean Smith, Urvil Patel, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller (not available in first 2 games), Josh Little (first match not available), Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Odean Smith, Noor Ahmed and Alzarri Joseph.
Delhi Capitals
David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Phil Salt (wk), Abhishek Porel (wk), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar and Vicky Ostwal.
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