Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in an IPL 2021 group stage match at Mumbai on April 15 (Thursday).
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After contrasting starts to the IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (RR) will face off in a group stage match at Mumbai on April 15 (Thursday). DC started life under new captain Rishabh Pant with a seven-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings. However, RR suffered a four-run defeat against Punjab Kings in a high-scoring match. Chasing a mammoth 222 for win, RR’s new skipper Sanju Samson (119 off 63 balls) played a blinder of an innings. However, he couldn’t get his side over the line. Samson had single-handedly kept RR in the contest, playing some delightful strokes during his knock which featured 12 boundaries and seven sixes.
To make matters worse, RR were will be without Ben Stokes for the remainder of IPL 2021. He broke his finger in the first game and was subsequently ruled out of the tournament.
DC, on the other hand, had a perfect start to their campaign as they beat CSK with ease. Batting first, CSK made a competitive 188-7.
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— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 12, 2021
But Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw’s 138-run opening partnership laid the foundation for what was an easy win. Both Dhawan (85 off 54) and Shaw (72 off 38) were in attack mode and looked in complete control in the middle.
Stokes is the big miss for Rajasthan, with either David Miller or Liam Livingstoke likely to fill the fourth overseas slot. For Delhi, South African pace duo Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje will be available for selection.
The two had to undergo a week-long quarantine and thus missed the team’s opening fixtures. Whether or not they are brought in straight away remains to be seen.
Rajasthan Royals: Manan Vohra, Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan
Match no. 7: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Mumbai will be hot and humid but the pitch conditions are generally batsmen-friendly. One can expect a high-scoring encounter between these two sides.
Amazingly, the two teams have played each other 22 times with both teams having won 11 games apiece. The last few fixtures between these sides, however, has not been kind to RR. DC have won their last 4 games, with RR last beating them in 2018.
