Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 11th game of the IPL 2023 on Saturday (April 8) at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. This will be the second game of the season in Guwahati. The Royals lost the previous game at this venue against Punjab Kings while chasing a target of 198 runs. They have won and lost one game each so far. In the first game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Royals posted a total of 203 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, and Sanju Samson scored half-centuries each for the team. Yuzvendra Chahal picked up four wickets for 17 runs in four overs with the ball.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, R Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Jos Buttler, SV Samson(C), Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal
BENCH : NA Saini, DC Jurel, D Ferreira, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, JE Root, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abdul Basith, AP Vasisht, KC Cariappa, OC McCoy, KR Sen, Kuldip Yadav, A Zampa
Delhi Capitals
Abishek Porel(wk), SN Khan, RR Rossouw, P Shaw, David Warner(C), Aman Hakim Khan, MR Marsh, Axar Patel, KL Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, A Nortje
BENCH : PD Salt, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, KK Ahmed, P Dubey, Mustafizur Rahman, KL Nagarkoti, L Ngidi, Vicky Ostwal, C Sakariya, Ishant Sharma
Time: 3:30 PM IST.
Venue: Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati.
PITCH REPORT
This will be an afternoon game; hence, dew might not have a big role here. In the first game at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, the Punjab Kings showed that accurate bowling could win games despite the dew factor. The batters will get a lot of support from the pitch in both innings, and this might be a high-scoring game. The average first innings score in the last five T20 games at this venue has been 187 runs.
