Both Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) will lock horns at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday to register their maiden win at IPL 11. Royals and Delhi have lost their opening matches that put them at the bottom of IPL 2018 Point Table.
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Youngster Rahul Tripathi might bat down the order to provide cushion to Rajasthan’s middle order. The team has some big names including the hard hitters like Jos Buttler, Rahane and Stokes, who are capable of snatching the game towards a victory from the jaws of defeat.
Delhi will be expecting a lot from its top order batsman KL Rahul. His breezy half century knock is still afresh in the minds of the people. Gautam Gambhir will also have to play well on Wednesday to put a big score for Daredevils.
Team News for Rajasthan Royals
Right hander Sanju Samson is due for a big knock, and hope he will be able to demolish Delhi’s bowling attack at Jaipur. Ben Stokes’s shakiness about quality wrist spin was visible at the first match so Royals will be looking forward to utilize Stokes at both batting and bowling.
As far as Rajasthan’s bowling is concerned, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Stokes and Dhawal Kulkarni will lead the charge. Shreyas Gopal will lead the charge of Rajasthan’s spin department as a quality leg-spinner. His economy is just around 7 RPO, and had been a regular face of Karnataka at domestic cricket.
Team News for Delhi Daredevils
Mohammed Shami, who was quite expensive in the first match, will try to regain the faith of his captain and fans at this match. Leggie Amit Mishra will have to bowl well to rattle Rajasthan’s strong middle order. In the last match, Amit Mishra leaked around 46 runs in his four-over-spell at the first match.
Delhi will also have some high expectations from its newly elected captain Gautam Gambhir. He has scripted many successes for his previous team KKR. Delhi team is hopeful that the veteran batsman will turn their fortune too this year. He is in good form and definitely crowd will look forward to see some more classic cuts, cover drives and square drives from the south paw.
Probable Playing XI (Both Teams)
Rajasthan Royals – Ajinkya Rahane (c), D’Arcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin and Dhawal Kulkarni.
Delhi might consider bringing in Harshal Patel for Mohammed Shami.
Delhi Daredevils – Gautam Gambhir (c), Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Dan Christian, Amit Mishra, Trent Boult and Mohammed Shami.
Head to Head: Matches played 17, RR won 11, DD won 6
Venue: The match will start at 8PM on Tuesday. It will be telecast live from Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Star Sports Network.
Winner Prediction: Rajasthan Royals
Winning Total: 180
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