The Gujarat Titans will have a face-off with the Delhi Capitals in the 10th game of the Indian Premier League on Saturday (April 2). Both the teams had a great start to their respective campaigns.
While Gujarat defeated the other debuting team Lucknow Super Giants, in their opening game, DC opened their account with a stunning victory over the Mumbai Indians through the incredible batting performances of Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav.
Delhi had a serious batting collapse against MI as they lost five wickets, scoring just 42 runs in the span of 38 balls. Rishabh Pant's skipper needs to guide the other batters to resolve their middle-order woes.
Gujarat, although kept things tight in the first 14 overs against LSG, conceded 68 runs in their last six overs. Hence, they need to work on their bowling at the death.
Now coming to the team news. As Mustafizur Rahman and Lungi Ngidi will be available for DC, they are expected to make at least one change by bringing one of these two bowlers, preferably the latter, in place of Kamlesh Nagarkoti. Mandeep Singh, who got dismissed for a duck against MI, might get replaced by KS Bharath.
On the other hand, Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans will probably go with an unchanged XI as the side that played the curtain-raiser looked more or less a balanced unit.
Match details
Match: Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals, Match 10
Venue: MCA Stadium, Pune
Date and Time: April 2nd at 7.30 pm IST
Live streaming: Star Sports network and Disney+Hotstar
Pitch report
This venue's average first innings total in the T20s is 153, which considerably falls to 128 in the 2nd innings. The MCA Stadium is the solitary ground in which the team batting first has won the match in this IPL as the dew factor didn't seem to have any impact there. Although the batters trusted the surface bounce to play their shots in the RR vs SRH game. Considering all these facts, the team winning the toss might decide to bat first at Pune.
Probable XI
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Tim Seifert, KS Bharath, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi/Mustafizur Rahman
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade (wk), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Aaron, Mohammed Shami
Crex XI suggestions
Wicket keeper: Rishabh Pant, Tim Seifert
Batters: Prithvi Shaw, David Miller, Shubman Gill
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia
Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
Captain: Mohammed Shami
Vice-captain: Axar Patel