Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Prediction & Preview. Who Will Win?

You will be on a safer side when you say, “Delhi Capitals have done thoroughly better than Delhi Daredevils.” And, why not? From when Shreyas Iyer has taken the responsibility as a skipper, the fortunes of this team have completely changed. On the other hand, the Royals will be looking for a perfect combination to open their winning account in this season of IPL. If we talk about the performance of this team, then except the first season of IPL, Rajasthan has failed to dominate in this tournament. They have tried various captains and team combinations, but nothing went in hand of them. This year, Samson is leading the team, and there will be a huge onus on this young gun. So, how are they gonna rule Delhi? Will they open their points tally, or it will be another defeat for them? Check out our match preview to know how will be the winner of this game.

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Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals prediction

After analyzing the team combination, how the pitch will play, and their last match records. Our prediction is: Delhi Capitals will be the winner.

Delhi Capitals Review

The team performed superior in the previous year too, but because of some poor performance against the champion, Mumbai Indians, they could not conquer the tournament last year. However, this season they are not going to replicate the same poor performance against any team as they did in 2020. The batting department is full of Indian fire-power like Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, and the skipper himself. Having power hitters like Marcus Stoinis and Shimron Hetmeyer, they can decimate any bowling combination. Their bowling department also looks quite stronger as it is led by Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje. Ravi Ashwin and Amit Mishra will also share their experience to make the team in this game.

Rajasthan Royals Review

After their first defeat of this season, Royals will be looking forward to bouncing back quite strongly. How Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes take the team as the winner of this game, will be an interesting move. If we look at their team, they are lacking some firepower to give a boost in their scoreboard. However, their top order is all set to demolish in the second game led by skipper Samson, Buttler, and Ben Stokes. Will the middle order be another concern in this match too? And how they sort-out this issue will be quite interesting to see. Their bowling looks solid as they have Jofra Archer and Chris Morris as their prime bowlers. Shreyas Gopal and Sudeep Tyagi can also snatch the attention of spectators with their good bowling.

Head to Head Record

Both the teams have played 22 matches against each other, and their head to head record supports no-one, as both the teams have won an equal number of games.

• Total Matches: 22
• Delhi Wins: 11
• Rajasthan Wins: 11

Recent Performance of RR

They could not show their best performance in the last season, and their last five encounter results of IPL 2020 is mentioned below.

W-L-W-W-L

Recent Performance of DC

Delhi had performed quite better in the previous season. However, they couldn’t end their title drought in the last year. Here’s their performance.

L-W-L-W-L

Probable XI of Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson ©, Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, and Jaydev Unadkat.

Probable XI of Delhi Capitals

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmeyer, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, and Anrich Nortje

Venue Details, Records, Historical Facts

Both the teams will meet in their second league game at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The team winning the toss will prefer to chase because of the dew factor in the 2nd innings.

• Stadium: Wankhede Stadium
• Location: Mumbai, India
• Opened: 1974
• Capacity: 33,100
• Known as: Wankhede
• Ends: Tata End, Garware Pavilion End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Mumbai Indians, Mumbai
• Floodlights: Yes