IPL 2024 - Damage-hit Delhi Capitals look to throw a wrench into Gujarat Titans' marketing campaign

Match particulars

Gujarat Titans (GT – sixth; P6 W3 L3) vs Delhi Capitals (DC – ninth; P6 W2 L4)

Ahmedabad, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT)

Massive image – Gill’s Titans vs Pant’s Capitals

Simply two factors separate Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals, and but they’re three locations aside within the factors desk. Titans are sixth, and like final 12 months, have received and misplaced three every out of their first six video games. Shubman Gill, their highest run-getter thus far, has led them from the entrance. One other constructive for Titans is Rashid Khan returning to type. Rashid had began this IPL with 4 wickets at 36.25 and an financial system of 9.06. However within the final two matches, he has hit again with two wickets at 23, whereas going at solely 5.75 runs an over.

What may even please Titans is that Rashid has saved Capitals’ captain Rishabh Pant quiet as properly. Rashid has allowed Pant solely 94 runs off 87 balls throughout all T20s. However like Gill, Pant has additionally proven the way in which for his aspect whilst Capitals are ninth. Thus far, Pant has 194 runs at a strike charge of 157, having already proven shades of his greatest with two half-centuries, and a few sometimes funky swipes and swats.

Capitals introduced their marketing campaign again on monitor by beating Lucknow Tremendous Giants final week. Jake Fraser-McGurk starred with a fifty in that sport, whereas Kuldeep Yadav, coming back from an harm, pushed LSG again with 3 for 20. However Capitals now have harm considerations round David Warner, who was hit on his finger whereas batting in opposition to LSG. Warner is unlikely to begin in opposition to Titans, who shall be cautious that issues might get fascinating heading into the second half of the season if Capitals beat them on Wednesday.

Kind information

(Final 5 matches; most up-to-date first)

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Workforce information and Affect Participant technique

Gujarat Titans

David Miller, who has missed three video games resulting from a niggle, practiced within the nets two days out from the match. If Miller is obtainable in opposition to Capitals, Titans would possibly drop Matthew Wade. The wicketkeeping gloves would, then, return to Wriddhiman Saha, who sat out of Titans’ earlier two fixtures resulting from a again spasm. Saha batted for a prolonged interval at follow, whereas additionally maintaining wicket, thus indicating that he’s all however set to begin in opposition to Capitals.

In opposition to Rajasthan Royals, Titans lastly picked M Shahrukh Khan after he spent the season on the bench regardless of being signed for INR 7.4 crore. Approaching as Affect Sub for Mohit Sharma, he smashed 14 from eight balls in what turned out to be a last-ball win for Titans. They may proceed to make use of the identical pair, with who replaces whom relying on whether or not Titans bat or bowl first.

Possible XII: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 David Miller, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Noor Ahmad, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Spencer Johnson, 11 Mohit Sharma, 12 Shahrukh Khan

Delhi Capitals

It’s understood that Warner skilled some swelling and underwent scans upon touchdown in Ahmedabad. That compounds Capitals’ harm points, after Mitchell Marsh went again to Australia on struggling a partial hamstring tear. If Warner is absent, Capitals would possibly begin with Abishek Porel in the event that they bat first and with Jhye Richardson in the event that they chase.

Possible XII: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Abishek Porel, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Axar Patel, 7 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Mukesh Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Khaleel Ahmed, 12 Jhye Richardson

Within the highlight

The highest three wicket-takers final IPL have been all from Titans. One in all them, Mohit Sharma, has had fun this season too. Within the absence of Mohammed Shami and a few assist from Hardik Pandya, Mohit is Titans’ main wicket-taker this 12 months. His eight wickets have come at 27, though he has been taken for 9.39 runs an over. However when Mohit is bowling in Ahmedabad, the common slides all the way down to 13.03, and the financial system to 7.82. So count on Mohit to have an effect along with his variations once more.

Jake Fraser-McGurk turned 22 a day earlier than taking Capitals to a win on his IPL debut, when he clubbed 55 from 35 balls. However he is having fun with some stardom already. Final October, Fraser-McGurk thrashed a Record A century off simply 29 balls, beating AB de Villiers’ document of 31 deliveries. This February, in simply his second ODI for Australia, he thumped 41 from solely 18 balls in opposition to West Indies. With Marsh and Warner lacking, Fraser-McGurk can present simply the spark Capitals want to maneuver up the desk.

Stats that matter

Since 2022, solely three batters have scored at the very least 1000 runs within the IPL whereas averaging 40-plus and putting at above 140. Gill, a type of batters, has been the best across all three metrics.

Tristan Stubbs, one other of Capitals’ in-form batters, has the higher hand over Rashid. Stubbs has confronted 9 balls from the Titans legspinner in T20s, however has smashed 22 runs off them – together with three sixes.

A few of Capitals’ bowlers will need to watch out in case Miller is match to play for Titans. Miller has a strike charge of 288 in opposition to Ishant Sharma, whom he has smacked for 2 fours and three sixes in 9 deliveries in T20s. Mukesh Kumar, then again, has been pumped for twenty-four off eight balls. Miller additionally strikes at 171 and 168 in opposition to Khaleel Ahmed and Axar Patel, respectively.

Pitch and situations

Ahmedabad noticed scores of 168 and 162 batting first in two matches, however that went as much as 199 when Titans have been enjoying Punjab Kings. The final two video games have been received by the chasing group, whilst the primary one was misplaced solely by six runs. So count on the aspect successful the toss to bowl first.

Himanshu Agrawal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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IPL 2024 – Damage-hit Delhi Capitals look to throw a wrench into Gujarat Titans’ marketing campaign