Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rajasthan Royals are facing each other in the 30th match of the IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai). In the ongoing IPL season, it is their second meeting.
It is the eighth match for both these teams. While Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals are standing in the 2nd position in the IPL 2020 points table with 10 points, Steven Smith-led Rajasthan Royals are in the 7th spot in the same points table with 6 points (3 wins and 4 loses).
Earlier, in this IPL season, they faced each other in the 23rd match of the tournament at Sharjah on 9th October 2020 where Delhi Capitals won by 46 runs. Delhi franchise is currently running with the four-match winning streak against Rajasthan franchise.
IPL 2020, Match 30: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (DC vs RR) – Toss Report
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bat first. They made one change in the playing XI as Tushar Deshpande came in as the replacement of Harshal Patel.
Iyer said, “We will bat first. It’s been dry and like we saw the other games, it’s holding a bit. We want to approach every game positively and we got really good bowling attack to execute our plans. We got good back-ups who can come and perform, we are definitely missing him (Pant). We got one change. Tushar Deshpande is making his debut for us and he comes in for Harshal Patel.”
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith confirmed that they haven’t made any changes in the last playing XI.
Smith said, “I was gonna bat as well. Hopefully we can bowl well, restrict them and chase it later on. It’s obviously used wicket and hopefully we will put some pressure with the ball. We are playing the same team. And yes, Ben (Stokes) will open again.”
IPL 2020, Match 30: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (DC vs RR) – Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals (DC): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (C), Alex Carey (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Tushar Deshpande, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler (wk), Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith (C), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi