Capitals of Delhi are established to play their last league match against Lucknow Super Giants at home on Tuesday, May 14. DC lost their previous match against RCB and are still stuck on 12 points. Now they can only reach 14 points and their chances of qualifying hang by a thread.
Another victory against LSG in their last match will allow them to reach the playoffs. Victory against RCB keeps them alive in the playoff race and Now they look good to beat LSG at home. also.
Rishah Pant will return to the playing eleven after serving his one-match ban. He lost the match against RCB where Axar Patel led the team. David Warner remains out of the side as he recovers from his finger injury.
Delhi Capitals have played well in their last few games despite the absence of David Warner. The inclusion of Fraser McGurk has made a difference to the side and Spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav continue to be the strength of the team.
It was in 2021 when the Delhi Capitals last made it to the IPL playoffs. and a win will also keep them in good stead in that direction this year.
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Delhi Capitals Playing 11 vs LSG- IPL 2024, Match 64
Jake Fraser-McGurk
The youngster will open the batting for Delhi Capitals. He has been a smooth run-scorer at the top and has made an impact with the bat. He has scored over 330 runs this season at a strike rate of 237.
Abishek Porel
Porel will open the batting for DC. He scored his first fifty in the IPL in the previous match against RR. He it was used as an Impact Sub in Delhi Capitals’ first few games, but now has regular opportunities in the XI.
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Hope will be located at three. He’s having a longer career with David Warner is not yet fit to play and return to the playing XI. He missed a sitter from Rajat Patidar in the previous game and didn’t score too many with the bat.
Rishabh Pant (C/WK)
Pant will once again lead the team against LSG. He It was banned for a game and thus he He missed the match against RCB. The left-hander has scored 413 runs this season so far.
Tristan Stubbs
Stubbs will be in at five. He has been a key featured in DC’s batting order especially against the spinners in the middle order. He has scored with a strike rate of almost 190.
Axar Patel
Patel will come in at six. In the last game he was under pressure as captain. However, in this match he will play as a player and will need do the best I can for DC.
Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep will come in at seven. So far he has taken 15 wickets this season. He was expensive in the last match and was taken to the cleaners, especially by Rajat Patidar.
Mukesh Kumar
Mukesh Kumar has been DC’s death specialist. He took the key wicket from Faf du Plessis. So far, he has taken 16 wickets this season in just nine matches.
Khaleel Ahmed
The left-arm pacer has been a constant for the Delhi Capitals. He has taken 16 wickets in 13 matches so far this season. He is in the reserve of India’s T20 World Cup squad.
Ishant Sharma
Ishant will be the third seamer in the playing XI. He sent off Virat Kohli in the previous match against RCB after taking a small hit in the match. The veteran is inching closer to 100 IPL wickets.
Lizaad Williams / Anrich Nortje
One of the two South African pacers can be the fourth seamer in the XI. The two players have not played in recent games. with DC looking at different combinations.
Impact Sub: Rasikh Salam/David Warner
Rasikh will continue to be DC’s impact player. He has done a good I work for the side in that role harvest pick up wickets in the decisive moments of the game. He also picked a wicket in the last game. The left-hander was used as an Impact Sub and scored just one in the last match against RCB. If they pursue it, Warner could also be used as an Impact Sub.
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