Follow UsDelhi Capitals will take on Rajasthan Royal in Match 34 of the Indian Premier League 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday (April 22). The match was earlier supposed to happen at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune but had to be shifted to Mumbai because of the Covid situation in the Delhi camp. The Royals have won four of their six encounters, while the Capitals have won three and lost as many so far.
Ground details and team combination
The Wankhede Stadium has hosted six matches so far in IPL 2022 and the batters here have operated at an average of 27.4 and a scoring rate of 8.4, which is the least amongst all the four venues. Meanwhile, a wicket has fallen every 20 deliveries. The fast bowlers here have better numbers but it would be ideal to have if not both, at least one of Yuzvendra Chahal or Kuldeep Yadav. When it comes to batting, you have way too many in-form batters to pick from.
Team suggestion
The team we've picked has a good mix of world-class batters and bowlers. But remember, while you could go for the above team, you also have the option of choosing your team from Cricket.com’s Fantasy Research Centre. You can use this tool to build your team with the help of algorithms. Then, based on your preferences, the platform will guide you through creating the ideal fantasy XI.
Captain selection
Jos Buttler and David Warner have been in phenomenal form this season and you could pick any one of them as your opener. Buttler has slammed 375 runs in six innings, studded with two centuries and as many fifties. Only Virat Kohli in 2016 scored more runs than the English batter after the first six matches of an IPL season. Meanwhile, Warner missed the first two matches but has scored at least 60 runs in each of his last three innings.
Our Criclytics Player Projection predicts Buttler and Warner to score 42-64 and 39-59 runs respectively in this match.
X-factors
If you don’t want to go with either of those openers, Yuzvendra Chahal too could prove to be a safe pick. The legspinner has claimed 17 wickets in six innings at an impressive strike rate of 8.4. Not just in this season, no bowler has taken more wickets than Chahal after the first seven matches of a season. While all others have managed to take those 17 wickets after seven matches, the leggie has done it with a game in hand.
Our Criclytics Player Projection predicts Chahal to take 3-4 wickets in this match.
Kuldeep Yadav is off to a great start to IPL 2022 having taken 13 wickets in just six innings. Only Yuzvendra Chahal has taken more wickets than Kuldeep. His bowling SR of 10.9 is also among the best in the business in this year’s IPL. The left-arm wristspinner has not gone wicketless even once in this year’s IPL and has taken 2+ wickets in four of his six innings. He is five wickets away from going past his personal record of most wickets in IPL 2022 (17 wickets in 2018).
Our Criclytics Player Projection predicts Chahal to take 2-3 wickets in this match.
Here are the top-10 picks as per Criclytics projected points
Probable XIs
Delhi Capitals - Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed.
Rajasthan Royals - Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal.