Follow UsDelhi Capitals (DC) will come face to face against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 32 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on April 16 (Wednesday).
DC started the season with four consecutive wins before suffering their first defeat against Mumbai Indians (MI) in their last fixture, while Rajasthan have won only two of their six games and are currently at No.8 on the IPL 2025 points table.
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (capt), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair (IP)
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (capt and wk), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey/Kumar Kartikeya (IP)
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (capt), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (capt), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kumar Kartikeya, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi
You can catch live telecast and streaming of DC vs RR and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).
The DC vs RR match will kick off on April 16 (Wednesday) at 7:30 PM IST.
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Safe picks: KL Rahul (DC), Kuldeep Yadav (DC), Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR), Sanju Samson (RR)
Risky picks: Karun Nair (DC), Vipraj Nigam (DC), Jofra Archer (RR), Riyan Parag (RR)
DC and RR have played 29 games against each other in the IPL. DC have won 14, while RR have won 15. Not too much difference there.
Delhi might have lost their last game but they are the more in-form side and should get the better of RR at their home ground.
KL Rahul missed DC’s first game of the IPL 2025 but has since scored 200 runs in four innings at an average of 66.66 and a strike rate of 163.93. He has two 50-plus scores, and also has a great record against RR - 713 runs in 16 innings @ 50.93.
Kuldeep Yadav has been one of the best bowlers in the IPL 2025. The left-arm wristspinner has taken 10 wickets at an average of 11.20 and an economy rate of 5.60. He is yet to go wicketless this season.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi hosted its first game of the IPL 2025 on April 13, and it turned out to be a high-scoring affair. After MI smashed 205/5 in their 20 overs, DC got to 193 in the second innings. Spinners claimed nine of the 12 wickets and were also more economical than pacers.
There’s no chance of rain in Delhi on April 26, with the temperature likely to be around 29-36 degrees Celsius during match hours.