(Cricket news) Delhi Capitals are the only winless team in this year’s tournament as Anrich Nortje almost pulled off a miracle with his pinpoint yorkers in their last match against Mumbai Indians. Tim David’s big dive on the last ball saved his side as the Capitals lost their fourth successive match. RCB were also on the wrong side of a last-ball thriller but are subsequently better placed than Capitals as they will be bolstered by the return of Wanindu Hasaranga, who is one of the best wrist spinners in T20 cricket right now.

DC will know that RCB struggle with spin as left-arm spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav offer Capitals a favorable match-up against their right-handed batters. Nortje and Mustafizur should provide the much needed death bowling but Warner’s slow start at the top has left them playing catch-up the entire as Mitchell Marsh’s return should help them get a fast start in the powerplay.

For RCB the Sri Lanka leg spinner will slot into the XI in place of David Willey or Wayne Parnell. As we might see one more change in Akash Deep for Karn Sharma. Josh Hazlewood is expected to arrive in India on Friday so it’s unlikely he will play against Capitals. RCB will again use Anuj Rawat as the floater in the middle order to counter Axar and Kuldeep while if they bowl first Akashdeep will be in the lineup

Bat-first XI (possible): 1 Faf du Plessis (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Mahipal Lomror, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Anuj Rawat, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 David Willey/Wayne Parnell, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Bowl-first XI (possible): 1 Faf du Plessis (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Mahipal Lomror, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Shahbaz Ahmed, 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 David Willey/Wayne Parnell, 10 Akash Deep, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Delhi Capitals

Marsh, who had missed their last two games because of his wedding, will return to the playing XI in place of Rovam Powell. While Mukesh Kumar or Chetan Sakariya could be used as an Impact Player. Prithvi Shaw will be under the microscope especially when they have Phil Salt sitting on the bench as the former India U19 has to score some runs.

Bat-first XI (possible): 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Prithvi Shaw, 3 Mitchell Marsh, 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Yash Dhull/Aman Khan, 6 Axar Patel, 7 Lalit Yadav, 8 Abhishek Porel (wk), 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Bowl-first XI (possible): 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Manish Pandey, 4 Yash Dhull/Aman Khan, 5 Axar Patel, 6 Lalit Yadav, 7 Abhishek Porel (wk), 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Mukesh Kumar/Chetan Sakariya, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

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