Delhi Capitals look to bounce back against defending champions Gujarat Titans

Delhi Capitals take on defending champions Gujarat Titas at the Arun Jaitley Stadium

(Cricket news) Gujarat Titans started off their campaign in emphatic fashion on Friday night but they lost Kane Williamson through injury. In the last match against CSK they chased down a target of 180 with ease but today’s game with Delhi presents a new challenge for them.

They will come up against a Delhi Capitals side who were underwhelming in a heavy defeat on Saturday night. They lacked penetration with the ball, were sloppy in the field, and couldn’t cope with Mark Wood’s pace.

Both sides will welcome their South African players as the likes of David Miller, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje were on the same flights from Johannesburg to Delhi. The Titans are likely going to bring in David Miller into their playing XI as Williamson’s IPL season is over due to a knee injury.

They will trust in Sai Sudharsan to continue at No. 3 as both of their overseas quicks Alzarri Joseph and Josh Little will most likely keep their spots in the team For the Capitals, Nortje’s pace would offer them a different dimension with the ball but to fit him in, Capitals would have to leave out one of their overseas batters as Rilee Rossouw will be the most likely be left out.

Delhi Capitals

Possible bat-first XI: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 David Warner (capt), 3 Mitchell Marsh, 4 Sarfaraz Khan (wk), 5 Manish Pandey, 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Aman Khan, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Mukesh Kumar/Chetan Sakariya

Possible bowl-first XI: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 David Warner (capt), 3 Mitchell Marsh, 4 Sarfaraz Khan (wk), 5 Rovman Powell, 6 Aman Khan, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Mukesh Kumar/Chetan Sakariya, 11 Khaleel Ahmed.

GT:

Possible bat-first XI: 1 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Vijay Shankar, 6 David Miller, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Josh Little, 11 Mohammed Shami.

Possible bowl-first XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Hardik Pandya (capt), 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 David Miller, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Alzarri Joseph, 9 Josh Little, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Yash Dayal/R Sai Kishore.

Also read: IPL 2023: Who will Quinton de Kock replace in the LSG line-up?