(Football news) The Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans are only two points apart, but they are three spots away in the standings. Like last year, the Titans are in sixth place and have split their first six games, winning three and losing three. Their leading run scorer thus far, Shubman Gill, has guided them from the front. 

Rashid Khan’s comeback to form is another advantage for the Titans. With four wickets at 36.25 and an economy of 9.06, Rashid had opened this IPL. However, he has responded in the following two games, taking two wickets at a strike rate of just 5.75 runs per over.

What will also please Titans is that Rashid has kept Capitals’ captain Rishabh Pant quiet as well. Rashid has allowed Pant only 94 runs off 87 balls across all T20s. But like Gill, Pant has also shown the way for his side even as Capitals are ninth. 

So far, Pant has 194 runs at a strike rate of 157, having already shown shades of his best with two half-centuries, and some typically funky swipes and swats.

Capitals brought their campaign back on track by beating Lucknow Super Giants last week. Jake Fraser-McGurk starred with a fifty in that game, while Kuldeep Yadav, returning from an injury, pushed LSG back with 3 for 20. 

But Delhi Capitals now have injury concerns around David Warner, who was hit on his finger while batting against LSG. Warner is unlikely to start against Titans, who will be wary that things could get interesting heading into the second half of the season if Capitals beat them on Wednesday.

David Miller, who has missed three games due to a niggle, practiced in the nets two days out from the match. If Miller is available against Capitals, Titans might drop Matthew Wade. 

The wicketkeeping gloves would, then, go back to Wriddhiman Saha, who sat out of Titans’ previous two fixtures due to a back spasm. Saha batted for a lengthy period at practice, while also keeping wicket, thus indicating that he is all but set to start against Delhi Capitals.

M Shahrukh Khan was signed for INR 7.4 crore, although he was benched much of the season until the Titans finally selected him against the Rajasthan Royals. He was an Impact Sub for Mohit Sharma and scored 14 off of eight balls as the Titans won by a single run in the end. Depending on whether the Titans bowl or bat first, they could stick with the same duo, switching up who bats first.

It is understood that upon arriving in Ahmedabad, Warner had scans and noticed some edema. This exacerbates the injury problems facing the Capitals, as Mitchell Marsh had to return to Australia due to a partial hamstring strain. In Warner’s absence, the Delhi Capitals may begin with Jhye Richardson in the chase and Abishek Porel in the batting order.

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