For Axar Patel’s men, on the other hand, things have progressively turned from bad to worse ever since they vaulted to a record score at the Kotla grounds last week.

After failing to defend a 264-run target, the many holes in the DC order was exposed by a seam-bowling masterclass from RCB veterans Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood. A defeat tonight will be stinging, potentially ending the bid for a Playoffs race.

Teams:

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma

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