Playing XI
Venue Insights
Highest Team Total : 206/3 By Punjab Against Bangalore In 2020.
Lowest Team Total : 109/10 By Bangalore Against Punjab In 2020.
Highest Individual Score : 132 By KL Rahul (Punjab) Against Bangalore In 2020.
Best Bowling Figures : 4/14 By Mohit Sharma (Chennai) Against Mumbai In 2014.
Highest Partnership : 181 By Shane Watson And Faf Du Plessis (Chennai) For 1st Wicket Against Punjab In 2020.
Win Rate Batting First : 70% (7 Won; 3 Lost)
Top Fantasy Picks - Bowlers
Rabada is the purple cap holder of this season with 17 wickets and is certainly the very first pick for any fantasy user. Stat alert: He has taken at least a wicket in his last 21 IPL matches.
Nortje might have been wicket-less in the last match against Mumbai, but he is certainly a bowler who cannot be kept out of the game. Out of his 8 wickets this season, 4 have come at Dubai.
With 9 wickets this season, he is the highest wicket taker for Rajasthan. Jofra Archer has been among the wickets in every match barring just one, so do watch out for him.
Top Fantasy Picks - All Rounders
With 175 runs and 6 wickets, Stoinis is the only player this season with a double of more than 5 wickets and more than 150 runs. He should be the 1st choice all-rounder for the upcoming fixture.
With 5 wickets and 189 runs, Tewatia is both the 2 nd highest run scorer and the 2 nd highest wicket taker for Rajasthan this season. It was earlier looking as if he was only a one-venue wonder (Sharjah); however, he did prove everyone wrong with good performances at other venues as well.
Stokes did not have enough match practice in his first match against Hyderabad, but after his inclusion the Rajasthan side looks positive and well balanced. So do watch out for Stokes as he is one of the best all-rounders currently in world cricket.
Top Fantasy Picks - Batsmen & Keepers
With 245 runs he is the highest run-getter for Delhi this season. He plays spinners the best and since Pant’s absence, Iyer will continue to bat at number 4 position and thus will have a huge scoring opportunity against the spinners in the middle phase of the innings.
Buttler has more than a decent record against Delhi in recent times. In his last 4 matches against Delhi he has scored 137 runs at a SR of 196.
Smith has struggled to get going in recent matches but the way he started this tournament, it has been a while that he has put up a good performance and will be itching to score big against Delhi. In his last 3 matches against Delhi, he has scored a total of 112 runs at a SR of 138.
Probable XI
Delhi : Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Alex Carey(w), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
Rajasthan : Jos Buttler(w), Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith(c), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi.
Preview
The second half of the 2020 Indian T20 League is up and running and in Match 30, Delhi will be facing Rajasthan. A win out of nowhere when the chips were down would have instilled confidence in Rajasthan and they would be feeling a lot better about themselves after breaking the 4-match losing streak. However, they should not get carried away as it was yet another dismal show by their bowling and batting and that victory only belonged to a stand between Parag and Tewatia. Massive improvements are still needed and let's hope they sort out their issues soon. Delhi, on their part, lost against Mumbai and it was a below-par performance by them. Their bowling is still roaring but inconsistencies have started to creep in their batting. Delhi would like to quickly address that concern and bounce back.
Delhi at Dubai : Played 5, Won 4, Lost 1
Rajasthan at Dubai : Played 3, Won 1, Lost 2
Toss : Delhi won the toss and have opted to bat first.