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Delhi Capitals (DC) will face Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 35th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi from 7:30 pm. The toss will take place at 7:00 pm.
Delhi Capitals are at sixth position this season after winning 3 out of 7 matches. At the same time, SRH are in the top-4 with 8 points after winning 4 out of 6 matches.
injury update
According to Cricinfo, Delhi Capitals all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been called by Cricket Australia. He had an injury to his right hamstring. At the same time, David Warner is also injured. He injured his finger in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Both the players can miss today’s match.
SRH ahead in head to head
There is a tough competition between the two teams in head to head. Both played a total of 23 matches against each other. SRH won 12 and Delhi won 11. The last match between the two teams was played last year in Delhi, which was won by Hyderabad by 9 wickets.
Rishabh Pant is Delhi’s top scorer
Delhi’s batting could not perform anything special in the initial matches of this season. Captain Rishabh Pant is the top scorer after 7 matches. However, Prithvi Shaw and Jack Fraser-Magarch have taken the lead in the last few matches. At the same time, Khalil Ahmed has performed brilliantly in bowling. He has taken 10 wickets in 7 matches.
Sunrisers’ batsmen are in form, Cummins takes over the bowling
Sunrisers’ batsmen are appearing in top class form. Team openers Travis Head with a strike rate of 199 and Abhishek Sharma will pose a serious challenge to the Delhi bowling attack with a strike rate of 197. Heinrich Klaasen also scored 253 runs this season, he is the top run scorer of the team.
While SRH’s batting was on top, their bowlers have given away a lot of runs. Only team captain Pat Cummins (7.87) has an economy rate of less than 8 runs per over. He is also the top wicket taker of the team.
weather report
The weather will be clear in Delhi. The temperature will be around 32 to 34 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of rain.
pitch report
The pitch will be excellent for the batsmen. Here the pacers may also get some help with the new ball in the initial overs. The average score of the first innings of the ground is 179 runs. The team winning the toss will choose to bowl first, because chase has taken place in 70 percent of the matches here.
Possible playing eleven
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant(Captain & Wicketkeeper)Prithvi Shaw, Jack Fraser-Magirk, Shai Hope, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed.
Impact Player- Abhishek Porel.
Sunrisers Hyderabad; Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Mayank Markande.
Impact Player- T Natarajan.