DC vs RR - Match 36

Author: Shreyas
25 Sep 2021 10:58:10
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Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals - 36th Match of the Indian Premier League'2021, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 

Weather Forecast
Sunny - 36°C

1. SEASON STATS

(i) Points Table Scenario

DC - 9 - 7w/2l (1st)
RR - 8 - 4w/4l (5th)

(ii) Top Performers

DC

Shikhar Dhawan - Highest run scorer (422), Avg (52.75) - 9M/9I
Prithvi Shaw - 5th highest run scorer (319), Avg (35.44) - 9M/9I
Rishabh Pant - 11th highest run scorer (248), Avg (41.33) - 9M/9I

Avesh Khan - 2nd highest wicket taker (14), Avg (18), SR (14.6) - 9M/9I
Kagiso Rabada - 5th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (24), SR (16.4) - 8M/8I

RR

Sanju Samson - 7th highest run scorer (281), Avg (40.14) - 8M/8I

Chris Morris - 2nd highest wicket taker (14), Avg (19), SR (12.9) - 8M/8I

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 143

Avg 1st Innings - 160
Avg 2nd Innings - 144

Highest total - 225/7 (Ireland vs Afghanistan - 30th November'2013)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

DC - 6 - 2w/4l
RR - 8 - 6w/2l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

DC

Shikhar Dhawan - 13th highest run scorer (279), Avg (55.80) - 6M/6I
Ajinkya Rahane - 28th highest run scorer (229), Avg (38.17) - 7M/6I
Shreyas Iyer - 85th highest run scorer (134), Avg (26.80) - 5M/5I

Kagiso Rabada - 15th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (12), SR (10) - 5M/5I
Marcus Stoinis - 71st highest wicket taker (6), Avg (20), SR (12.7) - 5M/4I
Ravichandran Ashwin - 71st highest wicket taker (6), Avg (29.17), SR (20) - 6M/6I

RR

David Miller - 38th highest run scorer (203), Avg (50.75) - 7M/7I
Sanju Samson - 88th highest run scorer (131), Avg (18.71) - 8M/8I

Shreyas Gopal - 71st highest wicket taker (6), Avg (18.17), SR (17) - 5M/5I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 20th September'2021
92/10 vs 94/1 (KKR won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+0w=6w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

2) Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi - 25th June'2021
206/4 vs 159/9 (MUL won by 47 runs)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 0w+5w=5w

3) Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi - 23rd June'2021
174/9 vs 177/2 (PES won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

4) Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi - 22nd June'2021
174/9 vs 177/2 (PES won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

5) Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi - 21st June'2021
175/7 vs 176/5 (PES won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+4w=11w
Spinners - 0w+1w=2w

6) Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United - 21st June'2021
180/5 vs 149/10 (MUL won by 31 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

7) Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United - 19th June'2021
149/10 vs 150/6 (ISL won by 4 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+4w=10w
Spinners - 4w+2w=6w

8) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 19th June'2021
176/7 vs 162/6 (KAR won by 14 runs)

Pacers - 1w+5w=6w
Spinners - 5w+0w=5w

9) Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars - 18th June'2021
169/8 vs 89/10 (MUL won by 80 runs)

Pacers - 7w+9w=16w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

10) Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars - 17th June'2021
176/5 vs 169/7 (KAR won by 7 runs)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

SUMMARY OF WICKETS

Pacers
1st Innings - 50w
2nd Innings - 39w

Spinners
1st Innings - 18w
2nd Innings - 15w

Overall
89w:33w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

DELHI CAPITALS (DC)

1. Rishabh Pant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(27), 27(33), 8(7)*

2. Prithvi Shaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5), 9(6)

3. Shikhar Dhawan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 69(52)*, 78(50)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(31), 6(6), 54(41)

4. Ajinkya Rahane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 60(46)

5. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(8)&1w, 38(27)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(9)&0w, 6(6)&2w, 10(5)*

6. Steven Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(7), 26(34)*, 11(8), 31(20)*

7. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(22)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(12), 10(5)

8. Sam Billings
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(13)*&0w, 1w

10. Axar Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 9(7)&0w, 0w

11. Shreyas Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(33), 21(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(21), 47(38), 7(9)

12. Amit Mishra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

13. Pravin Dubey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Kagiso Rabada
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(7)*&2w, 9(10)&2w, 2w

15. Ben Dwarshius
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Tom Curran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(16)&0w

17. Anrich Nortje
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 3w

18. Avesh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Lukman Meriwala
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Ishant Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

21. Umesh Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Lalit Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Vishnu Vinod
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Ripal Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

25. Kulwant Khejroliya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR)

1. Evin Lewis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3), 0(3), 54(31)*, 48(25)

3. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)

5. Shivam Dube
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6), 17(11), 8(13)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

6. Chris Morris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)&1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

7. Liam Livingstone
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Rahul Tewatia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(12)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w

11. Shreyas Gopal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w

12. Tabraiz Shamsi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Mustafizur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Jaydev Unadkat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Chetan Sakariya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Anuj Rawat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Mayank Markande
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. KC Cariappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Mahipal Lomror
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 47(39)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(13)

20. Manan Vohra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Akash Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Kartik Tyagi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

23. Oshane Thomas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Kuldip Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
23 - 12w/11l (In favour of RR)

(ii) Last 5 matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of DC)

(iii) At this venue

(iv) Performers when both these sides meet - T20s

DC

Ajinkya Rahane - Highest run scorer (603), 2nd highest avg (67) - 14M/14I
(Note that he has played 13 matches against DC by being a part of RR, and is now a part of DC)
Rishabh Pant - 4th highest run scorer (276), highest avg (75) - 6M/6I
Shikhar Dhawan - 7th highest run scorer (192), Avg (32) - 7M/7I

Amit Mishra - Highest wicket taker (20), Avg (16), SR (12) - 11M/11I
Kagiso Rabada - 5th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (16.67), SR (11.67) - 4M/4I

RR

Sanju Samson - 11th highest run scorer (160), Avg (17.78) - 11M/9I

Shreyas Gopal - 7th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (24.67), SR (16) - 6M/5I

(v) Recent Head to Head matches

1) Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals - 15th April'2021
147/8 vs 150/7 (RR won by 3 wkts)

Rishabh Pant - 51(32)
Tom Curran - 21(16)
Lalit Yadav - 20(24)
Avesh Khan - 3w
Kagiso Rabada - 2w
David Miller - 62(43)
Chris Morris - 36(18)* & 1w
Rahul Tewatia - 19(17)
Jaydev Unadkat - 3w
Mustafizur Rahman - 2w

Pacers - 6w+7w=13w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

2) Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals - 15th October'2020
161/7 vs 148/8 (DC won by 13 runs)

Shikhar Dhawan - 57(33)
Anrich Nortje - 2w
Ben Stokes - 41(35)
Jaydev Unadkat - 2w

Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

3) Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals - 10th October'2020
184/8 vs 138/10 (DC won by 46 runs)

Shimrom Hetmeyer - 45(24)
Marcus Stoinis - 39(30) & 2w
Kagiso Rabada - 3w
Ravichandran Ashwin - 2w
Yashasvi Jaiswal - 34(36)
Rahul Tewatia - 38(29) & 1w

Pacers - 5w+7w=12w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

4) Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals - 4th May'2019
115/9 vs 121/5 (DC won by 5 wkts)

Riyan Parag - 50(49)
Shreyas Gopal - 2w
Rishabh Pant - 53(38)*
Ishant Sharma - 3w
Amit Mishra - 3w

Pacers - 5w+0w=5w
Spinners - 3w+5w=8w

5) Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals - 23rd April'2019
191/6 vs 193/4 (DC won by 6 wkts)

Ajinkya Rahane - 105(63)*
Steve Smith - 50(32)
Shreyas Gopal - 2w
Rishabh Pant - 78(36)*
Shikhar Dhawan - 54(27)
Prithvi Shaw - 42(39)
Kagiso Rabada - 2w

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

TOSS BASED OBSERVATIONS (H2H)

DC

1. Rishabh Pant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 69(29), 5(9), 51(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 78(36)*, 53(38)*

2. Prithvi Shaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 47(25), 19(10), 2(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(39), 8(8)

3. Shikhar Dhawan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(4), 57(33), 9(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(27), 16(12)

4. Ajinkya Rahane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 64(50), 91(54)*, 105(63)*, 2(4), 2(9), 8(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(10), 47(39)

5. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(30)&2w, 18(19), 0(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Steven Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 50(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(9), 24(17), 1(4)

7. Shimron Hetmeyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Sam Billings
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Axar Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(8)*&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

11. Manimaran Siddharth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Amit Mishra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 3w

13. Pravin Dubey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Kagiso Rabada
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

15. Chris Woakes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Tom Curran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(16)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Anrich Nortje
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

18. Avesh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Lukman Meriwala
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Ishant Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w

21. Umesh Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Lalit Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Vishnu Vinod
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Ripal Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

RR

1. Evin Lewis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(25), 0(0), 5(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(28), 11(12), 3(5), 5(9), 25(18), 4(3)

3. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(36)

5. Shivam Dube
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7)

6. Chris Morris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 36(18)*&1w

7. Liam Livingstone
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(3)&1w, 50(49)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2), 2(5)&0w

9. David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(43)

10. Rahul Tewatia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(29)&1w, 14(18)*&0w, 19(17)&0w

11. Shreyas Gopal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 12(18)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w

12. Tabraiz Shamsi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Mustafizur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Jaydev Unadkat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 2w, 11(7)*&3w

15. Chetan Sakariya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

16. Anuj Rawat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Mayank Markande
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. KC Cariappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Mahipal Lomror
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)

20. Manan Vohra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(11)

21. Akash Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Kartik Tyagi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

23. Oshane Thomas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Kuldip Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. #GLTFAMILY NOW COMES PLAYER BATTLE

DC BATTING vs RR BOWLING

1. Prithvi Shaw
vs Morris - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Sakariya - 1r, 3b, 0w
vs Tewatia -
vs Tyagi -
vs Mustafizur -

2. Shikhar Dhawan
vs Morris - 94r, 62b, 2w
vs Sakariya - 7r, 6b, 0w
vs Tewatia - 12r, 8b, 0w
vs Tyagi - 18r, 6b, 0w
vs Mustafizur - 55r, 37b, 0w

3. Rishabh Pant
vs Morris - 7r, 4b, 0w
vs Sakariya -
vs Tewatia - 22r, 9b, 0w
vs Tyagi -
vs Mustafizur - 69r, 44b, 0w

4. Marcus Stoinis
vs Morris - 40r, 40b, 2w
vs Sakariya -
vs Tewatia - 22r, 18b, 1w
vs Tyagi - 7r, 9b, 0w
vs Mustafizur - 0r, 4b, 1w

5. Shreyas Iyer
vs Morris - 7r, 7b, 1w
vs Sakariya -
vs Tewatia - 10r, 9b, 0w
vs Tyagi - 10r, 15b, 1w
vs Mustafizur - 25r, 21b, 0w

6. Shimron Hetmyer
vs Morris -
vs Sakariya -
vs Tewatia - 4r, 6b, 0w
vs Tyagi - 22r, 11b, 1w
vs Mustafizur - 1r, 2b, 0w

RR BATTING vs DC BOWLING

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal
vs Rabada - 2r, 4b, 0w
vs Nortje - 1r, 5b, 0w
vs Ashwin - 11r, 13b, 0w
vs Axar - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Stoinis - 9r, 5b, 1w
vs Avesh -

2. Evin Lewis
vs Rabada - 33r, 24b, 0w
vs Nortje - 8r, 13b, 2w
vs Ashwin - 51r, 39b, 0w
vs Axar -
vs Stoinis -
vs Avesh -

3. Liam Livingstone
vs Rabada - 1r, 4b, 1w
vs Nortje -
vs Ashwin -
vs Axar -
vs Stoinis - 6r, 5b, 0w
vs Avesh -

4. Sanju Samson
vs Rabada - 5r, 4b, 0w
vs Nortje - 2r, 5b, 0w
vs Ashwin - 49r, 39b, 1w
vs Axar - 51r, 48b, 2w
vs Stoinis - 18r, 12b, 2w
vs Avesh - 0r, 2b, 1w

5. Mahipal Lomror
vs Rabada -
vs Nortje -
vs Ashwin - 0r, 1b, 1w
vs Axar -
vs Stoinis - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Avesh -

6. Riyan Parag
vs Rabada - 4r, 3b, 1w
vs Nortje - 0r, 1b, 0w
vs Ashwin - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Axar - 6r, 8b, 0w
vs Stoinis -
vs Avesh - 0r, 3b, 1w

5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) DELHI CAPITALS (DC) SQUAD:

Changes

OUT - Chris Woakes, Aniruddha Joshi, Manimaran Siddharth
IN - Ben Dwarshius, Shreyas Iyer, Kulwant Khejroliya

Probable XI

1) Shikhar Dhawan - LHB
Last 10 - 42, 0, 40, 46, 13, 29, 86*, 69*, 46, 6

2) Prithvi Shaw - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 11, 0, 49, 13, 43, 39, 82, 21, 53, 7

3) Shreyas Iyer - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 47*, 6, 37, 9, 8*, 67, 2, 116, 103*

4) Rishabh Pant - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 35*, 9, 50, 2, 1, 37, 22, 25, 4, 41, 14, 16, 58*, 37

5) Marcus Stoinis - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 6r 1w, 22r 0w, 2r 0w, 1w, 27*, 0r 0w, 14r 0w, 26

6) Shimron Hetmyer - LHB
Last 10 - 45*, 0, 23, 1, 3, 9, 27, 52, 4

7) Axar Patel - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 4w, 5w, 6w, 5w, 2w, 6w

8) Ravichandran Ashwin - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 6w, 22r 2w, 7r 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 5w, 3w, 4w, 5w

9) Kagiso Rabada - LHB, RF
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 13r 2w, 19r 1w, 16r 1w, 2w

10) Anrich Nortje - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w

11) Avesh Khan - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w

BENCH

12) Ishant Sharma - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w

13) Amit Mishra - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w

14) Vishnu Vinod - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 28r 0w, 37, 29, 107, 7, 28, 10, 4r 0w, 71*

15) Sam Billings - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 2, 14, 36, 72, 11, 19, 56, 12, 9, 6, 24

16) Tom Curran - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 34r 1w, 29r 1w, 1w, 2w

17) Steven Smith - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 24, 4, 34*, 33, 9, 86*, 7, 13, 127, 36, 55

18) Ajinkya Rahane - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 14, 0, 18, 10, 1, 61, 5, 49, 15, 8, 27, 7, 67, 10

19) Lalit Yadav - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 22r 1w, 12r 0w, 20, 61r 1w, 9r 2w, 1w, 18r 3w, 52r 1w

20) Umesh Yadav - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 10r 3w, 25r 3w, 12r 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 24r 3w, 11r 1w  0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 25r 3w, 8r 2w

21) Ripal Patel - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 11, 35r 0w, 5, 3r 2w, 20r 2w, 28, 29r 0w, 32, 14

22) Lukman Meriwala - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 20r 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w

23) Kulwant Khejroliya - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 11r 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w

24) Pravin Dubey - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 46r 2w, 1w, 0w

25) Ben Dwarshius - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 15r 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 4w

Safe C/VC choices
Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan

B) RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR) SQUAD:

Changes

OUT - Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes
IN - Evin Lewis, Oshane Thomas, Tabraiz Shamsi, Glenn Phillips

Probable XI

1) Yashasvi Jaiswal - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 49, 13, 90, 27, 82r 0w, 9, 75, 1, 12, 32

2) Evin Lewis - LHB
Last 10 - 36, 6, 77*, 102*, 5, 7, 73, 19, 39, 30

3) Sanju Samson - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 4, 0, 7, 27, 46, 48, 42, 42*, 21, 1

4) Liam Livingstone - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 25, 12r 1w, 25r 0w, 46r 1w, 92r 3w, 50r 0w, 31, 7, 23*, 68r 0w

5) Mahipal Lomror - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 43r 0w, 14r, 0w, 76r 1w 86, 67, 29r 0w, 3, 78r 0w, 24*, 14

6) Riyan Parag - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4r 0w, 15*, 8*, 25r 0w, 3r 0w, 2r 0w, 25r 1w, 42r 2w, 77r 2w

7) Chris Morris - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 5r 0w, 3w, 2w, 4w, 10r 0w, 2w, 36r 1w, 2w, 6r 0w, 2w

8) Rahul Tewatia - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 5r 0w, 40r 0w, 20r 1w, 19r 0w, 0w, 11r 2w, 73r 2w

9) Kartik Tyagi - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w

10) Mustafizur Rahman - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w

11) Chetan Sakariya - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w

BENCH

12) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 80*, 0, 2, 44, 1, 11, 31, 56*, 24, 5

13) Shreyas Gopal - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 33r 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 13r 0w

14) Shivam Dube - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 35r 0w, 22r, 0w, 46, 17, 2, 23r 0w, 42r 0w, 27r 0w, 1w, 16

15) David Miller - LHB
Last 10 - 26, 36*, 75*, 28, 24, 18*, 12, 2, 11

16) Oshane Thomas - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w

17) Tabraiz Shamsi - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 5w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 1w

18) Mayank Markande - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 32r 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w

19) KC Cariappa - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w

20) Manan Vohra - RHB
Last 10 - 7, 14, 9, 12, 54, 50, 10, 45, 117, 11

21) Akash Singh - RHB
Last 10 - 23, 0

22) Jaydev Unadkat - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 24r 0w, 11r 3w, 1w, 6r 3w, 0r 1w, 13r 3w, 39r 0w, 15r 0w

23) Kuldip Yadav - RM
Last 10 - 1w

24) Anuj Rawat - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 47, 95*, 6, 0, 0, 34*

Safe C/VC choices
Sanju Samson, Chris Morris

Differential GL C/VC choices

DC - Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Kagiso Rabada, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis

RR - Evin Lewis, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, Rahul Tewatia

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Pant, Samson
Bat - Dhawan, Shaw, Iyer, Lewis, Jaiswal
AR - Morris/Livingstone
Bowl - Mustafizur/Tyagi, Rabada, Nortje

GL Picks - Avesh, Axar, Stoinis, Tewatia, Lomror, Sakariya

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Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:53:01 GMT
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:47:40 GMT
CA would offer Australian venues if the BCCI and PCB show any desire to restart bilateral relations
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:40:13 GMT
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:19:44 GMT
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 04:58:43 GMT
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 02:23:49 GMT
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:55:06 GMT
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:06:13 GMT
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:06:49 GMT
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:20:32 GMT
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:43:06 GMT
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:42:41 GMT
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:54:30 GMT
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:06:02 GMT
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:20:42 GMT
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:13:53 GMT
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:51:50 GMT
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Fri, 22 Mar 2024 07:29:00 GMT
A list of injured and unavailable players and their replacements for IPL 2024
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:06:41 GMT
Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna have been ruled out of IPL 2024
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:44:32 GMT
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:22:00 GMT
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:54:05 GMT
Mumbai's young batter also credits Ajinkya Rahana and Shreyas Iyer for their roles in putting up big partnerships
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:59:45 GMT
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:01:44 GMT
Jason Roy opted out of the tournament citing personal reasons
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:52:32 GMT
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Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:23:10 GMT
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Sun, 10 Mar 2024 03:19:26 GMT
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 17:57:45 GMT
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:48:55 GMT
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:44:50 GMT
He calls for 'allround' review of domestic cricket involving players and coaches
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:34:10 GMT
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:00:03 GMT
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 10:41:57 GMT
England suffered another collapse to crash to a 4-1 series defeat in Dharamsala
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 10:03:42 GMT
India coach praises the selectors' input and their captain was pleased with Kuldeep and Jaiswal's growth
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 07:14:15 GMT
Bumrah took charge of India in his absence
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:12:05 GMT
Shoaib Bashir is England's best bowler on the day, which ends with India comfortably ahead by 255 runs with two first-innings wickets in hand
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:00:34 GMT
Spin coach praises Bashir for overcoming illness, as he and Hartley keep fighting with the ball
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:20:40 GMT
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Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:10:27 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands that the India batter will also take a call on his international future soon
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:42:43 GMT
As Stokes himself acknowledged, "3-2 sounds better than 3-1 or 4-1", so another high-octane contest ought to be in prospect
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:24:01 GMT
India captain also reflected on the unusual paths both his career and R Ashwin's have gone, with the latter set to play his 100th Test
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:40:30 GMT
Cameron Green makes big strides as Jaiswal edges into top ten among batters
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:02:15 GMT
Bashir and Hartley both retained in spite of expectation of seam-friendly conditions in Dharamsala
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:35:36 GMT
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:45:32 GMT
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:54:30 GMT
England's latest caps centurion looks to finish India series on a high in Dharamsala
Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:08:24 GMT
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:18:49 GMT
The inter-zonal tournament of five three-day matches will be played in Pune between March 28 and April 11
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:43:23 GMT
Washington Sundar was released from the squad to play the Ranji Trophy semi-final for Tamil Nadu against Mumbai
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:30:55 GMT
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Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:51:26 GMT
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained in the top category
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:46:54 GMT
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:52:53 GMT
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:27:39 GMT
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:39:35 GMT
Ishan Kishan turned up for the Reserve Bank of India in the DY Patil T20 tournament
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:50:38 GMT
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:41:55 GMT
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:39:18 GMT
Bashir's two-in-two after lunch opened up the game, but in the end, England's second-innings collapse meant that they didn't have enough to play with
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:22:19 GMT
"During the Bengal game, I shouted at 17th player, and he complained to his dad who is a politician"
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:21:24 GMT
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are also set to feature in the tournament
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:24:59 GMT
England captain praises young spin attack despite India inflicting first series defeat of his tenure
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:52:19 GMT
Ashwin says the lack of bounce on the surface meant he had to adopt a different approach in Ranchi
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:26:54 GMT
India's spinners came to the party on day three in Ranchi after their wicketkeeper dug them out of a hole
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:06:16 GMT
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Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:32:37 GMT
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Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:09:37 GMT
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Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:37:40 GMT
Bhatia and Harmanpreet steered Mumbai's chase after Capsey and Rodrigues helped Delhi set a target of 172
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:01:32 GMT
India's debutant fast bowler picked up three wickets with the new ball to put India on top
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:13:56 GMT
India fast bowler has been missing in action since the final of the ODI World Cup in November 2023
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:23:53 GMT
First-day century rescues England after five-wicket morning to post 302 for 7 at the close
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:15:29 GMT
Veteran batter stepped in and took control shepherding his team from 112 for 5 to 302 for 7 by stumps
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:43:41 GMT
BCCI released the schedule only for the first 21 matches, till April 7, as the dates for India's general elections aren't out yet
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:38:04 GMT
England haven't lost a Test series since Stokes and McCullum took over but that could change in Ranchi
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:31:38 GMT
He is believed to have batted without any discomfort but did not keep wickets
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:37:42 GMT
He had opted out of the ongoing Tests against England due to personal reasons
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:33:33 GMT
KL Rahul is set to miss the fourth Test as well, while his participation in the final Test in Dharamsala is subject to fitness
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:56:20 GMT
Iyer has been ruled out due to back spasms, while Dube will miss out because of a side strain
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:25:35 GMT
Former Bengal captain requests BCCI to take steps to increase the significance of the Ranji Trophy
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:58:10 GMT
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Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:34:40 GMT
A veteran for Vidarbha, he is the only Indian batter to have scored fifty or more in his lone ODI appearance
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:01:34 GMT
Sarfaraz Khan played the perfect supporting act in a stand of 172 off 26.2 overs with Jaiswal to set up India's 2-1 series lead
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:07:11 GMT
Ashwin took the field at the start of the third session of play on the fourth day
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:51:43 GMT
England captain questions Zak Crawley's second-innings lbw dismissal
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:51 GMT
"I know how important every innings is and that's why I work hard in practice and every innings counts for me"
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:07 GMT
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Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:21:08 GMT
England captain ignores criticism of approach, while his return to bowling draws nearer
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:33:35 GMT
Despite the absence of Ashwin on the third day in Rajkot, India proceeded to seal their biggest Test win
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 08:07:46 GMT
Non-participation in domestic cricket will lead to "severe implications", secretary Jay Shah has said
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:36:11 GMT
Earlier in the day, India's bowling attack roared back to bowl out England for 319 despite Ben Duckett's 153
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:08:03 GMT
R Ashwin was pulled up for running on the protected area of the pitch on the second morning
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 03:56:03 GMT
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Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:25:05 GMT
A sensational century by Ben Duckett, at 88 balls the third fastest against India in India, left the hosts shell-shocked in Rajkot
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:24:30 GMT
At 98 Tests, he also becomes the second-fastest to the landmark in Test cricket
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 07:28:48 GMT
"My body won't allow me to continue bowling fast in red-ball cricket, so I have decided to quit"
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:17:14 GMT
Deepak Chahar and Shreyas Iyer also missing in action despite being specifically told to play first-class cricket
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:34:41 GMT
Sarfaraz's 66-ball innings lit up the afternoon but ended in heartbreak after he was run-out with Jadeja seeking a 100th run
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 06:03:05 GMT
BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirms as much; also says it's mandatory for centrally contracted players to play domestic cricket when fit
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:40:31 GMT
There are huge milestones to look forward to for Ashwin, Anderson and Stokes as India take on England's Bazball once again
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