Rajasthan Royals will lock horns against Delhi Capitals in the 43rd match of the ongoing IPL 2026 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on Friday. While RR had registered a comprehensive win against table-toppers Punjab Kings in their last game, Delhi Capitals were blown away for 75 runs by RCB.
RR’s skipper Riyan Parag has been under the cosh for his mundane performances. Furthermore, the batter from Assam was caught vaping in the dressing room and has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee. This incident will further put Parag under pressure, and he needs to deliver.
Meanwhile, Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey had added the finishing touches in the previous game against PBKS, and it would have done a world of good to the franchise as they were too dependent on their top three.
However, RR might want to look back at their selection as they had dropped Ravi Bishnoi in the last game despite the leg-spinner doing well.
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals would need to pull up their socks with the ball as they were bundled out for 75 against RCB. DC can think of opening with either Prithvi Shaw or Abishek Sharma after Sahil Parakh had failed to grab his opportunity.
Head to Head: Matches: 30, Won by RR: 15, Won by DC: 15.
Delhi Capitals Squad: KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi Dar, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, Mitchell Starc, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prithvi Shaw, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Madhav Tiwari
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kwena Maphaka, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Raj Punja, Aman Rao Perala
