Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) are one of the oldest participants of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Both rivals have a long history together, ever since the commencement of the IPL.
RR versus DC is an epic battle that has been contested 26 times in the history of IPL but didn’t have an emerging winner, as both the teams have won 13 games each. This top head-to-head competitive rivalry has surfaced multiple times but could not give the fans a winner. While Rajasthan Royals won their first IPL title in 2008, Delhi Capitals (previously known as Delhi Daredevils) is still looking to win its first IPL title.
Both the teams have decently balanced player squads who have given huge defeats to the other team in their head-to-head games. Here is an analysis of the best player battles to look for in this 11th Match of the TATA IPL 2023.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Ravichandran Ashwin is the strongest player of the RR squad to contest against DC. Having been a part of the DC squad himself in the year 2020-21, he knows the possible strategies of the team quite well. He has always had a good record against DC’s opening batsman David Warner. The aggressive batsman has been dismissed multiple times by the Indian bowler and has had a low strike rate of 107.53 against Ashwin.
Trent Boult has had an incredible record with the ball against DC in the past matches. Just like R. Ashwin, he has also been an integral part of the DC camp in the past. Boult has dismissed DC’s right-handed opening batsman Prithvi Shaw thrice while conceding 28 runs from 25 deliveries.
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Delhi Capitals (DC)
Rovman Powell has had a good striking record against RR’s ace fast bowler, Trent Boult. He has smashed 45 runs against him while taking just 24 deliveries. His aggressive batting might go slow today, as Trent has dismissed him thrice in the past.
Shimron Hetmyer is another player who is now a part of the Rajasthan squad after being an integral part of DC. Hetmyer has not had a good experience against spin bowling, and Kuldeep Yadav can be a good option against him to keep the Caribbean Player’s bat silent.
DC will keep an eye on The Royals’ Captain Sanju Samson’s quick knocks and shall deploy their ace spin bowler Axar Patel against him. Sanju has had a low strike rate of 111.67 against him and has been dismissed twice by Axar.
The left-handed opening batsman David Warner is all set and is gearing up to practice a Reverse sweep shot against Ravichandran Ashwin in the hope of scoring high runs against him if he is given the ball to bowl in the powerplay.