The Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bat first against the Chennai Super Kings at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. While CSK fields an unchanged playing XI, the Delhi Capitals have included Prithvi Shaw back in their side.
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DC’s head coach, Ricky Ponting had hinted that they could bring in Shaw back to their starting side. Ponting suggested that not having Anrich Nortje meant that they could not bring in Shaw and opted for four overseas batters in their 11.
“Yeah, Shaw’s pushing for it. He has worked hard in the last couple of weeks. Our team make-up in the first game without obviously (Anrich) Nortje being in allowed us to play four overseas batsmen,” said Ponting ahead of their clash vs CSK.
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The five-time champions have maintained the same combination from their previous game against the Gujarat Titans. However, they will face a big test of playing away from home. Results have shown that in the previous 12 games of the 2024 season, the away side has only managed to win a game in one instance. This was when the Kolkata Knight Riders managed to secure the win over the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
But CSK have a plethora of bowling options in their arsenal and coupled with MS Dhoni’s tactical acumen, the side could be poised for yet another win to make it three in as many games.
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Rishabh Pant’s side will look to establish their dominance all through the game as they missed out on what seemed to be a certain win in their previous game against the Rajasthan Royals. However, they will have to make do with their impact subs as Kuldeep Yadav has not been named in their playing 11 or the bench.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman
Delhi Capitals Substitutes: Sumit Kumar, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar Salam, Praveen Dubey, Jake Fraser-McGurk
Chennai Super Kings Substitutes: Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner
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