Rajasthan Royals Playing 11 vs Delhi Capitals- IPL 2024, Match 9

Rajasthan Royals takes on Delhi Capitals in match 9 of IPL 2024 in Jaipur. This is the second home game for the Royals and the second away game on the trot for the Capitals.

Both teams made opposite starts to the tournament. While the Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants, the Capitals lost to the Punjab Kings.

The Royals got their core of the side well retained and the impact of that was visible in the very first game. Sanju Samson got the runs up at the top with the bat and the likes of Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Yuzvendra Chahal ensured that LSG could not surpass the total.

The Royals along with Chennai Super Kings are among the two teams who have a good record at home in the IPL. They started on a winning note and would like to continue their winning run at home.

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After a clinical performance against the Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals might just play the same XI on Thursday and back them to win another game. They have a favourable record at home against Delhi Capitals winning four out of the six games.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11 vs Delhi Capitals- IPL 2024, Match 9

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Jaiswal will open the batting. He scored 24 off 12 balls. He had a brilliant Test series against England heading into the IPL where he scored over 700 runs. The southpaw scored 625 runs last IPL season.

Jos Buttler

Buttler will open the batting with Jaiswal The dup forms a formidable opening pair at the top for the Royals. The Engalnd batter scored 11 off nine balls in the first game.

Sanju Samson (C/WK)

Samson will bat at three, He started his campaign with an unbeaten 82 against LSG. He scored 458 runs in IPL 2022 and 362 runs in IPL 2023. He was good with his leadership as well.

Riyan Parag

Parag was promoted at four and he did not disappoint against LSG. He scored 48 off 29 balls and scored at a strike rate of nearly 150. Parag had had good numbers in the recent domestic season for Assam in the SMAT trophy.

Shimron Hetmyer / Rovman Powell

The southpaw will bat at five. He scored 299 runs for the Royals last year at a strike rate of 151.78. The Royals have another option in Rovman Powell who can also bat at number five or six in the batting order.

Dhruv Jurel

Dhruv Jurel scored 20 of 12 balls in a crucial cameo against the Lucknow Super Giants. He recently made his Test debut against England and carried his form into the IPL. Jurel has a career strike rate of 172 in the IPL.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin will slot in at seven. He took 1 for 35 in his spell against LSG in the first match. He picked up one wicket in the last game and has taken 27 wickets so far for the Royals in 31 matches.

Trent Boult

Boult will open the batting for the Royals. He invariably has taken wickets consistently in the powerplay. He took 13 wickets in the last IPL season and started with two in the first game. So far he has taken 31 wickets for the Royals.

Sandeep Sharma

Sandeep Sharma will be the Indian specialist death overs bowler for the Royals. He showed his class in the very first game picking up 1 for 22 coming into bowl after the first 10 overs.

Avesh Khan

Avesh is the second specialist Indian seamer in the XI. He went wicketless but bowled three economical overs. He was traded off to the Royals in exchange of Devdutt Padikkal by LSG.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Chahal concludes the likely RR XI for their match against Delhi Capitals. He picked up one for 25 in the match against LSG. He is the top-wicket taker in the IPL with 188 wickets. He is one short of 50 IPL wickets for the Royals.

Impact Sub- Nandre Burger

Burger was used as the Impact Sub in the last match and might be used in the same role in this match as well. The South African pacer picked one for 30 as he picked the wicket of Ayush Badoni.

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