Delhi Capitals, looking to end a dismal home run, face a confident Chennai Super Kings in a crucial playoff battle at Arun Jaitley Stadium. While both teams are coming off wins, DC must address their league-worst catching efficiency to succeed.
Delhi Capitals (DC) will be aiming to end their poor run at home this season as they take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday. The Capitals, upbeat after a win over the Rajasthan Royals away from home, take on CSK, who are also fresh and confident after a dominant win over arch-rivals Mumbai Indians (MI). Both sides are pretty much in playoff contention at this point, and a win for either one of these sides will strengthen their fight for the top four.
DC's Poor Home Form
DC have had a horror run at Arun Jaitley so far. After starting off with a win over Mumbai Indians (MI), DC's promising campaign took a turn for worse with a shocker one-run loss to Gujarat Titans (GT), during which David Miller denied a single with two runs needed in two while chasing 211 runs, a loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS) which saw Shreyas Iyer led side chase a record-breaking 265 runs despite KL Rahul's majestic 152* and a nine-wicket loss to defending Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), which saw DC skittled out for 75 runs and be at 13/6 at the end of the powerplay. After this match against CSK, they still have matches against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on May 8 and 17 to make amends for recent poor performances at home.
Capitals' Catching Woes
But for this, they will have to improve their catching efficiency. The Capitals have dropped 16 catches so far in the tournament, and their catching efficiency at 65.2 per cent is the worst among all teams. DC will have to make sure that this alarming stat witnesses some improvement if they are to reach the playoffs.
Squads
Delhi Capitals Squad
KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, David Miller, Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prithvi Shaw, Auqib Nabi Dar, Rehan Ahmed, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari
Chennai Super Kings Squad
Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Prashant Veer, Shreyas Gopal, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Kartik Sharma, MS Dhoni, Akeal Hosein, Matt Henry, Sarfaraz Khan, Matthew Short, Rahul Chahar, Spencer Johnson, Akash Madhwal, Aman Khan, Gurjapneet Singh, Zakary Foulkes. (ANI)
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