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The Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played in 2025 today double header (two matches in a Dim). In the second match of the day, Delhi Capitals (DC) will face Gujarat Titans (GT). The match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi from 7:30 pm. Both teams will clash for the second time this season. In the last match, Gujarat defeated Delhi by 7 wickets.
DC has 13 points in 11 matches in the points table. Now he will have to win at least two out of three matches to qualify in the playoffs. Whereas Gujarat Titans are almost confirmed in the playoffs. The GT is at the top with 16 points and the Qualifier-1 would like to win more and more matches to stay. In such a situation, there can be a tough collision between these two.
At the same time, Rajasthan Royals (RR) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the first match of the day. The match will start at 3:30 pm at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Preview of second match …
Match details, 60th match DC Vs GT date- 18 May Stadium- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
Both equal in head to head A total of 6 matches have been played between the two teams in the IPL so far. DC in 3 and GT won only in 3. On this ground, both teams have faced each other twice. Both won 1–1.
KL Rahul DC’s top scorer Wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul is the top scorer of DC. He has scored 381 runs in 10 matches. His best unbeaten 93 runs this season. The team’s top wicket is Taker Mitchell Starc. However, Stark has returned to his country and will not play the remaining matches. In such a situation, the current top wicket of the team is Kuldeep Yadav.
Famous purple cap race on top Gujarat fast bowlers are at the top of the famous Krishna Purple Cap race. The famous has taken 20 wickets in 11 matches played this season. Sai Sudarshan, who is second in the Orange Cap race, has scored the most runs for the team.
Pitch report Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi always helps the batsmen on the pitch. For this reason, there have been continuous scores around 190-200. In the last few matches, the teams who bat first have benefited. Here the first batting team can put pressure on another team by creating a big score.
The toss can play an important role in the match. A total of 93 IPL matches were played at this stadium. The first batting team won 45 matches and the first bowling team also won 47 matches. 1 match was also inconclusive. The highest team score of the ground is 266/7, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Delhi last year.
Weather condition Delhi will have a lot of heat on Sunday. The sun will also be very fast. There is 1% fears of rain. The temperature here can be from 30 to 42 degrees Celsius on the match day.
Possible playing-12 Delhi Capitals of both teams: Akshar Patel (Captain), Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Sameer Rizvi, Triston Stabs, Madhav Tiwari, Dushmantha Chamera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mustafizur Rahman, Ashutosh Sharma.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (Captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jose Butler, Shah Rukh Khan, Arshad Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Jerald Kodji, famous Krishna, Sherfen Rutherford.