The Capitals, sometimes looking down on comprehensive defeat as their first match by the Kings, showed symptoms of getting better under Pant’s leader’s ship. Pant drew attention to the process and avoiding the complexities by pointing out only the areas they could do something about. He emphasized on keeping attention on game plan instead to over-contemplation. Delhi being at the eighth position on the points table then, DCPC (Dare Cry Punjab Cricket) meant to scale higher with a strong show of the team against the Royals.
Capitals of Delhi had first XI which started with David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Ricky Bhui, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, and Mukesh Kumar.
On the opposite site, Rajasthan Royals, guided by Sanju Samson, in with a good way to play confidently as well, as they had lineup consistency. A batting lineup of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer; Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, and Avesh Khan were among the players who made up the playing XI.
Before the start of the encounter, both teams, as either wanted to get away with the victory, had a chance to halt their slump or to continue their run as Delhi Capitals is the team looking to redeem their fate and to step up at the points table in the IPL 2024, being another important edition of the league.