Delhi Capitals will be facing Royal Challengers Bangalore in a blockbuster at RCB’s home ground on April 15.
DC, who is yet to win a match in this season, will look to open their account against RCB today. However, DC team management is quite worried about the form of their opener – Prithvi Shaw
Prithvi Shaw’s technical problems against top-quality pace attacks have come to the fore this season. The opener has failed to score big in any of the matches played so far. Hence, DC could bring in Phil Salt in the starting XI in place of Prithvi Shaw. The hard-hitting English batter is known for his attacking innings at the start and his explosive style might be exactly what DC needs to support Warner while he takes his time playing the anchor role. Rovman Powel is likely to make his way out to accommodate Phil Salt.
Apart from this, any one of Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar and Chetan Sakariya could be used as the domestic pace option in the starting line-up.
Here’s DC’s likely XI vs RCB:
Openers: David Warner (c), Phil Salt.
Middle Order: Abhishek Porel (wk), Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey.
All-Rounders: Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav.
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed.
DELHI CAPITALS:
David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Abishek Porel (replacement).
Withdrawn Player: Rishabh Pant.