Preview:

The 40th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Gujarat Titans had won against Punjab Kings by 3 wickets in the last match. Batting first in the match, Punjab was all out for 142 runs in 20 overs. For GT, Sai Kishore took the maximum of 4 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. Gujarat chased down the target with 5 balls remaining on the strength of Rahul Tewatia’s unbeaten inning of 36 runs.

On the other hand, Delhi Capitals had to face defeat by 67 runs in the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the match, SRH, batting first, scored 266 runs on the board at the loss of 7 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav proved to be expensive for DC, but was successful in taking 4 wickets. While chasing the target, Delhi team was all out for 199 runs in 19.1 overs. Jake Fraser McGurk played the highest innings of 65 runs for the team.

In the points table, Gujarat Titans are at sixth position with four wins and 8 points from 8 matches. Whereas Delhi Capitals is at 8th position with three wins and 6 points in 8 matches. In the first match played between the two teams this season, Delhi defeated Gujarat by 6 wickets.

Match Details:

Pitch Report:

The pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi seems to provide more support to the batsmen. Due to the shot boundary, it is easy for the batsmen to hit fours and sixes here. As the game progresses, the spinners get more help here. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 164 runs. Whichever team wins the toss here will prefer to bowl first.

Head to Head Records:

Probable Playing XIs:

Delhi Capitals (DC):

Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anirk Norkhia, Kuldeep Yadav, Khalil Ahmed

Gujarat Titans (GT):

Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmed, Mohit Sharma

Probable Best Batter of the Match:

In the last match, Jake Fraser McGurk had played an inning of 65 runs in 18 balls with the help of 5 fours and 7 sixes against Sunrisers Hyderabad. McGurk can also bat brilliantly against Gujarat Titans.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match:

Rashid Khan took one wicket for 15 runs in 4 overs against Punjab Kings in the last match. Rashid Khan can also be seen bowling economically against Delhi Capitals.

Who will win today’s match (Today’s Match Prediction):

Scenario 1

Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose bowling

Powerplay Score- 40-50

Score of first innings- 180-190

Delhi Capitals won

Scenario 2

Gujarat Titans won the toss and chose bowling

Powerplay Score- 35-45

Score of first innings- 160-170

Gujarat Titans won