The Delhi Capitals who find themselves at the bottom of the IPL points table again this season will host the 2016 IPL champions, the Sunrisers Hyderabad who are also struggling this season.
This is a quick second fixture of this clash, with both teams having played their last match against each other last Monday.
The Sunrisers will not have the services of Washington Sundar who has been ruled out of the rest of the season with a hamstring injury.
TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at all the big details that you should know for this blockbuster clash on Saturday:
What: IPL 2023 Match 40
Teams: Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad
When: April 29, Saturday - 7:30 PM IST start. Toss at 7 PM IST
Where: Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi
Head to head of these two teams from IPL 2022: The two teams played each other once last season and DC won that game by 21 runs.
Overall Head to Head:
Played: 22
Won by SRH: 11
Won by DC: 11
Where the two teams finished last season: Delhi Capitals finished 5th, while the Sunrisers Hyderabad finished 8th
Win-Loss record of the two teams in IPL 2022 (league stage):
Sunrisers Hyderabad - Played - 14, Won - 6, Lost - 8, Points - 12
Delhi Capitals - Played - 14, Won - 7, Lost - 7, Points - 14
Results for the two teams so far in IPL 2023 (Last 5):
Delhi Capitals: W, W, L, L, L
Sunrisers Hyderabad: L, L, L, W, W
Captains:
Delhi Capitals - David Warner
Sunrisers Hyderabad - Aiden Markram
Likely Playing XIs:
Delhi Capitals: David Warner (C), Philip Salt (WK), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Aman Khan, Ripal Patel, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (C), Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Adil Rashid, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande
Full squads:
Delhi Capitals: David Warner(c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Abishek Porel(WK), Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sarfaraz Khan, Praveen Dubey, Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Ripal Patel
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram, (C), Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Harry Brook, Mayank Dagar, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Akeal Hosain, Marco Jansen, Kartik, Tyagi, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Glenn Phillips, Adil Rashid, Sanvir Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Washington Sundar, Upendra Yadav
Weather Forecast for Delhi on April 29:
Maximum Temperature: 33 degrees celsius
Minimum Temperature: 23 degrees celsius
Partly cloudy in the evening
Wind: 11 kmph
Cloud Cover: 60 %
Chances of rain: 0%
Stadium Capacity: 41,842
Pitch: Spinners likely to get purchase. Pacers might find it difficult against set batters. Batters will look to cash in. Average score in this ground this season is around 158. Captain winning the toss might opt to bowl first. All 3 previous game on this ground this season have been won by the team batting second
Where to Watch:
Digital: You can catch ball by ball commentary, match analysis, latest scores, records and more on - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
TV: Star Sports Network
Live Streaming: Jio Cinema
New Rules:
Impact Player: Both captains will have a list of up to 5 substitutes. 1 of them can be called in as the Impact Player to bat and bowl.
Name Playing XI after the toss: Both captains will be allowed to pick a playing XI they have pre-decided depending on the outcome of the toss. Teams could be prepared with two slightly different XIs, if they choose to do so. The team sheets will be exchanged after the toss.
