Our expert tipster has cast their eye over the upcoming match between the Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, and he’s picking last season’s runners-up to come out on top
Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Capitals
15th April
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Live on Sky Sports Cricket
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Historically, this match is too close to call. In 22 meetings, both sides have won an equal share of the games – 11. However, most people will just look at last season’s league placements where Delhi Capitals finished close runners up while Rajasthan Royals floundered at the bottom and naturally pick DC. However, after a strong auction outing that saw them bring in the likes of Chris Morris and Shivam Dube, expect to see the Royals make a much stronger go of it this year. But the Delhi Capitals have all-rounders like Marcus Stoinis and Axar Patel to choose from, so we’re expecting an entertaining game this time around.
Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Capitals Odds
Delhi Capitals are the bookies favourites. A RR win is priced at TBC while a DC victory is TBC.
Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Capitals Tips
Expect a big game from new captain Rishabh Pant, who was recently handed the Delhi Capitals captaincy after an injury removed Shreyas Iyer from contention during last month’s ODI series against India. Pant’s side are one of the more balanced in this season’s competition, and we expect to see a strong performance at the bat from them, which is why we fancy them not only to win the game, but game sixes as well at a price of TBC. We believe Ben Stokes will lead the way for Rajasthan Royals and be their top batsman which you can get for TBC here on NetBet.
Ben Stokes to be Rajasthan Royals’ top batsman – TBC
RR have a whole host of talented batsmen, with Jos Buttler costing a similar price and appearing to be an equally good bet here, but we fancy Ben Stokes as the man to impress on Thursday.
Delhi Capitals to win game sixes – TBC
They’re going to win the match in our opinion, but they’ll also get the most match sixes which is always a better odds bet.
Squads
Rajasthan Royals Squad
Sanju Samson (c/wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.
Delhi Capitals Squad
Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Sam Billings, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Curran, Chris Woakes, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Ripal Patel, Praveen Dubey, Manimaran Siddharth, Lukman Meriwala.
For more betting odds on the 2021 Indian Premier League, head over to the NetBet Cricket page.
*Odds are subject to change.
