Delhi Capitals are playing an away game against Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium on Thursday evening. This is the 2nd game for both teams in this IPL 2024 season but Rajasthan and Delhi are heading into this game on a contrasting form. RR won the opening match against Lucknow Super Giants by 20 runs, while Delhi came up short against Punjab Kings. That’s why RR didn’t flirt with their winning combination against DC, while Delhi have made two changes in their Playing 11, with one of the new players being Anrich Nortje.
Who Has Anrich Nortje Has Replaced In DC Playing XI?
The South African fast-bowler has replaced Shai Hope in DC Playing 11. As Pant revealed during the toss that Hope had a back spasm and that’s why the West Indian had to be replaced in the playing 11.
DC struggled for form last season and one of the reasons was the form of their bowlers. Nortje also struggled for consistency as the South African could only manage 10 wickets in 10 games, while giving away runs at 9.10 per overs. Check out Anrich Nortje overall IPL stats:
| Matches | 40 |
| Balls Bowled | 922 |
| Runs Given | 1280 |
| Wickets | 53 |
| Best Bowling | 3/33 |
| Average | 24.15 |
| Economy | 8.33 |
Mukesh Kumar Replaces Ishant Sharma
The other change in DC Playing 11 was Mukesh Kumar who came into the XI in place of fast bowler Ishant Sharma. The veteran looked rather rusty in the match against Punjab and was given only two overs in which he gave away 16 runs.
As for Mukesh, this will be the 2nd season for him in IPL. The 30-year-old played 10 games during the course of IPL 2023, and took 7 wickets at an average of 46.57.
Perfect Start For Delhi Capitals In RR vs DC IPL 2024 Match
Before the match, Delhi Capitals were a clear underdog against Rajasthan Royals. But the away team started brilliantly with Mukesh Kumar sending the dangerous Yashasvi Jaiswal back to pavilion in the 2nd over. Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler also departed early with the duo managing only 15 and 11 runs respectively. At the time of publishing this article, Rajasthan Royals were 48/3 in 9.2 overs.
