At Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals met for match number 11 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. DC captain David Warner won the toss and asked Sanju Samson’s team to bat first. Warner also revealed that all-rounder Mitchell Marsh would be absent due to his return home to Australia.
In his first two matches for the Capitals, Marsh failed to make an impact for his team as he failed to score a goal in either match. But that is not why he’s not playing against Rajasthan Royals – Marsh has returned home to Australia for marriage and will be available again after one week for the Capitals.
“We don’t know what will happen tonight. Hopefully, we can start off well,” Warner said at the toss.
“Marsh has gone home to get married – all our best wishes to him. There’s one forced change with Powell coming in place of Marsh and other changes too – Lalit replacing Sarfraz and Manish Pandey joining Manish,” Warner concluded by noting that Marsh had left to get married.
IPL 2023 Preview – DC Vs RR Playing 11s
At the helm for Delhi Capitals are David Warner(c), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw and Rovman Powell; Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel are out injured while Abishek Porel(w), Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed and Kuldeep Yadav will make up the lineup alongside Mukesh Kumar for this match.
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal
DC have apparently informed their skipper of the decision to rest opener Prithvi Shaw. This could be an attempt by DC to surprise the Royals by unexpectedly bringing Shaw back in for his debut match against DC.
