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Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Report: DC vs GT: Delhi Capitals will host Gujarat Titans in the 7th match of IPL 2023 season…
Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Report: DC vs GT: Delhi Capitals will host Gujarat Titans in the 7th match of IPL 2023 season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Tuesday, 4th April. DC lost their first match of the stadium to KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants by 50 runs. David Warner’s Capitals would be willing to get their first win of the season at their home ground and get going on the points table. Hardik Pandya’s GT are coming of a nice 5 wicket victory against 4 time champs CSK in the opening match of the season. Right now DC are placed at the 9th spot on the table whereas GT stands at the 4th positon.
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The Capitals will be ecstatic as the pacers trio of Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi and Mustafizur Rahman have joined their squad ahead of the match. The opening pair of current captain David Warner and Prithvi Shaw will try and provide a great start to the team. The stand in captain for Rishabh Pant made a crucial 56 in DC’s first match but was unable to win the match for his side.
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Defending champions GT won their and the season’s opening match, and would now be motivated to replicate the same result. David Miller alongside Matthew Wade who replaces an injured Kane Willaimson will be back for the Titans, and both would strengthen their middle-order. Shubman Gill has been in great nick and Rashid Khan was the player of the match last game picking wickets and making crucial runs for his side.
Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Report
This will be the first match that is being hosted at this stadium in IPL 2023 season. The pitch is expected to be batter friendly at this venue, and the fans can expect a lot of boundaries during the course of the match. India and South Africa played a T20I here in 2022, where South Africa chased the target of 212 runs comfortably.
Out of the 77 matches that have been played here at his venue, chasing teams won 42 time while teams batting first have 34 times and one game ended as no result. Delhi Capitals have a below average record here having won 30 out of the 70 matches while Gujarat Titans will be playing there first match here.
During the IPL 2021 season, the average first innings score here was 195 runs. Out of four matches that were played, three were won by the chasing teams. There is no room for error for the bowlers here.
The boundaries are quite small and the outfield is fast. It is certain that both teams would want to chase here in Delhi. A high-scoring affair is on the cards considering the batting quality of both sides.
