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Saino Zachariah
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Delhi Capitals (DC) are hosting former champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium for the IPL 2025 clash on Wednesday, April 16.
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DC’s unbeaten run finally came to an end after they went down against rivals Mumbai Indians at home. Karun Nair, who returned to IPL after a long hiatus, was the star of the show for DC but they eventually fell short of their target.
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RR are on the back of a demoralising nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bengaluru last weekend in their first game of the season at their original him, Jaipur.
Here is the match day blog, scores, and highlights, brought to you by The Sporting News.
READ MORE: IPL 2025 full schedule, fixtures, results and points table for Indian Premier League cricket season
Both captains have confirmed that they will field unchanged XIs.
7:01 pm: Sanju Samson wins the toss and elects to bowl first.
6:15 pm: The toss is scheduled at 7 pm IST.
Hello and welcome to the live match blog of today’s IPL 2025 match between DC and RR at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
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Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (capt), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande.
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The two teams, since the IPL started in 2008, have faced each other in 29 matches where the Royals have had an edge with 15 wins to 14 of the Capitals.
According to Dafabet, DC are the favourites to win the match against RR tonight.
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Saino Zachariah is a content producer at The Sporting News, with a focus on cricket, AFL, NRL, and Indian sports.
His work has appeared in publications such as The Mirror UK & US, Irish Star, and Express where he has covered MLB, football, tennis, and basketball. 
Starting his journey through fantasy sports, he developed a keen eye for numbers and trends shaping the game’s narrative. Despite a background in science, he draws inspiration from art, film, and history.

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