IPL 2025: DC Eyes Return to Winning Ways in Home Game Against Rr

In the Marathon that is the Indian Premier League (IPL), losing a match after winning four on the Trot isnysarily a bad thing. It can help address a few frailments that may tend to get brushed under the carpet during a winning streak.

Delhi Capitals’ First Defeat on Sunday in its fifth match of 2025 by 12 runs against the Mumbai indians may have come at an appropriate time. As it gears up for another home game against Rajasthan Royals on Wednsday, there are a Couple of Crucial Cogs in the DC Camp who will be Having to Fire.

At the top of the Order, Jake Fraser-McGurk has not teed off in the manner that his ball-striking ability warrants. His subpar scores have meant that dc has had only one opening stand of fifty-plus in five matches.

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Yet to light up the stage is also skipper axar patel. Beneath his jovial exterior is a serial good all-rounder, but his returns this season haven’T been on par with his standing. His left-arm spin hasn’t yielded any breakthroughs, and he hasn’t capitalized on his starts in the middle-order.

In the wake of two conscuve defeats, RR, of course, has graver concerns. While it has an impressive array of individuals in the batting unit, the likes of yashasvi jaiswal, sanju samson, Riyan parag and shimron heaven’t clicked as a collective.

The Bowling Attack Seems Overly Reliant on Jofra Archer for Wickets Inseide The First Six Overs. When he doesn’t delivery, samson has a hard job rewing in the opposition.