Rajasthan Royals (RR) will host Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 43rd match of IPL 2026 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The toss will take place at 7:00 PM IST. The first bowl will be bowled 30 minutes after the fixture. RR have 6 wins in 9 games and sit in the fourth position in the points table. They have 12 points. A win over DC will see them finish the day as the top-placed team. With 13 points, Punjab Kings top the table. They suffered their first defeat of the season against RR recently. RR now have an opportunity to dethrone them from the top.
DC are struggling in IPL 2026 and they have only managed 3 wins in 8 matches. The Delhi-based franchise has 6 points at an NRR of -1.060. A win here will see DC move to the sixth spot. Chennai Super Kings currently sit in the sixth position.
Mitchell Starc available for DC
A fit-again Mitchell Starc is set to take the field for DC for the first time in IPL 2026. He was recovering from a shoulder injury and was only cleared to play from May 1. The left-arm pacer joined DC in the IPL 2025 mega-auction.
Lungi Ngidi, who landed on his head while taking a catch against Delhi Capitals, is now fit and he has resumed bowling. It remains to be seen whether DC include him in the playing XI against RR.
prediction
Rajasthan Royals pulled off a heist by defeating Punjab Kings in their previous game and they are the favorites going into the game against DC. DC have struggled in the season so far. RR will hope that their openers Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal, once again do the job at the start of the innings.
Rajasthan Royals: Riyan Parag (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja, Ravi Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Adam Milne, Aman Rao Perala, Vignesh Puthur, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kwena Maphaka, Yudhvir Singh. Charak, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (Captain), Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Dushmantha Chameera, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Auqib Nabi Dar, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prithvi Shaw, Pathum Nissanka, Rehan Ahmed, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Karun Nair
