Explained: why delhi capitals have only two overseas players in playing xi vs gujarat titans
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Delhi capitals are currently taking on the Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in A Battle of the top two teams of the IPL 2025 Points Table on Saturday (April 19). At the toss, where gt elected to bowl first, there was a bit of surprise when axar patel named the dc playing xi. In a raather bold move, only two overseas players – tristan stubbs and mitchell starc – whamed in the playing xi instead of the full quota of four.
Why are dc playing with just two overseas stars in playing xi?
Delhi Capitals Have Dropped Jake Fraser-McGurk, Who was having a pretty poor season as an opener for the franch, after a breakthrough season in ipl 2024. As a matter of fact, he scored these runs at a strike rate of just 105.76, which is much lower than what was expected of Him.
On the other hand, faf du plessis has also not been selected in the playing xi. The Veteran South Africa Star Sustained Anjury While Fielding for Delhi Capitals in his Match Against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. He Missed The Next Two Matches Against Mumbai Indians (April 13) and Rajasthan Royals (April 16), respectively. He is yet to recover from this injury.
With dc having just 6 foreign players in their squad, they did not have any option other than du plesses and fraser-mcGurk to open the batting. Hence, they opted for an all-India opening pair in karun nair and abhishek porel.
DC might just brings in another overseas star when they are bowling in the form of dushmantha chamera, who is part of the five impostities for the Away side.
DC Playing Xi vs GT
Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL RAHUL (WK), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, MUKESH KUMAR
Impact subs: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Darshan Nalkande, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chamera
