Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag won the toss and opted to bat first against Delhi Capitals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Both teams have made a few changes as they look to fine-tune their combinations for this crucial clash.
For Rajasthan Royals, Ravi Bishnoi returns to the playing XI, strengthening their spin attack, while Dasun Shanaka misses out for this game.
Delhi Capitals, meanwhile, have received a massive boost with the return of Mitchell Starc, who is back in the XI after recovering from injury. Pathum Nissanka also returns after missing the previous game.
Meanwhile, Dushmantha Chameera misses out, while David Miller is a surprise omission.
Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
Impact subs: David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Auqib Nabi Dar
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma
Impact subs: Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Ravi Singh, Yash Raj Punja, Tushar Deshpande
RR vs DC: Captains at the toss
Riyan Parag explained that the surface looked slightly different from usual Jaipur wickets and could slow down later in the game.
“I think it's not the usual Jaipur wicket. It's a bit dry; we noticed that yesterday and the pitch played a little faster the other day. So hopefully it gets a little slow in the back end, so that's why we're batting first.”
Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel said the team is happy to chase and focused on getting the basics right.
“The wicket looks good and we're happy to chase. It's important to return to basics. You need to stay in the present to turn things around, focus on the positives. Attitude and body language are very important.”
