1. Team News – Rajasthan Royals
Royals were dealt with a huge blow on Tuesday (April 13) as they received news that they will be without their star all-rounder Ben Stokes, who has been ruled out of IPL 2021 with a broken finger. The RR side were already without their pace spearhead Jofra Archer. However, there is some good news that the English pacer has been cleared to train after completing rehab following a surgery. But, the return date for the paceman is not clear. Either England all-rounder Liam Livingstone or South African batsman David Miller are expected to make the Royals 11 in place of injured Stokes. As far as the rest of the team is concerned, they may look to tinker the opening option and may bring in left-handed youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal. And also look at bringing in Andrew Tye for Mustafizur Rahman, who was on the expensive side against PBKS.
2. Team News – Delhi Capitals
The Capitals may not look to tinker a winning combination, but with the availability of South African pacer Kagiso Rabada, he is expected to replace English pacer Tom Curran. However, Chris Woakes is expected to keep his place in the side after Anrich Nortje tested positive for COVID-19. They would've also opted for change in the spin department, but since Axar Patel is still not available, Amit Mishra will keep his place.
Probable Playing 11s
RR XI: Sanju Samson (captain/wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal/Manan Vohra, David Miller/Liam Livingstone, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Andrew Tye/Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya
DC XI: Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Chris Woakes, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan
Dream11 Team Prediction
Sanju Samson (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler, Shivam Dube, R Ashwin, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Kagiso Rabada, Chetan Sakariya