Rajasthan Royals (RR) will look to make it back-to-back home wins when they host Delhi Capitals (DC) in match 9 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday (March 28).
Sanju Samson-led RR head into the match on the back of a 20-run win against Lucknow Super Giants, while DC led by Rishabh Pant will look to respond the 4-wicket loss to Punjab Kings in their season opener.

Royals rode on skipper Samson’s unbeaten 52-ball 82 to set a target of 194 for LSG, who fell short in the run chase in Jaipur despite fifties from captain KL Rahul and vice captain Nicholas Pooran after some terrific death bowling by Sandeep Sharma.
DC, on the other hand, failed to defend a total of 175 as Abhishek Porel’s late cameo of an unbeaten 32 off 10 balls was overshadowed by Sam Curran’s fifty, which helped PBKS home with 4 balls to spare.
Now, the two teams led by wicketkeeper-batters will collide for the 28th time in IPL, and for the seventh time at the Jaipur stadium. Here is a look at the head to head numbers:
In the 27 RR vs DC head to head meetings in IPL, Rajasthan Royals has a slight edge of 14-13 over Delhi Capitals. In the last 5 meetings also, RR hold a 3-2 edge over DC.
In the solitary meeting in 2023, RR rode on Jos Buttler (79 off 51) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (60 off 31) fifties to post a total of 199 before Trent Boult (3/29), Yuzvendra Chahal (3/27) and R Ashwin (2/25) helped restrict DC to 142/9 to seal a 51-run win in Guwahati.
| STAT | For RR vs DC | For DC vs RR |
| Wins Batting 1st | 7 | 7 |
| Wins Chasing | 7 | 6 |
| Highest Total | 222 | 207 |
| Lowest Total | 115 | 87 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 186 | 193 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 165 | 150 |
| Most Runs | Ajinkya Rahane (601 runs) | Rishabh Pant (357 runs) |
| Highest scorer | Jos Buttler (116) | Mitchell Marsh (89) |
| Most Sixes | Jos Buttler (20 sixes) | Rishabh Pant (18 sixes) |
| Most Fours | Ajinkya Rahane (62 fours) | Virender Sehwag (41 fours) |
| Most Fifties | Ajinkya Rahane (4 fifties) | David Warner & Rishabh Pant (4 fifties each) |
| Most wickets | Shane Watson & Jaydev Unadkat (9 wickets each) | Amit Mishra (20 wickets) |
| Best Bowling | Shane Watson (3/10) | Pawan Negi (4/14) |
In the 6 previous meetings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, the Royals possess a 4-2 record against the Capitals, who also won on their most recent visit to Jaipur in 2019. Here is a look at RR vs DC head to head in Jaipur:
| Stats | RR vs DC in Jaipur | DC vs RR in Jaipur |
| Matches | 6 | 6 |
| Wins | 4 | 2 |
| Defeats | 2 | 4 |
| Wins Batting First | 1 | 0 |
| Wins Chasing | 3 | 2 |
| Highest Total | 191/6 in 2019 | 193/4 in 2019 |
| Lowest Total | 141/6 in 2012 | 151/6 in 2011 |
Apart from facing Delhi Capitals on their home turf, Rajasthan Royals have face different oppostion at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur over the years. Here is a look the RR and DC's numbers in Jaipur: