After facing a dominating loss against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC) will be hosting Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Feroz Shah Kotla in another epic encounter on Saturday for the last time in the 53rd game of the league stage in IPL 2019. On the other hand, RR will be looking to register a win anyhow to keep their playoff hopes alive. Delhi registered a six-wicket win over RR when both these two teams met last time.

Having lost their previous match, Delhi would be eyeing a win to secure the second spot in the points table. On the contrary, the Royals are struggling to make it into the playoffs as they have often succumbed under pressure in spite of playing some decent cricket. With five wins and seven defeats in their thirteen league fixtures, Rajasthan is precariously placed at the fifth position with 13 points. They have to breach the Delhi fortress if they want to stay alive in this tournament.

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Let us, try and churn out the best possible XIs of both the teams in the game:

Delhi Capitals (DC)

The hosts are likely to go ahead with the same starting lineup that lost against CSK. However, their combination of four spinners will help their cause on the slow track at home. Delhi needs to win, especially in the absence of Kagiso Rabada.

Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Colin Ingram, Sherfane Rutherford, Axar Patel, Chris Morris, Amit Mishra, Trent Boult, Jagadeesha Suchith. 

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Steve Smith has returned for the World Cup preparations, which means Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Royals. Ashton Turner is likely to replace him in the starting lineup. Apart from that, they might also opt to included Rahul Tripathi in the squad. 

Probable XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag, Stuart Binny, Mahipal Lomror/Rahul Tripathi, Oshane Thomas, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron