Jofra Archer to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Archer is right on the money! A slip in position for him and he starts with a searing inswinger on the pads, full in length, Jake Fraser-McGurk flicks it straight to square leg.
In all readiness for the action to begin. The umpires and players are all out in the middle. Jake Fraser-McGurk is joined by Abishek Porel to open the innings for Delhi Capitals. Jofra Archer has the new ball in hand and is raring to start the proceedings. Archer to JFM first up. Away we go!
Karun Nair from Delhi Capitals is in for a chat. He says it was special to have his family around when he scored a 50 and wants to repeat it again in this game. Mentions he wasn't targeting any bowler and was only focusing on the balls and he had complete freedom of thought and wanted to just commit to the plans he had in mind. Says he worked hard and, more importantly, started believing in himself and trusting his instincts to play the way he wanted to, which has helped him.
The captain of Delhi Capitals, Axar Patel, says that they would have bowled first as well. Says in the last game, they were in the hunt, and because of the dew factor, he wanted bowl. Adds it is important to learn from the mistakes. Also says it is crucial to finish the games, and talks about having those discussions in the team meetings. Admits they got a bit relaxed during the chase last time around. Informs that they are going unchanged.
The skipper of Rajasthan Royals, Sanju Samson, says it looks like a good wicket to bowl first and ideally it should get better later on, which is why they want to bowl first. Adds that this being early in the tournament, they want to back themselves to play as per the conditions and not follow a trend. Mentions that they have to put the past behind them and with a couple of days' gap, they have gotten time to sort things out. Concludes that they go unchanged into this game.
Impact players nominated by Rajasthan Royals - Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal and Kunal Singh Rathore.
Rajasthan Royals (Unchanged Playing XI) - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C/WK), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande.
Impact players nominated by Delhi Capitals - Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira and Tripurana Vijay.
Delhi Capitals (Unchanged Playing XI) - Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (WK), Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma.
TOSS UPDATE - The flip of the coin lands in favor of Rajasthan Royals and Sanju Samson elects to BOWL first.