Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will aim to keep their playoffs hopes alive when they face off at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday, May 14.
It will be a quick turnaround for DC, who suffered a 47-run loss in Bengaluru on Sunday which dented their hopes of making the top four. They now need to win big against LSG and hope other results go their way if they want to sneak in to the playoffs.
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LSG currently sit in seventh place, but they are relatively better off than DC. They can reach 16 points with two more wins. They will also need other results to go their way, but getting a couple of big victories starting on Tuesday will be a massive help.
DC vs LSG: Pitch Report
The Arun Jaitley Stadium is an ideal pitch for batsmen, as its dry nature mixed with short boundaries allows the batsman to clear the boundary easily. However, its dry nature can also come to the aid of spinners as the game goes on.
Most teams who win the toss would look to bat first, then defend their score.
DC vs LSG: Live Toss
LSG have won the toss and they will bat first.
DC vs LSG: Confirmed Lineups
Delhi Capitals Confirmed XI:
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Gulbadin Naib, Axar Patel, Rasikh Salam, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed.
Substitutes: Ishant Sharma, Kumar Kushagra, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Swastik Chikara.
Lucknow Super Giants Confirmed XI:
KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq.
Substitutes: Ayush Badoni, Devdutt Padikkal, Prerak Mankad, M Siddharth, K Gowtham.
DC vs LSG: Prediction
These two sides started the season in opposite fashion, but come the business end find themselves locked in a five-way battle for the playoffs. DC looked woeful early on before coming good in the middle phase to challenge for the top four. The heavy defeat against RCB last night was a big setback, and they need to bounce back strongly.
Despite receiving a pounding from SRH, LSG are not out of the playoffs race yet. Their net run rate is poor, but they can reach 16 points with two wins in the last two games, something not many of the others can manage. Having mulled over their defeat for a while now, expect them to bounce back strongly. With more to play for and an opponent coming off a demoralising loss, they could well upset the odds.
DC vs LSG: Betting odds
According to odds on Dafabet, DC are favourites to win the clash against LSG.
| Team | Odds |
| Delhi Capitals | 1.80 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 2.05 |