DC vs SRH: Delhi Capitals Won The Toss And Choose To Bat First, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Misses Out, Confirmed Playing XI

IPL 2021: Rishabh Pant won the toss against David Warner and decided to bat first on a Chennai pitch that has been difficult to score on in this IPL. With Bhuvneshwar Kumar injured and T Natarajan ruled out, David Warner will have to be cautious with his team selection.

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DC vs SRH will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. A win today for either teams won’t change their position on the points table, perhaps, but it will bring SRH on par with Rajasthan and DC on par with Chennai. Thus, a win would help the confidence of both the teams going ahead in the IPL.

Sunrisers Hyderabad managed only one win in their previous four games they have played so far. They were quite unlucky as well in the first two games. DC, on the other hand will look to continue their winning momentum. Their last game versus MI was an easy win for the team.

Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals have played 18 matches against each other so far out of which SRH has won 11 while DC has won 7 matches.

Danny Morrison at the pitch report said:  "It's the third match here (on this pitch). The average score is around 167. Nothing has changed whatsoever in the wicket. It's very hard, it's going to be quite difficult to bat. If you want to cut runs out, go full and wide."

DC Won the toss and Rishabh Pant had no hesitation in batting first at the Chepauk Stadium. Big news from the toss is that Bhuvneshwar Kumar won't be playing in today's match. 

If you look at SRH, T Natarajan was ruled out of the entire IPL due to a knee injury he suffered during the tour of Australia. Khaleel might be his replacement in the XI as SRH have not announced any new signing. DC are without any niggle, though.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Kane Williamson, Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Rashid Khan, Jagadeesha Suchith, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan