Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur mein khele gaye is match mein Faf du Plessis, jo Axar Patel ki absence mein stand-in captain the, ne toss jeet kar pehle bowling ka faisla kiya. Ye faisla pitch ki condition aur dew factor ko madde nazar rakhte hue kiya gaya, kyun ke Jaipur mein doosri innings mein batting karna asaan hota hai.
Delhi Capitals ki Ahem Tabdeeliyan
- Abishek Porel ki Ghair-Hazri & Tristan Stubbs ka Wicketkeeper banna: Abishek Porel ko team se hata diya gaya, wajah nahi batayi gayi. Tristan Stubbs ne wicketkeeping sambhali aur middle order mein batting bhi ki. Is se team ko balance banaye rakhne mein madad mili.
- Karun Nair ki Wapsi: Karun Nair ko playing XI mein wapas laya gaya, jinhon ne season ke start mein MI ke khilaf 89 run banaye the. Unki consistency thodi kam rahi hai, lekin unka tajurba top order ko stabilize karne ke liye zaroori samjha gaya, khaaskar jab DC ne season mein 6 different opening combinations try kiye the.
- Sediqullah Atal ka IPL Debut: Afghanistan ke explosive left-handed opener Sediqullah Atal ne apna pehla IPL match khela, Dushmantha Chameera ki jagah. Ye 23 saala player ₹1.25 crore mein sign hua tha as a replacement for Harry Brook. Atal ne T20 cricket mein 34.25 ka average rakha hai aur unka 48 runs ek over mein marna Kabul Premier League 2023 ka highlight raha. Ye selection DC ke struggling top-order mein ek naye energy ka izafa tha.
- Axar Patel ki Dobara Ghair-Maujoodgi: Axar Patel, DC ke regular captain aur all-rounder, beemari ki wajah se dusre match mein bhi nahi khele. Faf du Plessis ne team ko lead kiya, jabke Axar ki kami ne batting depth aur bowling balance dono ko effect kiya.
Delhi Capitals ka Playing XI aur Strategy
DC Playing XI:
Faf du Plessis (c), Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Substitutes: KL Rahul, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Darshan Nalkande
Strategy: DC ne pehle bowling ka faisla kiya taake dew ka faida uthake second innings mein batting kar saken. KL Rahul, jo unke top scorer the (381 runs), impact player ke roop mein include kiye gaye taake zarurat padne par unhe laya ja sake. DC ka bowling attack Kuldeep Yadav aur Mustafizur Rahman jese bowlers pe munhasir tha, jo pitch ki early swing aur turn ka faida uthana chahte the.
Punjab Kings ki Ahem Tabdeeli: Yuzvendra Chahal ki Ghair-Hazri
- Chahal ki Ghair-Maujoodgi: IPL ke sabse successful bowler aur PBKS ke lead spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal, na playing XI mein the, na hi substitutes mein. Kaptan Shreyas Iyer ne bhi koi wajah nahi batayi. Chahal ne is season mein 14 wickets liye the, including ek hat-trick CSK ke khilaf. Unka Faf du Plessis ke khilaf acha record raha hai, jise dekhte hue unka na khelna hairat angaiz tha.
- Josh Inglis aur Marcus Stoinis ki Wapsi: PBKS ne Josh Inglis (wk) aur Marcus Stoinis ko team mein shamil kiya, jisse unki batting aur all-round ability aur strong ho gayi. Chahal ki jagah kisi spinner (jaise Harpreet Brar) ya ek aur fast bowler ko chance diya gaya, taake Jaipur ke pace-friendly pitch ka faida uthaya ja sake.
PBKS Possible XI:
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijaykumar Vyshak
Match ka Scenario aur Ahmiyat
PBKS pehle hi playoffs ke liye qualify kar chuki thi aur is match mein top-2 finish secure karne ki koshish mein thi. Unka opening pair Priyansh Arya aur Prabhsimran Singh ne is season mein 406 runs ki partnership ki thi, aur wo DC ke bowlers ke liye sabse bada khatra the. DC ke paas kuch nahi tha khone ko, lekin wo season ka akhri match jeet kar apni izzat bachana chahte the.
DC ka top-order season bhar inconsistent raha. KL Rahul ka form gir chuka tha, aur naye players Atal aur Nair ke performance pe kaafi kuch depend karta tha. Jaipur pitch par average first innings score 180 hota hai, aur dew ke wajah se chasing asaan hoti hai — is liye DC ne pehle bowling ko tarjeeh di.
Badi Tasveer
Delhi Capitals ka season kaafi underwhelming raha. Galat selections, fielding errors, aur late decisions ne unka nuksan kiya. Sediqullah Atal ka late signing bhi ek missed opportunity laga. Punjab Kings ne Shreyas Iyer ke under kaafi balance aur resilience dikhaya. Arshdeep Singh aur Marco Jansen ki presence se unka pace attack mazboot raha, lekin Chahal ki kami unki spin attack ko weaken kar gayi.
Yeh match ek taraf DC ki inconsistent aur experimental team ka akhri effort tha, jabke doosri taraf PBKS playoffs se pehle apne squad ko fine-tune kar rahi thi. DC ke liye ye match ek naya talent introduce karne ka mauka tha (Atal), jabke PBKS apni winning streak ko barqarar rakhna chahti thi.
