Rajasthan Royals (RR) Return to Sawai Mansingh Stadium to face Delhi Capitals (DC) In match 43 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) Friday, May 1. The inaugural champions have a chance to reach 14 points with a win, taking them one step closer to qualifying for the playoffs.
There have been moments when RR has relied heavily on their opening pair of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal to score big and provide them a platform. However, in their most recent win over Punjab Kings, they got runs from their lower order, with Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey scoring unbeaten 52 and 31 respectively.
In bowling, Joffra Archer and Nandre Berger are showing their strength with the new ball. 19-year-old spinner Yash Punja also added his name to RR's highly-rated spinners like Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Bishnoi by taking two wickets in his last game.
Here is RR's strongest predicted XI vs DC, Match 43, IPL 2026:
Top order: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper)
The Royals' top order is the envy of other teams, thanks to the explosive opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The 15-year-old is currently the leading run-scorer for his team and is third in the race for the Orange Cap, having scored 400 runs at a strike rate of 238.09.
JaiswalOn the other hand, he has 306 runs to his name at an average of 43.71, of which Jurel has scored 248 runs with three half-centuries. Most of RR's runs come from these three batsmen and this trend may continue against DC on Friday.
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