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New Delhi: After a disappointing loss in the season-opener, the Delhi Daredevils would be hoping for a better batting performance when they take on perennial underdogs, Rajasthan Royals in the fourth match of the IPL on Saturday.
A brittle middle-order, coupled with the absence of impact players Kevin Pietersen and Jesse Ryder due to injuries, has become a cause for concern for the Mahela Jayawardene-led side.
The hosts would be keeping their fingers crossed for the return of dashing Indian opener Virender Sehwag, who missed the first match due back spasms, to reinforce their batting line-up.
Delhi would be keen to make amends for the crushing six-wicket defeat on Wednesday.
It features a three-pronged pace attack comprising Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra and Umesh Yadav, besides left-arm tweaker Shahbaz Nadeem.
South African pacer Morne Morkel is currently playing for his domestic side in South Africa and will join the squad from their third match, against the Mumbai Indians on Monday.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals, who have looked awry since their inaugural edition feat, will look to kickstart their campaign on an positive note.
Except for the 2008 edition, in which the Royals emerged surprise winners under the maverick leadership of the legendary Shane Warne, the Shilpa-Shetty co-owned team has always finished in the bottom-half of the table.
This sixth edition would be the last hurrah for former India captain Rahul Dravid and he would want to finish on a high as the skipper of a relatively inexperienced side.
The Royals would be bolstered by the presence of explosive Aussie all-rounder Shane Watson at the top of the order. The team, however, would miss his services in the first match as he is yet to join.
In the absence of Watson, Dravid is likely to partner Rahane in the opening slot and would be hoping to play the sheet-anchor role while expecting seasoned campaigners like Brad Hodge and Owais Shah to maintain a healthy run-rate throughout the innings.
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Delhi Daredevils: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Ajit Agarkar, Andre Russell, Arisht Singhvi, Ashish Nehra, Ben Rohrer, CM Gautum, David Warner, Gulam Bodi, Irfan Pathan, Jeevan Mendis, Johan Botha, Kedar Jadhav, Manprit Juneja, Naman Ojha (wk), Pawan Negi, Roelof van der Merwe, Royston Dias, Siddharth Kaul, Sujit NAyak, Shahbaz Nadeem, Umesh Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Venugopal Rao, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Nagar.
Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan, Ashok Menaria, Brad Hogg, Brad Hodge, Dishant Yagnik (wk), Fidel Edwards, Harmeet Singh, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Kumar Boresha, Kushal Janith Perera (wk), Owais Shah, Pravin Tambe, Rahul Shukla, Sreesanth, Sachin Baby, Samual Badree, Sanju Samson, Shaun Tait, Sreevats Goswami, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Vikramjeet Malik.
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Match facts
Saturday April 6, 2013 (day/night)
Start time 16:00 local (10:30 GMT)
