NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals’ skipper Axar Patel has admitted that complacency may need crept into the crew throughout their 12-run loss to Mumbai Indians, which ended their successful streak in IPL 2025. The Capitals, using excessive on 4 successive wins, stumbled at dwelling of their chase of a frightening 206-run goal set by MI.
Talking on the toss forward of DC’s conflict towards Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday, Axar mentioned the crew had recognized the center part of the innings as a priority.
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“Final recreation additionally we did properly chasing, only a matter of a few overs right here and there getting into our favour. Must look previous the final recreation, however it’s a studying expertise. We mentioned within the crew conferences how we may have completed the sport, we maybe bought too informal within the center part,” he mentioned.

Delhi opted to go unchanged for the match, with Axar expressing readiness to bat first regardless of shedding the toss. “Would have bowled as properly. There will probably be dew maybe within the second innings, however now we’re able to bat first and put up an enormous rating,” he added.
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Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson, who additionally named an unchanged XI, gained the toss and selected to discipline. “We’ll bowl first, seems like wicket. Will get higher within the second half… It’s a aggressive league, so we have to look previous outcomes typically,” mentioned Samson.
The match marks DC’s second recreation on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the place they’ll look to bounce again from their first defeat.

Groups:
Rajasthan Royals (Enjoying XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande
Delhi Capitals (Enjoying XI): Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma