The Gujarat Titans (GT) will face the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 44th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Tuesday, May 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With games coming thick and fast, Delhi has had a terrible season thus far and is languishing at the bottom of the table with only two wins in eight encounters, whereas Gujarat are the current leaders of the table with six victories out of eight games.
The Capitals will enter this evening’s down on the rear of a misfortune against the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at home. Gujarat, in contrast to Delhi, have performed admirably this season. They have won three straight games after defeating the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens in their previous match.
Both of the participating teams have a chance to achieve a specific goal in every IPL match. As a result, the upcoming game will also see the breaking of a few records. In light of this, let’s take a look at the top three goals that could be accomplished in the GT vs. DC matchup today.
3) DC’s Anrich Nortje and Axar Patel have the potential to take 50 IPL wickets.
Two in-structure DC bowlers in Anrich Nortje and Axar Patel could finish individual tourist spots on Tuesday. For more than two years, Nortje and Axar have been an important part of the franchise’s bowling team. Both have the potential to take 50 IPL wickets for their teams against Gujarat. Nortje, who has taken 49 scalps across 37 innings is short of only a lone wicket to pack his 50th wicket for the Capitals.
Axar, on the other hand, has taken 47 wickets so far, and if he takes three more, he will become the only spinner since Amit Mishra (110 wickets) to take 50 wickets for the Delhi franchise.
2) DC’s David Warner could score 250 points.
One of the most productive abroad hitters in IPL history, David Warner breaks records pretty much every time he ventures onto the field. The Australian batter will have a golden opportunity to score 250 fours for the Delhi-based franchise against GT.
Having mustered 74 maximums and 246 boundaries for the franchise, the Delhi skipper needs just four more boundaries to become only the third DC batter to achieve the feat after (260) and Virender Sehwag (292).
1) Rashid Khan will play his 400th T20 game
A current extraordinary from Afghanistan, Rashid Khan could prearrange himself into the set of experiences books in the apparatus against Delhi on Tuesday. The leg spinner is currently one of the best white-ball bowlers and has taken 542 wickets in 399 T20 matches so far.
When Rashid takes the field against DC in Ahmedabad, he will have played 400 T20 matches, making him the fourth Asian player to reach this milestone. Just Shoaib Malik, Rohit Sharma, and Shakib Al Hasan are the other Asian players who have played more T20s than Rashid.
Furthermore, considering that the Afghan tweaker is only 24 years old, it wouldn’t be out of the question that he would become the player in history with the most T20 appearances.