Delhi Capitals are getting ready to play their first home game of the IPL 2023 season on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi against the reigning champion Gujarat Titans. But the unpredictable weather in Delhi-NCR is a considerable risk for match no. 7 of the IPL 2023. On Tuesday morning, rain and thunderstorms met both teams, which is a bad sign.
One game, Punjab Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders, was cut short in Mohali over the weekend because of rain. If it continues to rain in the capital on Tuesday, IPL 2023 may also have its first washout. But David Warner and the rest of his team will hope that play starts on Tuesday. They need to get back on track after the Lucknow Super Giants beat them by 50 runs in their first match of the league season.
The Met Department says the skies will be clear in Delhi by Tuesday evening, which is good news for IPL fans. When the match starts in the evening, the highest temperature is expected to be around 24 degrees, and the humidity is expected to be about 48%. But there will be 13% cloud cover in the evening as well.
Before the toss, which will happen around 7 pm IST, the big job for the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) groundskeepers is to prepare the field for the DC vs. GT match. There was a lot of rain in and around Delhi last night and early this morning.
Since May 2021, this will be the first time an IPL game has been played in Delhi. Since the start of IPL 2019, the average first-innings score here has been 170, with three teams winning after playing first, seven teams winning when chasing, and one game going to a Super Over.
Rishabh Pant, the regular captain and wicketkeeper-batsman for Delhi Capitals, is still healing from injuries he got in a car accident last year. However, on Tuesday, he will be at his team’s first home game of the IPL 2023 against the Gujarat Titans in Delhi. On Tuesday, the Delhi Capitals will face Gujarat Titans in their first home game of the season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
“There’s good news for our fans. Although he is hurt, Rishabh Pant is coming to help his team. He is famous in Delhi. (Capitals). Rajan Manchanda, Joint Secretary of DDCA, said, “I hope the crowd will cheer him for playing with his cricketers despite his injury.”
