Captains Shubman Gill (left) of Gujarat Titans (GT) and Axar Patel of Delhi Capitals (DC). Photo: BCCI
GT vs DC: Shubman Gill wins toss, opts to bowl
DC did not include opener Jake-Fraser McGurk in the starting XI, but are looking to use him as an Impact Player
Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl first against Delhi Capitals (DC) in their IPL 2025 match in Ahmedabad on Saturday afternoon (April 19).
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Gill said pacer Kagiso Rabada might join back the team in 10 days after leaving the tournament to travel to South Africa due to personal reasons.
Unchanged GT
Gujarat will continue with the same XI.
The Delhi outfit did not include opener Jake-Fraser McGurk in the starting XI, but are looking to use him as an Impact Player.
In the IPL 2025 standings, DC are on top with 10 points from six games while GT are third with eight points from six contests.
Playing XIs
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, R Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.
Impact Players: Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar, Karim Janat.
Delhi Capitals: Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
Impact Players: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Darshan Nalkande, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera.