DCW vs RCBW Dream11 Prediction

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The Delhi Capitals have one of the strongest batting line-ups in the league, with both the openers, Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma being in excellent form. Lanning and Verma are ranked first and second respectively in the list of top run-getters this season so far. Jemimah Rodrigues is in good form too, but she is yet to convert her starts into a big score.

However, the all-rounders in the team including Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, and Alice Capsey have struggled to score runs. The strategy of buying Tara Norris, an Associate Nation player, has worked well for the Capitals as they are the only team in the league who have the flexibility of fielding 5 overseas players in a match. Tara Norris, along with Marizanne Kapp, and Shikha Pandey, has bowled exceedingly well on the Mumbai wickets, which are generally known to favor the slower bowlers as compared to the seamers.

Skipper Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry have done a decent job till now but both have failed to convert their starts into match-winning innings. However, the real cause of worry for the Royal Challengers is the failure of their middle-order batters to get going.

They have experimented with players like Disha Kasat, Kanika Ahuja, and Richa Ghosh for the number-4 slot but none of them have been able to perform well. Heather Knight, who has a reputation for being a good finisher too has failed to perform up to the expectations. Sophie Devine scored a brilliant half-century in the match against the Gujarat Giants and the team will be hoping that she puts a similar performance here.

The Royal Challengers made wholesale changes to their bowling line-up in the last match as they left out Preeti Bose and Poonam Khemnar. However, omitting Megan Schutt, who is the most potent seamer in the squad was a move that backfired.