Delhi Capitals Told To Stop 'Chopping And Changing' Amid Stalled Title Charge

Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja believes Delhi Capitals (DC) should look at stopping the chopping and changing of their top-order in IPL 2025, while adding that the pace at which KL Rahul and Faf du Plessis batted resulted in them losing out to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). With five consecutive wins, DC had a phenomenal start to their IPL 2025 campaign. But their performance at their original home ground, Arun Jaitley Stadium, has been disappointing with two losses out of three games.

Their only win here happened via a nail-biting Super Over against the Rajasthan Royals. DC will next take on defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday, with an aim to get their second home win in New Delhi and keep themselves in contention for the playoffs.

“What they need to address is not to keep chopping and changing too much. They started with Jake Fraser-McGurk - I can't get pronunciation of his name right, so apologies to him. They started with him for three-four-five games, just because Karun Nair who wasn't in the team came and did so well.”

“So they went with him as an opener. Then he had three bad games, and they went back to Faf du Plessis, because he was fit again. So that I think is their worry - the uncertainty that they are bringing into the side and KL Rahul is their key player,” said Jadeja, a JioStar expert, to IANS, in a virtual interaction on Monday.

Against RCB, du Plessis, returning from a groin injury and playing for the first time since April 10, struggled to get going and made 22 off 26 balls. Rahul, on the other hand, struggled to break free as RCB spinners forced a squeeze on scoring rate via sufficient help from a two-paced pitch, resulting in him making 41 off 39 balls.

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