Delhi Capitals (DC) will lock horns with the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 40th match of the ongoing IPL 2024 season on April 24th, Wednesday at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The match will start at 7:30 PM.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL.
Arun Jaitley Stadium is set to host its second game of the season. A total of five matches will be played at this venue in IPL 2024.
In the last match on this ground, the home-side Delhi Capitals lost to the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 67 runs.
The pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium is favourable for batters, providing ample opportunities for boundary shots due to the dry conditions and relatively short boundaries. Additionally, as the match progresses, the pitch tends to dry out further, offering advantageous conditions for spin bowlers. Given these factors, it’s common for teams winning the toss to bat first.
So far, 85 IPL matches have been played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. 44.71% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 54.12% of them have been won by the chasing team.
Arun Jaitley Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
85
Matches won batting first
38
Matches won batting second
46
Average first innings total
164.15
Runs per over
8.38
Runs per wicket
27.18
Highest total recorded
266/7 by SRH vs DC in 2024
Lowest total recorded
83/10 by DC vs CSK in 2013
Going by the all-time record in IPL, the chasing team has had a great advantage on the wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
IPL Record at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Last 10 Matches
Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
7
Matches won batting second
3
Average first innings score
225
Average first innings winning score
234
Average powerplay score
58
Average death-over score
53
Going by the recent record in the IPL, it clearly shows that chasing is not beneficial at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. These stats also give us the idea that the pitch is batting-friendly in nature, and the average first-innings winning score is 234 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 9.66 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 10.6.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 1 Matches won batting first: 1 Matches won batting second: 0 Average first innings total: 266 Average second innings total: 199
Individual Player Records at Arun Jaitley Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
David Warner
1048
Virender Sehwag
933
Shreyas Iyer
852
Rishabh Pant
813
Shikhar Dhawan
726
So, among the top run scorers at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the IPL, two players from the Delhi Capitals will be playing this game. Skipper Rishabh Pant and David Warner both are in decent form so far, and we can expect them to perform well.
Highest Wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Amit Mishra
57
Umesh jadav
31
Morne Morkel
25
Chris Morris
19
Imran Tahir & Zaheer Khan
17
Best Individual Display at Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL
Highest Indivudual Score: 128* by Chris Gayle vs Delhi Capitals on 17th May, 2012
Highest Indivudual Score: 128* by Rishabh Pant vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on 10th May, 2018
Best Bowling Figure: 5/13 by Lasith Malinga vs Delhi Capitals on 10th April, 2011
Team records at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL
DC vs GT Head-to-head at Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL
Matches
Delhi Capitals Won
Gujarat Titans Won
No Result
1
0
1
0
Delhi Capitals Record at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL
Matches
Won
Lost
No Result
78
33
44
1
Gujarat Titans Record at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL