Delhi Capitals (DC) will lock horns with the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 43rd match of the ongoing IPL 2024 season on April 27th, Saturday at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The match will start at 3:30 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 third 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 defeated the Gujarat Titans by 4 runs.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch favours batters, offering plenty of boundary-scoring opportunities due to its dry conditions and relatively short boundaries. Furthermore, as the game progresses, the pitch tends to dry out even more, providing advantageous conditions for spin bowlers.
So far, 86 IPL matches have been played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. 45.35% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 52.33% of them have been won by the chasing team.
Arun Jaitley Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
86
Matches won batting first
39
Matches won batting second
46
Average first innings total
164.84
Runs per over
8.41
Runs per wicket
27.30
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
8
Matches won batting second
2
Average first innings score
224.5
Average first innings winning score
229.5
Average powerplay score
58.8
Average death-over score
56
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 230 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 9.8 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 11.2.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 2 Matches won batting first: 2 Matches won batting second: 0 Average first innings total: 245 Average second innings total: 210
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
Rishabh Pant
901
Shreyas Iyer
852
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