Delhi Capitals (DC) will lock horns with the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 35th match of the ongoing IPL 2024 season on April 20th, Saturday 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 first game of the season. A total of five matches will be played at this venue in IPL 2024 including first qualifier and eliminator.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium, formerly known as Feroz Shah Kotla, has served as home venue to Delhi state teams, the Indian cricket team and since 2008, when IPL started as a home to the Delhi-based franchise Delhi Capitals.
So far, 84 IPL matches have been played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. 44.05% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 54.76% of them have been won by the chasing team. Known to produce slow and low wickets, the pitches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium saw a major transformation, after the work done before the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. The wickets have turned into batters paradise, producing some high-scoring contests.
Arun Jaitley Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
84
Matches won batting first
37
Matches won batting second
46
Average first innings total
165
Runs per over
8.33
Runs per wicket
27.18
Highest total recorded
231/4 by DC vs PBKS in 2011
Lowest total recorded
83/10 by DC vs CSK in 2013
Going by the 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
6
Matches won batting second
4
Average first innings score
184
Average first innings winning score
202
Average powerplay score
53
Average death-over score
51
These stats give us the idea that the pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium is a batting-friendly in nature, and the average first-inning winning score is 202 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 8.83 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 10.18. 195+ runs will be a good score on this pitch for defending.
Individual Player Records at Arun Jaitley Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
David Warner
1047
Virender Sehwag
933
Shreyas Iyer
852
Rishabh Pant
769
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 good 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 & Zahir 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