IPL 2025: Is Jake Fraser-McGurk playing in DC vs RR Match 32?

Will Jake Fraser-McGurk feature in today's clash between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium? The answer is yes as both sides have gone unchanged into this clash.

The 23-year-old was dismissed on a golden duck during DC's previous game against Mumbai Indians. Other than that setback, he has only been able to score in double digits in one of the five innings he has played so far. The aggressive Australian top-order batter is understood to have been backed by the management considering the immense potential he brings to the table.

Toss Update

Sanju Samson won the toss and revealed that RR would opt to bowl first. He anticipated the track to get better for batting as the game progresses. Axar Patel disclosed that even he would have opted to bowl first. However, he shared that the team would be aiming to put on a big score.

What did the captains say?

Sanju Samson, RR captain

We'll bowl first, looks like a good wicket. Gets better in the second half. The results and match conditions have been different. Generally the chasing team wins more often in the IPL. However, we are still early in the tournament so we want to bowl first and get an advantage. It is a competitive league, so we need to look past results sometimes. We decided as a team we need to put in a good performance whatever happens. Same team.

Axar Patel, DC captain

Would have bowled as well. There will be dew perhaps in the second innings, but now we are ready to bat first and put up a big score. Last game also, we did well chasing, just a matter of a couple of overs here and there going in our favour. Need to look past the last game, but it is a learning experience. We discussed in the team meetings how we could have finished the game, we perhaps got too casual in the middle phase. Same team for us as well.

Playing 11s

Delhi Capitals

Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma

Rajasthan Royals

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (wk/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande