MS Dhoni in focus even as Delhi Capitals look to reset wretched record
R Ashwin trained with the team on Thursday, but Capitals will wait take a call on his availability
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In the news
- Ambati Rayudu (hamstring) and Dwayne Bravo (knee) are recovering from injuries and won't be available for selection.
- Capitals said they wanted to wait and see how R Ashwin and his injured shoulder pull up in training on Thursday before making a call on his playing the game tomorrow.
Likely XIs
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Stats that matter
- Among players with a minimum of 100 runs in the IPL since 2019, Sam Curran's strike rate of 194 is second-best, only behind Andre Russell.
- The IPL's greatest ever bowler, Lasith Malinga, picked up at least two wickets for eight matches straight in 2012. No one's beaten that streak just yet, but Kagiso Rabada has already matched it. He really has been that good in the IPL.
- Dhoni needs two sixes to get his tally up to 300 in T20 cricket.
- The average score in Dubai over the last one-and-a-half years of T20 cricket is 153. Fast bowlers take twice as many wickets as spinners (four per game vs two per game), but spinners have been better at keeping the runs down (6.7 vs 7.7)
Alagappan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo