IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals Win Toss, Opt To Field First Against Rajasthan Royals

by Hemanta Pande

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Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC) won the toss and decided to field first against Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals in the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Thursday.

Jaipur, Mar 28: Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC) won the toss and decided to field first against Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals in the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Thursday.

The Rajasthan-based franchise will have an upper hand going into the game as they are coming off a win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Currently, RR are second in the IPL standings with two points against their name.

Delhi, however, started their IPL 2024 campaign with a loss against the Punjab Kings. They currently sit eighth on the points table.
Speaking at the toss, DC skipper Pant said Anrich Nortje and Mukesh Kumar will come into the game in place of Ishant Sharma and Shai Hope.

"We'll bowl first. The wicket looks fine and we want to use it, there might be some dew in the 2nd innings. Feels good to play 100 matches for the same franchise, but every game is important for me. Most of the concerns are regarding injury, but these are things you can't control. Two changes for us - Ishant hasn't recovered, Shai Hope has a back spasm. Anrich Nortje and Mukesh Kumar come in," Pant said.

RR captain Samson said they wanted to field first as dew might come into play in the second innings.

"We would have bowled first, dew could come in the second innings. Both pitches have an even covering of grass, but the last match was an afternoon game. All the 10 teams are geared up and prepared well, we just need to follow the process and not think too much, then we will be fine. Same team for us," Samson said.

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Ricky Bhui, Rishabh Pant (Wk/C), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (Wk/C), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan. (ANI)

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Political parties in UP tweak campaign strategy as mercury soars

by Swati Sucharita

Lucknow, Apri 29: With temperatures rising menacingly with every passing day, various political parties have tweaked their campaign style and strategy to protect their workers and voters from the heat.

Lucknow recorded 42 degrees Celsius on Sunday and there is no respite in sight from the heatwave in the near future.

BJP MLA from Sarojini Nagar in Lucknow, Rajeshwar Singh, said, “We are not campaigning between 12 noon and 4 p.m. We connect with voters in door-to-door meetings between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and in the evening, we do meetings in small groups. Most of the organisational meetings at the ward level are held indoors in the afternoon.”

He further said, “Our focus is on increasing the voter turnout in the state capital. With the district administration deciding to make polling stations in 14 high-rise buildings, the party is knocking at every door appealing to voters to cast their votes as a responsible citizen of the country.”

Praveen Garg, media in charge of BJP, said, “We carry out door-to-door visits in morning hours between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. Thereafter, we do our organisation meetings to chalk out strategies and again in the evening, we do ‘nukkad sabha’ and public meetings in small groups.”

“We have made adequate arrangements for packaged drinking water for our party workers on Monday when Rajnath Singh files his nomination in which several thousand people will take part in the procession from the state BJP office to the Collectorate,” Garg added.

The Samajwadi Party leaders also have made changes in their timings to connect with people as they drum up support for their sitting MLA Ravidas Mehrotra who has been fielded against Rajnath Singh from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat.

“We planned a month-long connect with our voters that began on April 18 and ends on May 18. We are doing a door-to-door campaign between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. In the afternoon, we hold meetings in community halls. Between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., we try to reach out to voters by organising small meetings,” said Gaurav Singh Yadav, media in-charge, Samajwadi Party, Lucknow Lok Sabha seat.

(IANS)

PM Modi says 'pride of Odisha under threat'

by Swati Sucharita

Bhubaneswar, Apr 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should get an opportunity to serve Odisha.

The Prime Minister said the pride and dignity of Odisha is being destroyed, and the BJP should be given a chance to serve the state.

PM Modi said this during an interview with a news channel, while responding to a question related to Odisha.

Speaking on the BJP's relationship with BJD in Odisha, PM Modi said: "The BJD has given support to us at the Centre on the basis of issues. There are many other parties who have provided us issue-based support too."

PM Modi also said that the BJP has no truck with the BJD in Odisha.

"The pride of Odisha and Odia language is at stake. I don't think Odia people will tolerate this for a long time. Odisha has so many resources that it could have become the richest state in the country today," PM Modi added.

He said every Odia has the aspiration regarding Odisha to become the richest state.

Notably, Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1. The results will be out on June 4.

(IANS)

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