Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

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Rajasthan Royals look to have rediscovered their winning touch with a great win over the Punjab Kings.
Delhi Capitals have lost three in a row against the top three sides in the IPL table.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

KL Rahul is in superb form with the bat (Getty Images).

This Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. The Capitals have suffered three heavy defeats coming into this match, while the Royals picked up two wins in three and seem to have rediscovered their early-season form.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Score Over/Under Runs
Latest Odds

The Capitals need wins urgently to pull themselves up to the playoff spots, while the Royals are just one point behind leaders the Punjab Kings and will be eyeing a top two finish for a quicker route to the final.

Match Details

Match	Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	1 May 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Rajasthan Royals	LLWLW
Delhi Capitals	LWLLL

The Capitals have lost five of their last six matches and look ripe for the taking by the 4th-placed Royals.

Head-to-Head Record

Season	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
2025	Delhi Capitals	Tied (Super Over)	IPL
2024	Delhi Capitals	20 runs	IPL
2024	Rajasthan Royals	12 runs	IPL
2023	Rajasthan Royals	57 runs	IPL
2022	Delhi Capitals	8 wickets	IPL

The two sides have met 30 times in the IPL, with each side claiming 15 wins. The sides have shared the wins over their last five matches, but the Royals look primed to go one win ahead in their next meeting.

Team News

Rajasthan Royals: The Royals middle-order weighed in superbly to pull off a massive win in the last over against the Punjab Kings to keep them high in the playoff stakes. They are unlikely to look to make changes for their clash with the Capitals.

Possible XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag (c), Donavon Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Yash Punja, Brijesh Sharma.

Delhi Capitals: On the face of it the Capitals look to be in freefall, but they beat the Royal Challengers four matches ago and then lost to the three top sides in the IPL, including losing to the Royal Challengers in their return fixture. The Royals will be a challenge for them, but they are likely to put up more of a fight than might be expected from a side that has lost four on the bounce.

Possible XI: Sahil Parakh, Lokesh Rahul, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Triston Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Kyle Jamieson, T Natarajan, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera.

Key Stats

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 3rd in the IPL runs list (400 runs, S/R 238.1).
Rajasthan Royals’ Donovan Ferreira has scored 69, 20, 33 & 52* in his last 4 knocks.
Rajasthan Royals’ Jofra Archer has taken 2/37, 1/35, 3/20, 2/34 and 1/40 in 5 matches.
Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul has scored 57, 37 & 152* in his last 4 innings.
Delhi Capitals’ Tristan Stubbs has scored 60, 60* & 27 in his last 4 innings.
Delhi Capitals’ Kyle Jamieson has taken 2/42, 2/29 & 1/42 in his last 4 matches.

Match Analysis

The Sawai Mansingh Stadium’s pitch provides a nice balance between bat and ball, with scores over 175 proving a tough challenge with the lower bounce and its larger boundaries square of the wicket. The best tactic for batters is to build their innings with a bit more caution, which can lead to lower scores than on other IPL grounds.

The pitch has been known to favour batters in certain conditions, which makes it essential for bowlers to hold a tight line and length to keep the run rate down.

The key battles will be with Jofra Archer looking to knock over the Capitals’ kingpin opening batter KL Rahul. Archer has been picking up wickets in his opening two overs which has often put the opposition top order under pressure. Royals opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is in devastating form and the Capitals will hope to knock him over early, possibly by encouraging risky strokeplay rather than trying to contain him.

The weather in Jaipur for the match is expected to be touching 30°C with 25% humidity and winds close to 14 km/h. No rain is expected but the dew factor will make batting second the best option.

Betting Markets to Watch

Result

The Royals have won six of their nine matches and should have the muscle to overcome a Capitals side that has lost five of its last six matches.

Best Rajasthan Royals Bowler

Jofra Archer is 3rd on the IPL wickets list with 14 victims at a strike-rate of a wicket every 14.1 balls. Ravi Bishnoi is just three wickets behind him in 8th place but he has picked up just two wickets in his last four matches.

Score Over/Under Runs

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has scored 46, 103 and 43 in his last four innings and is worth backing to score 31 runs or more. KL Rahul is 4th in the runs list (358 runs, ave 51.1) and looks a sound bet to score over 40 runs.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Rajasthan Royals Win	1.57
Delhi Capitals Win	2.25
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Capitals

Rajasthan Royals are backed to win after two strong wins in three matches, while Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is backed to score over 31 runs.

KL Rahul is backed to score more than 40 runs, with Jofra Archer a good call to be the Royals’ best bowler

Rajasthan Royals Win

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