Delhi Daredevils suffered two quick blows early on in the match when they lost opener Virender Sehwag and CM Gautam in quick succession.
James Faulkner struck in his first over for the Royals to dismiss Sehwag (11), who was clean bowled.
In the very next over, Shane Watson forced debutant Gautam (2) to get a wicked outside edge only to be caught behind by keeper Sanju Samson.
Stuart Binny then joined the party when he scalped David Warner (13) when the Aussie was caught brilliantly by Sachin Baby at short cover.
Delhi have made six changes to their playing XI with Morne Morkel and Ben Rohrer coming in place of Jeevan Mendis and Johan Botha.
Ajit Agarkar, Siddarth Kaul, Pawan Negi and CM Gautam replace Shahbaz Nadeem, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra and Unmukt Chand.
For Royals, Shaun Tait and the 42-year-old leg-spinner Pravin Tambe have come in place of Kevon Cooper and Ajit Chandila.
The Royals will look to close in on a play-off berth and consolidate their position in the points table when they take on a struggling Delhi Daredevils.
Daredevils were routed by Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in their previous encounter as their big-ticket stars once again failed to fire with the bat and folded up for a pathetic 80 runs, the second lowest total of the season after CSK's 79 against Mumbai Indians.
On the other hand, Royals, high on confidence after chasing down a challenging 179-run target against a hapless Pune Warriors on Sunday, will leave no stone unturned to win this crucial game and make a confident surge towards a play-off berth.
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson (wk), James Faulkner, Shaun Tait, Sachin Baby, Pravin Tambe, Siddharth Trivedi.
Delhi Daredevils: Mahela Jayawardena (Capt.), Virender Sehwag, Muralidharen Gautam, David Warner, Ben Rohrer, Kedar Jadhav (wk), Pawan Negi, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.
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