The emerging Delhi Capitals are all set to lock horns with dominating Kolkata Knight Riders. The match is scheduled to be played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Saturday March 30. Shreyas Iyer has been roped in as a captain for Delhi Capitals since previous season, when it was Delhi Daredevils; no doubt the youngster’s shoulders are strong enough to absorb the pressure, but the team has no depth in the batting department. In result, the key opener Shikhar Dhawan is not able to play like Gabbar. On the other hand, Rishabh Panth is in tremendous form, but needs supports from the teammates.
For Delhi Capitals, Chris Morris is now available and hence he will take on his place as an All-Rounder. Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders are consistent with the victories, because of one man, who eats, sleeps, hit sixes and repeat. The big fish for Delhi Capitals Andre Russell is devastating with the bat and confusing the batsmen with the bowl in hand. Nitish Rana in the middle order is enjoying his spot and playing good at it. Likwise, Sunil Narine was handed over his opening place in the previous match against Kings XI Punjab, in which he scored effective 24 runs in 9 balls, for which he was sent on the top.
The match is scheduled to be played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi is batting friendly wicket which means there will be raining sixes as from Kolkata Andre is ready to hunt, and from Delhi Panth is ready to feed himself. The highest total record among IPL in Kotla is 231 by Delhi Capitals against Kings XI Punjab. Likewise, the lowest totals here is 66 by Delhi itself. As per the numbers, Kolkata has won 13 matches among 23 against Delhi Capitals, whereas DC have only won 9 of them. Hence, it will be more interesting if DC will be able to become an obstacle in the way of KKR.
Probable XI
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant (wk), Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Amit Mishra/Trent Boult, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa (wk), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (c), Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna
Teams:
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Ankush Bains, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Chris Morris, Sherfane Rutherford, Jalaj Saxena, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa, Colin Munro
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Carlos Brathwaite, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj, KC Cariappa
