After a tight Super over game led to victory, Delhi Capital will lock horns with Kings XI Punjab on Monday, April 01. The match is scheduled to be played at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali in the evening at 8 PM. KL Rahul loves playing in Mohali as its a hard surface with grass on it, which might help the bowler a bit with the swing, but you cannot keep the batsmen restricted from popping the blasts. Moreover, Mayanak Aggarwal demonstrated the best example of playing on such ground against Mumbai Indians.
Kings XI Punjab has got a strong hold in the bowling department by adding Murugan Ashwin in the side. The bowling department shows bunch of maturity ti the bowling line-up. Likewise, Delhi Capitals’ Kagiso Rabada presented the all time best bowling in a nail-biting Super Over win in Delhi against Kolkata Knight Riders the other night. Rabada was to stop 10 runs in an over against the pinch-hitter Andre Russell, where he proved that if there’s a competition between a good bowler and a great pinch-hitter, the bowler can do what he actually deployed for. Delhi Capitals have a good batting side, but not having depth in it. The new recruit Shikhar Dhawan is not in the actual form.
Rishabh Panth and Prithvi Shaw will be the X-factor for Delhi Capitals. Prithvi Shaw missed the century by just 1 run, but will try his best to dominate on Kings XI Punjab. Meanwhile, Rishabh Panth can be very dangerous for Punjab as the batsmen, enjoys hitting the sixes all the time. Similarly, Kings XI Punjab have got a lion in the den, named Chris Gayle. Gayle is in a tremendous form and has been looking devastating over the format. The captains might look for batting first as only four matches have been won while chasing since 2014. Also, PCA Stadium have small boundaries, which means IPL 2019 will witness another high-scoring battle.
Probable XI:
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra
Teams:
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye, Karun Nair, Simran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ankit Rajpoot, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sam Curran, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Harshal Patel, Chris Morris, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Ankush Bains, Axar Patel, Manjot Kalra, Keemo Paul, Sherfane Rutherford, Colin Munro, Jalaj Saxena, Rahul Tewatia, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa