Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders are currently placed at seventh and eighth respectively. Both the teams have three wins each and are struggling to maintain consistency. A win today will ensure they will climb to the sixth spot quite comfortably.
Batting has been the strongest suit for both teams. However, Delhi Capitals’ opening combination is lethal. David Warner and Prithvi Shaw are giving them good starts. However, there is not much to talk about later as the likes of Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, and Rovman Powell aren’t performing to their level.
The same is the case for KKR. But here their opening combination is not giving them a start. Venkatesh Iyer is failing consistently. They have tried Sunil Narine at the top as well but it failed as well. Except for Russell and Shreyas Iyer, the batting looks weak. KKR needs to collectively perform if they want to stay in the competition.
Probable XIs
KKR: Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings/Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh/Sheldon Jackson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee/Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy
DC: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman/Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed.
