The Indian Premier League (IPL) convoy is moving quickly. The twelfth release of the competition has seen a decent amount of discussions and contentions and it is not out of the question that the doubleheader end of the week assumes control over the psyches of the fans. The second diversion on Saturday will be between the Delhi Capitals (DC) and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.
The Capitals lost their past game to the CSK and to be completely forthright, were over-ambitious batting first which prompted them completing with an under-standard aggregate. The youthful batting bunch has all the ability and on the off chance that they legitimize it without bounds on the given day, DC can go past any group in the challenge. It won’t be simple for them to vanquish the KKR who will be playing their first game away from home this season.
The KKR are sitting at the top of the points table and are one of the two teams to have won both their matches up until now. Be that as it may, they played both their experiences before their home crowd and they will be tried completely by the Delhi Capitals. A year ago, they lost three matches away from home and the team will be anxious to better the record this year. They will be high on certainty after several reverberating triumphs too.
Pitch and Weather
The Kotla pitch is known to back off extensively in the second half of the innings. However, the manner in which the CSK pursued down the objective in the past diversion, the groups may pick to bowl first in the wake of winning the hurl. There is a probability of light showers in the lead up to the match. In any case, that shouldn’t be troubling as the mists will clear when the match begins and the temperature will drift around 28 Degrees Celsius.
Team Combinations
Delhi Capitals
The Delhi Capitals are set to be helped with Chris Morris in the playing XI. At long last, they will get a legitimate all-rounder who can bat great at number six after the initial two matches. Keemo Paul is a quality player however number six is a bit unreasonably high for him to bat. Morris could be a game changing player and can nail his yorkers also. It is surpising why Sandeep Lamichhane didn’t play in the initial two matches and he may supplant Rahul Tewatia in this game.
Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer (c), Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant (WK), Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishant Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders
There is no requirement for the Knight Riders to change their triumphant combination. The team looks much better when their number three Robin Uthappa scores runs and he has looked in astonishing structure up until now. Indeed, even Nitish Rana is looking relentless and with Andre Russell in such fierce structure, they are the team to beat this season. Dinesh Karthik hasn’t come to bat and even he is having a quiet head over his shoulders.
Probable XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (C & WK), Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna.
Probable Top Performers
Amit Mishra – Delhi Capitals | Kuldeep Yadav – Kolkata Knight Riders
Broadcast Details
TV– Star Sports 1, Star Sports HD 1, Star Sports 1 Select HD
Live Streaming– Hotstar
Match Timings: 20:00 IST
The prediction is for the chasing team to win the match at the Kotla.
