Finally, the depleted unit of Delhi Daredevils will have one of their big stars making a comeback. Domestic star Shreyas Iyer is returning to the team and it seems he will open the batting. Kings XI Punjab will again be banking on their big international stars Glenn Maxwell, Hashim Amla and David Miller. Kings XI Punjab have won ten out of the eighteen matches played between the two teams so far. Going by the trend it seems, whichever team wins the toss will opt to field first, chasing has become the new in thing.
Legspinner Amit Mishra has said while Daredevils possess a “better bowling attack” than Kings XI. Spinners, especially wrist spinners have shown over and over again that they are feeling more and more at home in T20’s.
Delhi Daredevils will also require young Sanju Samson to step up to the plate and deliver as he has shown how lethal it can be. KXIP on the other hand would be hoping their Indian players to rise to the occasion like Wriddhiman Saha, Manan Vohra and the rest. This is the second of the double header today, and the match will start at 08:00 pm IST.
The likely XIs
Kings XI Punjab 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Manan Vohra, 3 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 4 Glenn Maxwell (capt), 5 David Miller, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Mohit Sharma, 9 Sandeep Sharma, 10 Varun Aaron, 11 Ishant Sharma
Delhi Daredevils 1 Aditya Tare/ Shreyas Iyer, 2 Sam Billings, 3 Karun Nair, 4 Sanju Samson, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Chris Morris, 7 Corey Anderson, 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Shahbaz Nadeem, 11 Zaheer Khan (capt)
