Probable XI –
Delhi Capitals –
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin/Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Anrich Nortje
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c)(wk), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Dinesh Karthik
3. Shreyas Iyer(VC)
4. Prithvi Shaw
5. Shubman Gill
6. Eoin Morgan
7. Marcus Stoinis
8. Andre Russell(C)
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Shivam Mavi
11. Pat Cummins
-Prithvi Shaw has mustered 175 runs in just three innings at an average of 58 against KKR so backing him over Dhawan.
-Shreyas Iyer has been consistent with his 30-40 runs so he is the safest to have atleast VC in SL.
-Andre Russell has batted at an average of above 50 against DC with bat & took wickets at an average of 12 with bowl. He’s the best pick of captain in SL teams today.
-Dinesh Karthik has scored 30-35 runs consistently against DC in last 14 H2H matches so he might play a good knock in this match.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Shreyas Iyer
3. Prithvi Shaw(VC)
4. Shubman Gill
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Marcus Stoinis
7. Andre Russell(C)
8. Sunil Narine
9. Amit Mishra
10. Kagiso Rabada
11. Shivam Mavi
-Backing Sunil Narine in my 2nd SL combo as expecting him to play some good cricket with bat at these short boundaries.
-Marcus Stoinis is failing from last 2-3 matches but as he’s getting to bowl & bat in approx every match so might give some decent points in D11.
-Prithvi Shaw will be another safe VC pick especially if he bat’s in first innings.
-Shubman Gill have struggled against the opponent but dropping him from SL might be risky considering his current form.
Grand League Combination –
1. Dinesh Karthik(VC)
2. Shikhar Dhawan(C)
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. Prithvi Shaw
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Marcus Stoinis
7. Sunil Narine
8. Andre Russell
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Anrich Nortje
11. Shivam Mavi
– Backing captain of both the respective teams as C & VC in SL as they might play sensible cricket during the failure of other batsmen.
-Dropped Shubman Gill considering his continuous struggle against the opponent.
-Rishabh Pant has also struggled a bit against KKR so dropped him to manage the credits.