Probable XI –
Delhi Capitals –
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Tom Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Shikhar Dhawan(C)
3. Nitish Rana
4. Prithvi Shaw
5. Shubham Gill
6. Sunil Narine(VC)
7. Axar Patel
8. Avesh Khan
9. Lockie Ferguson
10. Anrich Nortje
11. Varun Chakravarthy
– Shikhar Dhawan looks safest captain choice considering his current good form and numbers at venue and H2H matches.
– Going with Sunil Narine as VC since he might get a couple of wickets at this spin favoured surface and score decent runs.
– Taking punt on Nitish Rana as he has averaged above 30 at venue and H2H matches.
– Expecting Varun Chakravarthy to give some good fantasy points at this spin favoured surface.
– Can take Kagiso Rabada at the place of Avesh Khan especially if Delhi bowls second.
– Shreyas Iyer might be a decent punt at the place of Shreyas Iyer especially while chasing.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Rishabh Pant(VC)
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. Nitish Rana
5. Shubman Gill
6. Sunil Narine
7. Venkatesh Iyer
8. Avesh Khan
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Lockie Ferguson(C)
11. Anrich Nortje
– Taking punt on Shreyas Iyer as he might step up to score in this big match for his team.
– Rishabh Pant might be a good VC choice as he has always delivered his best especially in Qualifier matches.
– Lockie Ferguson can be a good captain choice especially while bowling first.
– Expecting Kagiso Rabada to stay amongst the wickets especially while bowling second in this big game for DC.
– Can take Shakib Al Hasan at the place of Sunil Narine especially if Kolkata bowls second.
Grand League Combination –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Shreyas Iyer(C)
3. Shimron Hetmyer
4. Nitish Rana(VC)
5. Sunil Narine
6. Shakib Al Hasan
7. Axar Patel
8. Varun Chakravarthy
9. Anrich Nortje
10. Lockie Ferguson
11. Kagiso Rabada/Ashwin
– Shreyas and Rana looks open C/VC choices in GL as they’re failing from last couple of matches but holds good numbers at venue and H2H innings.
– Shimron Hetmyer might be a good GL pick especially if both the openers of Delhi depart early.
– Going with a bowling heavy combo since scoring at Sharjah has been a pretty difficult task.
– Can take anyone from Ravichandran Ashwin or Rabada as both are in search of a good performance.
– Varun Chakravarthy and Kagiso Rabada are other two C/VC choices to be tried in grand league combinations.