Squads –
DC –
Rishabh Pant(C & WK), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod
PBKS –
KL Rahul (C & WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel , Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar
Team News –
DC –
– The Capitals after a commendable win over CSK in 1st game lost the 2nd game against RR where their top order collapsed but bowling as always was spot on in the last game.
– Anrich Nortje has finished his quarantine and started training from yesterday. He has high chances of playing.
– The four probable foreign players will be Shimron Hetmyer/Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada.
– Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan will be opening for Delhi. Shaw after a average season last year showed his talent in the Domestic Season where is averaged staggering 165. Dhawan is in good touch scoring a ton against England recently. Both smashed respective 50s in 1st game but were out in single digit scores in last game.
– Ajinkya Rahane will bat at 1 down. Rahane is known for his consistency and will be an important part of the setup in absence of Iyer. He was out cheaply on 8 last game.
– Rishab Pant will bat at 2 down followed by Marcus Stoinis at 5. Pant will look to continue his golden patch and will also keep the Wickets.
– Shimron Hetmyer will be assigned the role of a floater as well as finisher. He was dropped in last game.
– Lalit Yadav and Ravi Ashwin will be the spin options for the Capitals.
– Chris Woakes, Anrich Nortje, Rabada, and Avesh Khan will lead the pace attack along with Marcus Stoinis.
PBKS –
– The Kings from punjab lost their last game against CSK where they were bundled for just 106 and lost the game.
– Teams likely 4 foreign options will be Chris Gayle, Nicolas Pooran, Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith/Chris Jordan.
– KL Rahul and Mayank Agrawal will open the innings for PBKS. Both form a formidable opening pair and attacks from the very first ball. Both were out cheaply inngame against CSK.
– Christopher Henry Gayle will bat at 1 down. Gayle needs no introduction and also has a brilliant record at wankhede.
– Nicolas Pooran will bat at 2 down. Pooran is a very aggressive batsman and attack from word go. He will not keep the wickets.
– Deepak Hooda and Shahrukh Khan will hold the middle order of team. Shahrukh has emerged himself as a finisher in the domestic circuit and has been assigned same role over here. Deepak was promoted 2 down in 1st game and he smashed a brilliant 64 while Shahrukh showed his worth scoring 47 when the team was struggling a lot last game.
– Teams middle order is quite weak as they don’t have any proper batsman after this pair.
– Ravi Bishnoi/Murugan Ashwin will be the lone spinner in the team.
– Jhye Richardson, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Riley Meredith/Chris Jordan will lead the pace attack.
Probable XI –
DC –
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer/Chris Woakes, Lalit Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin ,Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan.
PBKS –
KL Rahul, Mayank Agrawal, Chris Gayle, Nicolas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan/Riley Meredith, Mohammad Shami, Jhye Richardson, Ravi Bishnoi/Murgan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh
Pitch Report –
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Pitch here generally fovoured the batsman innthe opening games but has started to detoriate now and scores below 160 are seen
Average Score : 160
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Rishabh Pant( 2 down, LHB + wk, red hot form, 144 runs in 9 games against PBKS, 51 last game, Must have, can’t miss him)
KL Rahul( Open, RHB, highest scorer of IPL from last 2 seasons, 433 runs with an excellent Average of 70 on this ground, 91 last 2nd game, Must have)
Nicolas Pooran( 2/3 down, LHB + wk, 353 runs last IPL with a SR of 169, Must have, can be promoted any day)
BAT –
Chris Gayle( 1 down, LHB, universal boss no intro needed, 40(28b) last 2nd game, can’t miss him)
Mayank Agrawal( Open, RHB, averages 36 on wankhede Stadium, was brilliant with 424 runs in 11 innings last season, just 227 runs in 9 innings at Wankhede Stadium, can be a excellent GL captain pick this game)
D Malan( 1 down, LHB, #1 t20 batsman in world cricket, 148 runs in t20 series against India recently, Must have if plays)
Shikhar Dhawan( Open, LHB, 2nd Highest run getter last season with 618 runs, averages 35 against PBKS, 85 runs in 1st game, Must have)
Steve Smith( 1 down, RHB, 311 runs last season, experienced, will most likely not play)
Shimron Hetmyer( 3/4 down, can be used as an floater, haven’t played much Cricket recently, SR of 130 in t20s )
Prithvi shaw( Open, RHB, red hot form scoring 827 runs in just 8 Vijay Hazare games, 72(38b) last 2nd game, Must have, hit or miss )
Mandeep Singh( Middle order, RHB, will play as a finisher, 186 runs with a brilliant SR of 140 in syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy recently, can be a good differential pick)
Shahrukh Khan( Middle order, RHB, SR of 236 in Syed Mushtaq trophy recently, 47 runs last game, will play as an finisher)
Sarfaraz Khan( Middle order, RHB, known for his unorthodox Batting, didn’t played last game)
ALL –
M Henriques( 2/3 down, RHB + Right Arm medium fast, very highly experienced, 56,43,38,18 in BBL2020, didn’t bowled in BBL, must have if plays)
Marcus Stoinis(3 down, Right Arm medium pacer + RHB, dynamic player, will contribute through both bat and bowl, 352 runs + 13 Wickets in last IPL, excellent choice of captain in GL, Must have)
Chris Woakes( Right Arm medium fast, can swing the ball both ways, 117 t20 Wickets, 2 Wickets last game)
Fabian Allen( Slow left arm + hard hitter , 482 runs + 19 Wickets in t20 with a Batting SR of 157, Must gl pick if plays )
BOWL –
Kagiso Rabada ( Right Arm Fast, one of the best around, 30 Wickets last IPL, 2 Wickets last game, Must have)
Ishant Sharma( Right Arm medium fast, can be crusial in powerplay with his swing)
M Shami( Right Arm Fast, India’s premium pacer, 20 Wickets last season, 2 Wickets last game, must have any day )
Chris Jordan( Right Arm medium fast, known for death bowling skills, 9 Wickets last season, can get a game)
Amit Mishra( Leggie, 2nd highest wicket taker in IPL history, looked rusty the other game)
Umesh Yadav( Right Arm fast, played for RCB past 3 season, experienced with 148 Wickets)
Jhye Richardson( Right Arm Fast, SR of just 17 in t20 cricket, 26 Wickets this BBL , was very economical last game but wicketless)
Riley Meredith( Right Arm Fast, hit the deck bowler, can bowl upto 150ks, 16 Wickets this BBL, 1 Wicket in 1st game but was quite expensive )
Tom Curran( Right Arm medium fast, experienced t20 bowler with 153 Wickets, haven’t been much effective last IPL, economy in the higher range of 8, wicketless last game)
Arshdeep Singh( Left arm medium fast, young talent, 9 Wickets in 8 games last season, 4 Wickets in last 2 games)
C/VC –
DC –
Rishab Pant
Shikhar Dhawan
Prithvi Shaw
Marcus Stoinis
PBKS –
KL Rahul
Chris Gayle
Mayank Agrawal