Probable XI –
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Tom Banton/Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy
Delhi Capitals –
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tushar Deshpande/Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Dinesh Karthik
2. Prithvi Shaw(C)
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. Shikhar Dhawan
5. Shubman Gill
6. Rahul Tripathi
7. Eoin Morgan(VC)
8. Marcus Stoinis
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Lockie Ferguson
11. Pat Cummins
– Prithvi Shaw has been phenomenal against KKR in last 4 H2H matches scoring runs at an average of 60.
– Eoin Morgan is the only consistent batsmen as off now from KKR so making him atleast VC will be a safest choice.
– Shikhar Dhawan & Shreyas Iyer are must pick as they have performed well in this season till now.
– Shubman Gill might play a decent knock in this match as he has scored runs at an average of 32 in last three H2H matches.
– Kagiso Rabada & Lockie Ferguson are must have as they are taking wickets consistently.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Prithvi Shaw
3. Shreyas Iyer(C)
4. Shubman Gill(VC)
5. Rahul Tripathi
6. Eoin Morgan
7. Marcus Stoinis
8. Sunil Narine
9. Lockie Ferguson
10. Ravi Ashwin
11. Kagiso Rabada
– Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill makes good C VC in SL combo.
-Dropped Shikhar as he has scored two consecutive centuries so might fail in this match especially while chasing.
– Marcus Stoinis & Sunil Narine both can give decent points with bat and ball.
Grand League Combination –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Dinesh Karthik
3. Prithvi Shaw
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Shubman Gill
6. Eoin Morgan
7. Marcus Stoinis(VC)
8. Sunil Narine(C)
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Ravi Ashwin
11. Kagiso Rabada
– Sunil Narine is expected to be in XIs today so he might look to makeup for his failures in this season.
-Marcus Stoinis can play a saviour role for DC if top order fails early.
-Ravi Ashwin has been good at this venue so expecting him to take couple of wickets in this match.