Squads –
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
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
Team News –
PBKS –
– The Kings from punjab won a brilliant game against RCB by 34 runs last game. Team is high on confidence and in currently 5th in the points table with 3 wins.
– Team can bring in Dawid Malan for out of form Nicolas Pooran and Jhye Richardson for Meredith who was hit by Jamieson last game and was not able to complete his over.
– Teams likely 4 foreign options will be Chris Gayle, Nicolas Pooran/Dawid Malan, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith/Jhye Richardson.
– KL Rahul and PrabhSimran Singh will open the innings for PBKS. Rahul was at his best last game where he smashed 91 runs and remained not out. PrabhSimran is a good player but was out cheaply on 7.
– Christopher Henry Gayle will bat at 1 down. Gayle needs no introduction and was in a mood where he smashed 46 of 24 balls last game.
– Nicolas Pooran/Dawid Malan will bat at 2 down. Pooran is a very aggressive batsman but is going through a season where he was out on duck 4 times in 7 games. Team can give chance to Malan this game after too many failures of pooran this season.
– 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. He smashed 47 against CSK and 22 off 17 in game against SRH.
– Teams middle order is quite weak as they don’t have any proper batsman after this pair, however Harpreet and Jordan can bat a bit.
– Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar and Deepak Hooda will be the spin option in the team. Harpreet was exceptional last game against RCB picking up 3 Wickets and also adding 25 runs to his tally.
– Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan and Jhye Richardson/Riley Meredith will be the pace attack of the team.
DC –
– The Capitals won their last game against KKR and are at the 2ndd position in the points table with 4 wins in 7 games. They are still going very strong in the tournament and are favorates to win this game.
– The four probable foreign players will be Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Steven Smith and Anrich Nortje/Kagiso Rabada.
– Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan will be opening for Delhi. Both of them are having a blast this season and are playing very attacking Cricket. Dhawan is currently the 3nd Highest scorer and Shaw is not so far scoring 81 in last game.
– Steve Smith will bat at 1 down. Smith is known for his consistency but haven’t showed any in last few games. Smith will be demoted if team want to score quick runs.
– Rishab Pant will bat at 2 down followed by Marcus Stoinis at 5. Pant scored his 2nd 50 of season last 2nd game but played very slow.
– Shimron Hetmyer and Axar Patel will bat after Stoinis. Hetmyer played his one of the best knocks of IPL last 2nd game against RCB but failed to win it for the team.
– Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav will be the spin options for the Capitals. Both of them have been very good in last game picking up 2 Wickets each.
– Kagiso Rabada/Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma and Avesh Khan will lead the pace attack with Stoinis to assist them.
Probable XI –
PBKS –
KL Rahul, PrabhSimran Singh, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicolas Pooran/Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson/Riley Meredith, Harpreet Brar, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi.
DC –
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada/Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma
Pitch Report –
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
The Narendra Modi Stadium is a newly renewed stadium and is the biggest Cricket Stadium in the World. Here last series was played between India and England where scorer as low as 124 and as high as 224 were recorded here.
h2h : 27
DC : 15
PBKS : 12
Average Score : 170(last 4 games)
Team Blueprint –
WK –
KL Rahul( Open, RHB, highest scorer of IPL from last 2 seasons, 125 runs in 5 innings against DC, 91* last game, Must have)
Rishabh Pant( 2 down, LHB + wk, red hot form, 144 runs in 9 games against PBKS, 52 last 2nd game, Must have, can’t miss him)
Nicolas Pooran( 2/3 down, LHB + wk, 353 runs last IPL with a SR of 169, can be a crusial GL pick)
BAT –
Chris Gayle( 1 down, LHB, universal boss no intro needed, 46(24b) last game, 109 in 3 games against DC, Must have)
Shikhar Dhawan( Open, LHB, 3rd Highest run getter last season with 618 runs, 46 runs last game, Must have)
Steve Smith( 1 down, RHB, 311 runs last season, experienced but poor form )
Mayank Agrawal( Open, RHB, very attacking, was brilliant with 424 runs in 11 innings last season, scoring at a very good rate in powerplay, injured, will miss the game)
D Malan( 2 down, LHB, #1 t20 batsman in world cricket, 148 runs in t20 series against India recently, Must have if plays)
Shimron Hetmyer( 3/4 down, can be used as an floater, SR of 130 in t20s, attacking 53* last 2nd game, best GL pick )
Prithvi shaw( Open, RHB, red hot form scoring 827 runs in just 8 Vijay Hazare games, 82 last game)
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, 22(17b) last 2nd game, will play as an finisher)
Sarfaraz Khan( Middle order, RHB, known for his unorthodox Batting, didn’t played a game so far )
ALL –
Marcus Stoinis(3 down, Right Arm medium pacer + RHB, 352 runs + 13 Wickets in last IPL, excellent choice of captain in GL)
M Henriques( 3/4 down, RHB + Right Arm medium fast, very highly experienced, 56,43,38,18 in BBL2020, will not play)
Chris Woakes( Right Arm medium fast, can swing the ball both ways, 118 t20 Wickets, didn’t played last few games even after bowling good)
Axar Patel( Slow left arm + LHB, 913 runs + 83 Wickets in IPL, very experienced, 2 Wickets last game )
Lalit Yadav ( Off spin + LHB, 2 Wickets last game against KKR, very good option at 8cr )
Deepak Hooda ( RHB + off spin, 2 down, had a very impressive season so far with bat and bowl, Must)
Fabian Allen( Slow left arm + hard hitter , 482 runs + 19 Wickets in t20 with a Batting SR of 157, was dropped last game )
BOWL –
M Shami( Right Arm Fast, India’s premium pacer, 20 Wickets last season, 1 Wickets in last game, Must have)
Ishant Sharma( Right Arm medium fast, can be crusial in powerplay with his swing, wicketless last game)
Kagiso Rabada ( Right Arm Fast, highest Wicket taker last season, slightly out of touch this season, Must have )
Chris Jordan( Right Arm medium fast, known for death bowling skills, 9 Wickets last season, 30 runs with bat last 2nd game)
Jhye Richardson( Right Arm Fast, SR of just 17 in t20 cricket, 26 Wickets this BBL, 2 Wickets but very expensive last 2nd game, was dropped in last 2 games, can get a game )
Avesh Khan( Right Arm medium fast, can touch 145ks, excellent form this season with 11 Wickets in 7 games, will bowl in death)
Riley Meredith( Right Arm Fast, hit the deck bowler, can bowl upto 150ks, 16 Wickets this BBL, 2 Wickets last game against RCB )
Amit Mishra( Leggie, 2nd highest wicket taker in IPL history, 6 Wickets in last 3 games, didn’t played last game)
Umesh Yadav( Right Arm fast, played for RCB past 3 season, experienced with 148 Wickets)
Tom Curran( Right Arm medium fast, experienced t20 bowler with 153 Wickets, economy in the higher range of 8, will most likely not play)
Arshdeep Singh( Left arm medium fast, young talent, 9 Wickets in 8 games last season, 6 Wickets in last 6 games, will bowl in death )
Harpreet Brar ( Slow left arm + LHB, excellent game against RCB with 25 runs + 3 Wickets, Must have at 8cr )
C/VC –
PBKS –
KL Rahul
Chris Gayle
DC –
Rishab Pant
Shikhar Dhawan
Prithvi Shaw
Marcus Stoinis(GL)