It has been a week since the kick start of the Indian Premier League 2019 and we have witnessed some absolute thriller in seven days. Kolkata Knight Riders has been part of two such matches, where they recovered themselves to total dominance. Their next game will be against Delhi Capitals, who have won their campaign opener against Mumbai Indians but faced a defeat when they played against Chennai Super Kings. Both teams will be eager to win this game and maintain a good position on the points table.
Delhi Capitals
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DC’s last game was against Chennai and they suffered a defeat at their home ground. Delhi played exceptional cricket at the Wankhede Stadium but their dismal outing against CSK leave them with humiliation. They failed to even cross the 150-run mark despite looking in a strong position at one point. Opener Shikhar Dhawan is scoring runs for them, but they are coming at a slow pace.
They will be eager to put a good fight against an in-form Kolkata Knight Riders, who have won both of their game. Delhi is likely to make a few changes in the playing eleven which played during the game of CSK. Chris Morris can come in the place of Keemo Paul who didn’t perform well in two games that he played in IPL 2019.
Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant, Colin Ingram, Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada.
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Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR won both of their games in this season of IPL. Andre Russell was the main reason behind those win in both games and he is likely to be their trump card in this game as well. Russell is hitting the ball as far as he wants and whenever he wants. He took important wickets of Chris Gayle and Sarfaraz Khan during the match against Kings XI Punjab.
KKR may not tamper with their winning eleven and stick to the same set of players. The batting lineup is doing well despite the failures of Chris Lynn. Sunil Narine is also not looking well in this year’s IPL and he would be eager to come back in form.
Probable XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubhman Gill, Dinesh Karthik (C/WK), Andre Russell, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna.
