Delhi Capitals will host Kings XI Punjab in the 37th game of Indian Premier League 2019. Both teams are having a similar position at the points table with five wins out of nine game and only net run-rate is keeping them apart. Whoever wins this game will solidify their chances of featuring in the playoffs while the situation will tighten up for the loser. Delhi and Punjab have previously played against each other in IPL 2019, where former did hara-kiri to lose their last seven wickets for eight runs and handed a remarkable victory to Punjab. However, they will try to clear the stain this time around.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
DC’s last game against Mumbai Indians took place on a spin-friendly Kotla surface. Spinners were enjoying their outing during this game and Mumbai’s Rahul Chahar won the game for his team with his vicious spin, where Delhi fell 40 runs short to the target.
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Seeing the nature of the pitch in the last game, Delhi can bring Sandeep Lamichhane in place of Keemo Paul. Rest of the lineup will remain same.
Probable XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Axar Patel, Chris Morris, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
KXIP won their last game after losing two back-to-back matches. Rajasthan Royals couldn’t control their run-chase against Ravichandran Ashwin and co. to concede the match by 12 runs. Captain Ashwin’s heroics with both bat and ball won him the man of the match.
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Punjab will also not tamper with the playing XI a lot and can stick to the same set of players that defeated Rajasthan.
Probable XI: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Mandeep Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
