So, it will a battle to the road of playoffs. Both teams are sitting pretty in the points table with 10-points apiece. While Delhi Capitals are currently in the sitting in the third place in the points table, Kings Eleven who aren’t too far behind, having attained the same number of points, is at fourth.
Hosts Delhi Capitals will be up against another tough challenge in the form of Punjab who can be dangerous on a turning Feroz Shah track, with the likes of Ashwin, Mujeeb in their kitty.
Both teams will look to play as many spinners as you can expect a close contest when both teams will square up against each other on Saturday.
Delhi Capitals
Delhi capitals’ three-game unbeaten run ended on Thursday when Mumbai Indians beat the hosts convincingly by 40 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.
Chasing a total of as many as 160 runs on an absurd Feroz Shah pitch proved to be too much for the hosts as Shreyas Iyer and Co. could only score 128 runs in their twenty overs in the second innings to lose the match by 40 runs in the end.
Ahead of the game against Punjab, Dhawan and Shaw would be wary not giving their wickets away as they will look to convert the starts into big totals this time.
Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant too didn’t look at his best in the last game. The wicket-keeper batsman has also been excluded from the World Cup squad, however, knowing the character he is, you expect him to fight his back and go all guns blazing in the next game against Kings Eleven Punjab.
Spinners Amit Mishra and Axar Patel bowled well in the previous game as you expect them to continue the good show in the next game too on Saturday.
Kings XI Punjab
Though the match is going to be held at Feroz Shah Kotla, the crowd would be eking to see some massive sixes from Chris Gayle and KL Rahul. Both are in great touch as they look to add some more runs in the next game against DC.
Punjab this year has looked solid, and it has only been possible because of their solid middle-order show. The players with the likes of David Miller, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan have been amongst the runs. Once again, you expect one of them to take the responsibility to score big runs in the middle overs.
Skipper Ravi Ashwin has been in ominous form and given the pitch, he is likely to play a major role in the game against DC on Saturday.
Head To Head Between Delhi Capitals And Kings XI Punjab
Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab have played 23 matches between them, of which Kings Eleven have won the game on 14 occasions, while the Delhi have won only nine times.
- Total number of matches played between Kings Eleven Punjab and Delhi Capitals- 23 matches
- Matches won by Kings Eleven Punjab – 14 matches
- Matches won by Delhi Capitals- 9 matches
- Highest score by Kings Eleven Punjab (Overall) – 202 runs
- Lowest score by Kings Eleven Punjab (Overall) – 111 runs
- Highest score by Delhi Capitals (Overall) – 231 runs
- Lowest score by Delhi Capitals (Overall) – 67 runs
- Total number of matches played at Feroz Shah Kotla- 10 matches
- Matches won by Kings Eleven Punjab at Feroz Shah Kotla – 4 matches
- Matches won by Delhi Capitals at Feroz Shah Kotla- 6 matches
Most runs by a player in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
Virender Sehwag has scored the most number of runs (330 runs) in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
Highest score by a player in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
Shaun Marsh has the highest score of 95 to his name in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
Player to take most wickets in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
Sandeep Sharma has taken the most number of wickets (14 wickets) in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
Best bowling figures by a player in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
Sam Curran has the best bowling figures of 4/11 in a head to head record between Delhi Capitals and Kings Eleven Punjab
DREAM 11 TEAM:
1.Chris Gayle (C)
2.Rishabh Pant(vc)
3.Shikhar Dhawan
4.Prithvi Shaw
5.Mayank Agarwal
6.Ravi Ashwin
7.Axar Patel
8.Mujeeb Ur Rahman
9.Kagiso Rabada (vc)
10.Sandeep Lamichhane
- Amit Mishra
Squads:
Delhi Capitals Squad:
Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Jalaj Saxena, Trent Boult, Chris Morris, Hanuma Vihari, Bandaru Ayyappa, Axar Patel, Ankush Bains, Shreyas Iyer (c), Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Tewatia, Avesh Khan, Jagadeesha Suchith, Nathu Singh, Rishabh Pant, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Prithvi Shaw, Manjot Kalra, Sherfane Rutherford
Kings XI Punjab Squad:
Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardus Viljoen, Andrew Tye, Sam Curran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Agnivesh Ayachi, Darshan Nalkande, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar
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