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Delhi Daredevils vs Kings Xl Punjab Match Preview
In the seventh game of Indian Premier League 2016 Delhi daredevils and Kings Xl Punjab are set to face each other on 15 April 2016.Both the teams have bad starting as they lost their first matches and are now looking forward to win their second match of IPL 9 on Friday.
Delhi and Punjab had hoped for a positive start but both the teams suffered contrasting defeats at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Lions respectively.
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Delhi Daredevils will feel more comfortable as they will be playing in their home ground after a big defeat by Kolkata Knight Riders in their opening match.Delhi Daredevils players have to learn more from their newly appointed Mentor Rahul Dravid and Coach Paddy Upton,as their performance against Kolkata Knight Riders was very worst.Delhi Daredevils Batsman were all out in just 98 runs and they even haven't completed their 20 overs.Their new skipper Zaheer Khan has to ensure that the players should come up with better performance in their second match tomorrow.
A lot was expected from Carlos Brathwaite, who became the toast of the cricketing world after hitting England's Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes to win the ICC World T20 final for the West Indies but the strapping youngster could not make much impact against Kolkata Knight Riders and is expected to repeat his World T20 exploits against Kings Xl Punjab tomorrow.
Similarly, all-rounder Pawan Negi, who was bought for 8.5 Crores, becoming the most expensive Indian player in the IPL Auction of 2016, also needs to step up and deliver.
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On the other hand Kings XI Punjab, who have been the runner-up and semi-finalists in the past IPLs, were equally lacklustre as they finished at the bottom of the table last year.
Kings Xl Punjab batting is much more depended upon players like David Miller, Glenn Maxwell and Murali Vijay as they are the powerful players of twenty 20 format and are expected to change momentum of the game at any instant of time.
Shaun Marsh is expected to make his way playing line up in tomorrow's match and hence he will also be key batsman for Punjab at the top order but at first Manan Vohra needs to have a good start with Murali Vijay as they are the best openers for Punjab team.
Punjab have to look upon their Bowlers as in the previous match they have put up a decent score of 161-6 against Gujarat but their bowlers were taken to the cleaners by Aaron Finch and Dinesh Karthik.
Bowlers like Mohit Sharma should constitute their pace battery, while Australia's Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel and Pardeep Sahu make the spin department and they will have to come good for Punjab to have any chance tomorrow.
Delhi Daredevils Team squads
Zaheer Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Carlos Brathwaite, Quinton de Kock, Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Chama Milind, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Pawan Negi, Joel Paris, Sanju Samson, Jayant Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Sam Billings, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jean-Paul Duminy,Imran Tahir, Mahipal Lomror, Chris Morris, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, Pratyush Singh, Pawan Suyal, Amit Mishra
Kings XI Punjab Team Squads
David Miller, Anureet Singh, Farhaan Behardien, Rishi Dhawan, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Murali Vijay, Kyle Abbott,Armaan Jaffer, Cariappa, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shaun Marsh, Nikhil Naik, Wriddhiman Saha,Sandeep Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Shardul Thakur, Manan Vohra
Match Schedule
Match KXlP vs DD 7th Match,Indian Premier League
Date Friday, 15 April 2016
Time 14:30 PM GMT,20:00 PM IST
Venue Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium,Delhi
It is quite tough to predict this match as both the teams are best for T20 format and can do better in IPL 2016 but due to somewhat better bowling in Delhi daredevils has more winning chances over Kings Xl Punjab.