After a high-voltage spark between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Tremendous Kings on the event opener in Abu Dhabi, the main focus of the Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL) will shift to Dubai the place Delhi Capitals will conflict with Kings XI Punjab within the second match of the event.
The Kings XI Punjab will probably be led by a brand new captain, KL Rahul who would look to start out his captaincy profession on a optimistic word. Rahul will probably be up in opposition to Shreyas Iyer’s Delhi Capitals. It must be famous that the 2 are seen as future India captaincy materials.
Taking a look at papers, Iyer’s Delhi Capitals has a slight benefit over Rahul’s Kings XI Punjab because it has some actually skilled gamers in Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada. Aside from this, Delhi has additionally some explosive gamers like Rishabh Pant, Alex Carey and Shimron Hetmyer who can flip the match on their very own.
Nevertheless, Rahul’s Punjab has additionally some world-class T20 gamers in Chris Gayle, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham and Chris Jordan and really skilled pacer in Mohammed Shami. The group, nevertheless, lacks high quality spinners which is a large disappointment on the gradual pitches of United Arab Emirates (UAE). It additionally stays to be seen whether or not the 40-year-old Gayle will proceed to be an everyday function on the prime of the order this time round.
This would be the second match of the cash-rich IPL. The IPL was imagined to be held in April and Could this 12 months however was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The BCCI later introduced that the event will probably be held from September 19 to November 10 within the UAE on empty stands, noting that there will probably be no crowds within the stadiums.
Delhi Capitals:
Shreyas Iyer (C), Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ravi Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Rishabh Pant, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer and Tushar Deshpande
Kings XI Punjab:
KL Rahul (C), Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, Okay Gowtham, J Suchith, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Tajinder Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin
Match timings:
Like yesterday, as we speak’s match between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab will start at 7.30 pm IST.
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