Delhi Capitals team will be present on to the domestic ground for their third match of the Indian Premier League, it will be more likely that the situation here is more favorable to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Even in the last match, Chennai Super Kings here took advantage of the conditions compared to the domestic team. For his batting difficult wicket, his spinners got more help from the pitch. KKR has a world-class spin bowling attack led by India's leading bowler Kuldeep Yadav, including veterans like Piyush Chawla and Sunil Narine.
Both Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant are in good form but it is necessary to see whether Feroz Shah Kotla's pitch and KKR spin trio allow them to bat open or not. Pant has had good batting (78 and 25 runs) in both the matches. He started the season with a smoky shift in the first match against the Mumbai Indians. Dhawan is also in a good rhythm. Both know the conditions well and they will need to use their understanding in planning their batting.
Above all, Delhi spinners like Akshar Patel, Rahul Tewatia and Amit Mishra will be on top of their game to stop the KKR batsmen in the form. For Kolkata, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Robin Uthappa, and Shubman Gill are running. But Russell is the most dangerous batsman with his incredible ability to play big shots.
In both KKR's victories, the West Indies player was involved, who bowled the bowlers furiously. Stopping them will be the biggest challenge for the characters and Mishra. Rana started the innings and the middle order was impressive on both occasions.
Young Gill's performance will be seen eagerly as he is being seen as a future Indian player. In addition to the spinners for Delhi, Young Fast Bowler Kasigo Rabada of South Africa will have to take responsibility to stop the run.
Time: Match starts at eight o'clock.
Here are the playing 11 probable of both the teams
KKR playing 11: Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa, Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik (C) (W), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson
DC playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant, Keemo Paul/Chris Morris, Trent Boult, Kasigo Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Rahul Tewatia
