Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings will aim to bounce back from defeats in their previous game when they face each other in the Indian Premier...
Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings will aim to bounce back from defeats in their previous game when they face each other in the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Rishabh Pant, relatively inexperienced in terms of IPL captaincy, will be keen to rally his troops while KL Rahul will also want his team to forget the heavy defeat to Chennai Super Kings.
The likely addition of Anrich Nortje in the playing XI will bolster Delhi’s bowling attack, which succumbed to the pressure in the final overs against Rajasthan Royals.
Punjab Kings, on the other hand, suffered a major batting collapse against CSK with Deepak Chahar’s seam movement causing the damage. This was after a solid 200-plus total by PBKS in their opening game.
The nature of the Wankhede track is posing a few questions under lights for top-order batsmen as the last two games have shown with underlying moisture aiding quality fast bowling.
So KL Rahul versus Kagiso Rabada and Chris Woakes bowling to Chris Gayle could be as enticing as Prithvi Shaw encountering the guile of Mohammed Shami and Shikhar Dhawan trying to unsettle a disciplined Arshdeep Singh.
Head-to-head
| Mat | Delhi wins | Punjab wins |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | 11 | 15 |
Both teams will hope for their top order to fire. Shaw,...
