After bagging morale boosting wins in their previous encounters, both Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Delhi Capitals (DC) will look to continue their ascendancy when they lock horns in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash on Monday. Punjab returned to winning ways with a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians on Saturday as K.L. Rahul played the role of a sheet anchor to perfection.
Rahul was unbeaten on 71 off 57 balls with KXIP reaching the 177-run target in 18.4 overs. This was KXIP’s second win in three games. Delhi, on the other hand, stymied Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) two-game winning run with a thrilling Super Over victory. Chasing 186, DC finished on 185/6 to take the match to a Super Over late on Saturday night.
Batting first in the Super Over, Delhi managed just 10/1 but then South Africa speedster Kagiso Rabada underlined his class with a perfect yorker to get rid of the dangerous Andre Russell. He followed it up with a few perfect deliveries to defend the total and win the game for Delhi.
KXIP expected 11: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Sam Curran, Sarfaraz Khan, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot
DC expected 11: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Ingram, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hanuma Vihari, Trent Boult, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra.
FPJ dream 11: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel
With PTI inputs