Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali on Monday. Delhi had one change from their last game and fast bowler Avesh Khan has been brought into the playing XI in place of out-of-form veteran Amit Mishra.


For Punjab, Karan and Rahul came to the crease to open the innings. KL Rahul’s quick fiery knck remain short-lived as just after hitting big six to Morris, the South African speedster bowled a stunner to get the top-order batsman out for an LBW. Sam Curran was looking in good touch and had hit Avesh Khan for three fours in third over.

However, Curran’s little cameo came to an end after Lamichhane got him LBW out in the 4th over.

With Punjab down for two, Sarfaraz Khan and Mayank Agarwal looked in great knick as  they were attacking Deli bowlers with controlled aggression, hitting fours and stealing singles whenever the duo got the opportunity.

In the 7th over, Khan drove Harshal Patel’s delivery straight to cover, where Shikhar Dhawan, taking advantage of confused Agarwal, picked up the ball and aimed a direct-hit at bowler’s end. Unfortunately for Punjab, Agarwal tried to recover but the ball hits the stumps and Dhawan sent Agarwal packing.


With Rabada's yorker being the talk of the town, it will be interesting to see how the Delhi Capitals pacer counters the hard-hitting Kings XI Punjab batsmen when the two teams clash in an IPL match at Mohali today.

Teams (Playing XI)

Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Harshal Patel, Chris Morris, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan