Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders against Abu Dhabi.
Delhi Capitals have made two changes to their Playing XI for the game against KKR. Ajinkya Rahane comes in for Prithvi Shaw and Anrich Nortje comes in for Daniel Sams. KKR have also made two changes to the Playing XI. Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Sunil Narine come in for Kuldeep Yadav and Tom Banton.
Delhi Capitals who are on the second spot on the points table behind defending champions Mumbai Indians will book a place in the knockouts of the tournament with a win over Kolkata Knight Riders.
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When the two teams met last met earlier in the season, it was a high scoring affair at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium with Delhi Capitals (DC) pulling off a 18-run win. While DC posted a mammoth 228-run total, KKR fell short of the gigantic target ending up at 210-8 after a spirited chase
Here is what the skippers had to say after the toss
Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Capitals Skipper): We will bowl first, there's bit of grass on the wicket. It will help our seamers at the start. We are here to express ourselves, so our mindset will be the same. We will have the same approach. Every player has been Man of the match on some occasion. Rahane comes in for Prithvi, Nortje comes in for Sam.
Eoin Morgan (KKR Skipper): We had a good practice, we need to focus. We haven't played our best cricket, hopefully we do that today. Nagarkoti comes in, Narine comes in for Kuldeep and Banton. Looks a good wicket, we love playing here.
Here are the Playing XIs for both Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2020
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Tushar Deshpande, Anrich Nortje
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Here are the full squads for Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Tom Banton, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sandeep Warrier, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Tim Seifert, Chris Green, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddharth
Delhi Capitals Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Daniel Sams, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Tushar Deshpande, Ajinkya Rahane, Harshal Patel, Mohit Sharma, Alex Carey, Avesh Khan, Praveen Dubey, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Anrich Nortje, Lalit Yadav