Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant received the toss and opted to bowl first in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders on the MCA Stadium in Pune on Thursday. This is the second assembly between these two groups after DC beat KKR by 44 runs earlier this month.

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DC have made a few modifications to their taking part in XI with Chetan Sakariya making his franchise debut rather than Khaleel Ahmed who is out as a consequence of a niggle. Additionally, allrounder Mitchell Marsh has recovered from covid and comes again changing Sarfaraz Khan.

“The wicket appears on the drier facet and dew would possibly come within the latter half. Our power has been backing one another. We have had exhausting instances, however we stick collectively and transferring ahead collectively,” DC captain Pant said at the toss.

KKR have made as many as three modifications. They have two debutants in Harshit Rana and Baba Indrajith whereas Aaron Finch is again within the eleven.

“I would have looked to bowl as well because of the chasing history. But the dew has gone out completely and it is very humid as well. I feel the players have to stand up for themselves and take responsibility to finish games off themselves,” KKR captain Shreyas Iyer mentioned.

With three wins and 4 defeats from seven matches, DC are at present seventh within the standings. On the different hand, KKR are a rung beneath with three wins and 5 defeats from eight matches up to now.

Playing XIs

DC: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (wk/captain), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya

KKR: Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Baba Indrajith (wk), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana

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