Daredevils hope to outwit Kings XI in first home game

Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils
Delhi, April 15, 2017
Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)

Kings XI Punjab have won ten out of the eighteen matches played between the two teams so far.

Both teams defeated the visitors in the one-off games at home; Daredevils had elected to bowl on both occasions.

After piloting Daredevils to their biggest victory in the history of the IPL, Sanju Samson dedicated his maiden T20 ton to Rahul Dravid and all other members of the team that helped him come back from a disappointing campaign last season.

Daredevils batsman Shreyas Iyer has joined the squad and is available for selection, having missed the first two matches due to a bout of chickenpox. Considering Aditya Tare's lackluster performance at the top of the order in the two games, Iyer is likely to feature in the XI.

Despite having bowled only two overs against Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday, Ishant Sharma's familiarity with conditions at his home ground is likely to hand him a game at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Legspinner Amit Mishra has said while Daredevils possess a "better bowling attack" than Kings XI, they will need to out-think the opposition in terms of field placements and strategy to fare well in what is going to be there first home game this season.

Kings XI Punjab 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Manan Vohra, 3 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 4 Glenn Maxwell (capt), 5 David Miller, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Mohit Sharma, 9 Sandeep Sharma, 10 Varun Aaron, 11 Ishant Sharma

Delhi Daredevils 1 Aditya Tare/ Shreyas Iyer, 2 Sam Billings, 3 Karun Nair, 4 Sanju Samson, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Chris Morris, 7 Corey Anderson, 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Shahbaz Nadeem, 11 Zaheer Khan (capt)