So its the away team that draws first... you know the cliche.
Delhi Capitals have won the toss and they'll bowl against Lucknow Super Giants.
DC: Warner, Shaw, Rossouw, Marsh, Sarfaraz, Powell, Axar, Khaleel, Kuldeep, Sakariya, Mukesh Kumar
Subs: Aman Khan, Praveen Dubey, Manish Pandey, Lalit Yadav, Abishek Porel
LSG: Rahul, Mayers (in place of de Kock who is on national duty), Hooda, Pooran, Stoinis, Badoni, Krunal, Avesh, Bishnoi, Unadkat, Wood.
Subs: Yash Thakur, K Gowtham, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams
These two teams look pretty strong.
Capitals with Warner as captain may not be such a bad thing. He's the kinda guy you want in your corner. Everything he does, right down to those balls he chases allllllll the way to the boundary, shows he just does not have quit in him.
And around this captain is a splendid core of top order batting, starting with Prithvi Shaw, who was in the news over the Indian domestic season for the
good stuff, and the
not so good. Incredible hitter, and one who takes no time to get going. Mitchell Marsh is the same way. When he gets those big burly arms of his swinging through the line of the ball, there's only one place it's heading. The bowling has variety - actually maybe too much with Sakaryia, Axar, Kuldeep and Khaleel all being left-arm bowlers!
Supergiants are led by the batter who keeps hoarding Orange Caps. Rahul has been a run-machine in the IPL, but often he finds himself in teams where its him or bust. This time around, he'll hope its different. And perhaps it will be with Nicholas Pooran and No. 4 and Marcus Stoinis lower down. And the Impact Player option giving a team bursting with allrounders even more flexibility