South African batsmen David Miller (left), Anrich Nortje in motion; Sarfaraz Khan of Delhi Capitals bats in the course of the IPL. (Reuters | PTI)
The Indian tempo unit of Delhi Capitals must punch above their weight in opposition to a robust Gujarat Titans unit, who begin as heavy favorites of their first match of the season in New Delhi on Tuesday. The defending champions have all their bases coated regardless of Kane Williamson being dominated out of the event following a critical knee harm.
The hosts, then again, appear to be an outfit that does not have a Plan B, because it grew to become evident of their emphatic 50-run win by the hands of Lucknow Super Giants. (Read extra)
squads
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, Kona Bharat (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Mohammed Shami, Pradeep Sangwan, R Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharshan, Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mathew Wade, Odean Smith, Urvil Patel, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller (not out there in first 2 video games), Josh Little (first match not out there), Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Odean Smith, Noor Ahmed and Alzarri Joseph.
Delhi Capitals: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Riley Rossouw, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Phil Salt (wk), Abhishek Porel (wk), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Ripple Patel, Ishant Sharma, Chetan Sakaria, Khalil Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar and Vicky Ostwal.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
