Kings XI Punjab will play their fourth match of IPL 2019 against Delhi Capitals today around evening time. Returning on the of an amazing 8-wicket triumph against Mumbai Indians yesterday, Kings XI would look broaden their series of wins with another success against Capitals.
In what will be Punjab's second home diversion, they wouldn't have any desire to give Delhi a chance to sneak past a triumph in their second away match. With the Head-to-Head insights of the match going in the support of the hosts, it talks profoundly about them having a reasonable shot of crushing Delhi in Mohali.
Top-Order(openers)
Chris Gayle highlighting in the Top Five of most elevated run-scorers in IPL 2019 tells how critical he has been for Kings XI in the three matches they have played in this season up until now. Gayle has scored 139 runs maintaining an average of 46.33 and a strike rate of 165.47.
While Gayle's opening accomplice in Lokesh Rahul passed up a major opportunity in the initial two matches, him scoring a reasonable 71* (56) with the assistance of six fours and a six of every a 177-run pursue against MI would have come as a rest for Punjab.
Other than Gayle and Rahul, it was Mayank Agarwal's 21-ball 43 which made him win Man of the Match Title against Mumbai Indians. Having prior scored 50 years, Agarwal finishes a solid Top three for Kings XI Punjab.
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The strong Middle Order
A straightforward motivation behind why Punjab's batting unit seems solid on paper is the way that all their batsmen have taken a gander at certain focuses in the three matches they have played up until this point. In Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, and Mandeep Singh, Punjab have three skilled batsmen who can adjust to circumstances well.
While their middle order should remain unchanged, Punjab can do an experiment by swapping Mandeep Singh with Sarfaraz Khan in today's match.
Bowling Department
The bowling division is one territory where Punjab needs to improve as well as improve speedily. In the 12 overs which their quick bowlers bowled in the last match, they yielded upwards of 125 when contrasted with spinners surrendering 51 in eight overs.
One speedy answer for the equivalent could be them playing the third spinner instead of a third quick bowler. With them having Mujeeb Ur Rahman in their side, one neglects to comprehend why he was sidelined for Hardus Viljoen in any case.
Given how Mohammed Shami has bowled in the competition up until now, Ankit Rajpoot displays a genuine case for supplanting Shami in the playing XI today around evening time. The senior pacer has spilled runs at an economy rate of 9.91 and picked three wickets in the same number of matches at a strike rate of 24.
Our Predicted Playing X1 for Kings X1 Punjab-
1) Lokesh Rahul (wk)
2) Chris Gayle
3) Mayank Agarwal
4) Mandeep Singh
5) David Miller
6) Sarfaraz Khan
7) Ravichandran Ashwin (c)
8) Andrew Tye
9) Murugan Ashwin
10) Ankit Rajpoot
11) Mujeeb Ur Rahman
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