Kolkata vs Delhi MyTeam11 Fantasy Cricket Tips: Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Update – Indian T20 League, Match 42

Andre Russell is likely to miss this match as well.

Published - 23 Oct 2020, 15:19 IST | Updated - 23 Oct 2020, 15:19 IST

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Andre Russell is likely to miss this match as well.

Match Details:

The 42nd match of the Indian T20 League 2020 will be played between Kolkata and Delhi at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. We have got the best Kolkata vs Delhi team prediction for today’s match.

Kolkata vs Delhi Match 42 is scheduled to start at 03:30 PM IST (02:00 PM local time) (10:00 AM UTC). The game will be telecasted on the Star Sports Network (Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali). Also, live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.

Preview

Kolkata are taking on the table toppers Delhi in the next fixture of the Indian T20 League. Kolkata was humiliated by Bangalore in their last game where they could score only 84 in 20 overs. Their batting order collapsed with every batsman failing to score more than 10 runs except captain Eoin Morgan. There are a lot of injury concerns in their camp as well.

The best thing they can do is move on from the last match result and get the most out of playing more under these conditions. Nitish Rana needs to find his form very badly. They also need to take some tough decisions on their bowling line-up which has been underperforming lately. Kolkata are expected to change their combination in an attempt to get the much-needed two points from this game.

On the other hand, Delhi is sitting at the top of the table with seven wins in ten games. They also lost their last match and need to make sure their middle order comes back in form before the big games. Rishabh Pant’s injury forced them to change their combination and resulted in some poor outings for Shreyas Iyer. Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant need to contribute as they have failed in the recent matches.

Shikhar Dhawan seems to be in the form of his life. With two consecutive centuries, he will look to have one partner at the other end to make sure their team gets over the line. Delhi will look to get that two points to make sure spa spot in the top two and improve their records in Abu Dhabi.

Today’s Probable Playing 11:

Kolkata Playing XI:

Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Prasidh Krishna, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson.

Bench:

Tom Banton, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Andre Russell, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrior, Manimaran Siddharth, Kuldeep Yadav.

Delhi Playing XI:

Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Tushar Deshpande, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.

Bench:

Mohit Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Alex Carey, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Harshal Patel, Daniel Sams, Lalit Yadav.

Suggested Playing XI No.1 for MyTeam11 Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik

Batsmen – Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan, Shreyas Iyer

All-Rounders – Axar Patel

Bowlers – Lockie Ferguson (VC), Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna

Suggested Playing XI No.2 for MyTeam11 Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik

Batsmen – Shikhar Dhawan, Eoin Morgan, Shubman Gill, Shimrom Hetmyer

All-Rounders – Marcus Stoinis

Bowlers – Kagiso Rabada (C), Anrich Nortje (VC), Lockie Ferguson, Ravichandran Ashwin

Injury & Availability News

Andre Russell missed out the last match due to injury and is uncertain to start in the match against Delhi.

Kolkata vs Delhi Weather Repor

It will be another hot afternoon at Abu Dhabi with temperature hovering around 32 Degree Celsius. It will drop to 30-31 Degree Celsius by the time the match ends. There are zero chances of rain as well.

Pitch Report

The pitch at Abu Dhabi has been brilliant for the new ball bowlers as we got to see bunch of wickets falling during the powerplay in the last couple of matches. Batting second will be more comfortable with a target in mind.

Average first innings score:

136 (Considering last five Indian T20 League matches at this venue)

Record of the chasing teams:

Won – 4, Lost – 0, Tie – 1 (Considering last five Indian T20 League matches at this venue)

MVP for MyTeam11 Fantasy from each team

Lockie Ferguson – Kolkata – He has played only two matches and has four wickets in his pocket. He has an economy rate of four so far at an average of 8.

Shikhar Dhawan – Delhi – Shikhar Dhawan is the second highest run-scorer in the tournament so far with 465 runs at an average of 66.43. He is coming to this game with 4 consecutive half centuries including two consecutive centuries under his name. He scored an unbeaten half century in his last outing at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.