
28 Apr 2019, 3:51 PM (IST)
What the captains are saying:
Virat Kohli: When you lose six games in a row, the only thing you have in control is to to come out and enjoy your cricket. That's something we've done in the last five games. We could have won five in five, but the key is to not take any pressure now.
Shreyas Iyer: I think it'll play better in the first half. It's just an assumption (*chuckles*). Looking for a good wicket. They are going really well currently. They have won three consecutive games and have got nothing to lose.
28 Apr 2019, 3:46 PM (IST)
Toss:
Delhi win the toss and opted to bat first.
Delhi made one change, bringing in Sandeep Lamichahane for Chris Morris.
Bangalore, meanwhile, have made three changes. Heinrich Klaseen, Shivam Dubey and Gurkeerat Singh have made the playing XI in place of Moeen Ali, Tim Southee and Akashdeep Nath.
Playing XI:
Delhi: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(capt), Rishabh Pant(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Colin Ingram, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma
Bangalore: Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(capt), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Heinrich Klaasen, Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
28 Apr 2019, 3:38 PM (IST)
What to expect from the match:
Rishabh Pant and his ways, unconventional to the core and which have fuelled Delhi's rare title charge, against Banaglore.
There has been no looking back since Kohli's Bangalore arrested a long losing streak on April 19 in Kolkata.
Banaglore will enter the Feroz Shah Kotla, a very familiar place for their captain Kohli, on the back of a three-match winning run.
But the visitors will still have to play out of their skins to stop Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly's rampaging outfit.
A win will ensure that Delhi reach the cut-off limit of 16 points needed for a play-off berth.