In the second match of the most anticipated tournament i.e., Indian Premier League 2020, Delhi Capitals and Kings Xi Punjab will be seen locking horns against each other. The scheduled date and venue for DC vs KXIP match are September 2020 and Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai respectively. The pitch for this upcoming game is likely to be favoring the batsmen over bowlers.
In their opening game, team Delhi Capitals will be looking forward to starting their campaign on the best note whereas Kings XI Punjab will try their best to not repeat the same mistakes from the previous edition and will be hoping their luck to turn on this season. After the 2014 season of IPL (KXIP qualified for the finals), the team Kings XI Punjab has been in its downfall since then. They will now try to make a good impact in this season since the beginning of starting their campaign.
Delhi Capitals vs Kings Xi Punjab Match Details
Series: Indian Premier League 2020
Match: Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Kings Xi Punjab (KXIP)
Date: Sunday, 20th September 2020
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Pitch & Weather Report
In this upcoming second match of IPL 2020, both pitch and weather are expected to be favoring the batsmen. The DC vs KXIP match is expected to be a high scoring match where the batsmen may shine showing their best talent. Though bowlers will also get some advantage from the pitch as the first game of IPL 2020 to be played on this Dubai International Cricket Stadium, batsmen seem to behave more advantage over bowlers.
Coming to the weather report of Dubai on Sunday, there are slight chances of rain but overall it will be perfect weather to host the match. The temperature is likely to be hovering at 32 or 33-Degree Celsius and the Humidity for the day might be 67 percent.
DC vs KXIP Team Squads
Delhi Capitals Squads
Avesh Khan, Alex Carey, Shikhar Dhawan, Anrich Nortje, Sandeep Lamichhane, Amit Mishra, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Harshal Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Keemo Paul, Daniel Sams, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Tushar Deshpande, Lalit Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin
Kings XI Punjab Squads
Sheldon Cottrell, Nicholas Pooran, Simran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Deepak Hooda, Hardus Viljoen, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Jimmy Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Murugan Ashwin, Ishan Porel, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Lokesh Rahul, Ravi Bishnoi
Probable Playing 11
Team DC: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Alex Carey, Shikhar Dhawan, Axar Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Daniel Sams, Marcus Stoinis, Keemo Paul, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant
Team KXIP: Sarfaraz Khan, Jimmy Neesham, Nicholas Pooran, Simran Singh, Deepak Hooda, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Karun Nair, Glenn Maxwell, Lokesh Rahul
DC vs KXIP Preview & Winner Prediction
In their opening match of IPL 2020, Delhi Capitals (DC) will be facing Kings Xi Punjab (KXIP) on Sunday, 20 September 2020. With the second match of the tournament, both these teams will start their campaign. As far as their previous encounters are considered, Delhi Capitals has the upper hand. In the previously participated five matches against each other, Delhi Capitals are the ones who got the maximum (4) wins whereas Kings Xi Punjab has the least (1) win. As this will be their first game so it will be not fair to take any side till they start their campaign. However, if the previous season (IPL 2019) is considered DC was placed at the third position while KXIP was placed at the sixth position of the last season’s point table. The best performing team will win the second game of the tournament.
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