Toss Delhi Daredevils chose to bat v Kolkata Knight Riders
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The toss was academic. Kolkata Knight Riders were always going to chase as per T20 convention, and Delhi Daredevils were always going to bat because their batsmen are inexperienced and do well without the pressure of having to perform in crucial phases. For purposes purely academic, then, Daredevils’ captain Zaheer Khan won the toss.
Both the sides read the pitch as one with good bounce, and accordingly, Mohammed Shami came in for Daredevils, and Nathan Coulter-Nile for Knight Riders. Shami replaced spinner Shahbaz Nadeem, and Coulter-Nile took Trent Boult’s place. Daredevils were forced to make another change: Angelo Mathews in for the unwell Corey Anderson.
Delhi Daredevils: 1 Sanju Samson, 2 Sam Billings, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Karun Nair, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Chris Morris, 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Zaheer Khan (capt), 11 Mohammed Shami
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Sunil Narine, 2 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 3 Robin Uthappa (wk), 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 10 Kuldeep Yadav 11 Umesh Yadav
Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo
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