Kolkata and Delhi meet in the second doubleheader encounter on Saturday in Indian T20 League 2020.
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Sharjah is ready to welcome Kolkata and Delhi on Saturday night in a cracking game of T20. Both sides are in the top four and lost once out of three games. Kolkata beat Rajasthan in their previous encounter to add second straight victory following the defeat to Mumbai in the season opener. Shubhman Gill is in fine form, aggregating 124 runs in 3 matches and Morgan is also useful in these conditions, proving a finisher role.Narine and Karthik’s form might be a worrying sign but Kolkata found their rhythm in the tournament.
Meanwhile, Delhi started off the tournament with two back to back wins but suffered a loss against Hyderabad in the previous game. The batting unit was tested on a challenging track and they failed to went past Hyderabad’s total. The bowling unit is doing very well, riding on Kagiso Rabada along with the spin duo Axar and Mishra.
The middle-order is a big issue and Delhi require some balance ahead of the tough games this month. Ashwin might be back as he recovered from the injury but Delhi might try Carey in place of Hetmyer as the middle-order is not scoring runs. On a batting paradise, Kolkata is a strong side and they enter as the favourites.
Pitch Report
Sharjah is a pure batting track and it has nothing for the bowlers. In its two outings, both innings have scored 200 plus score, including the successful chase of 224. Due to the short boundaries and dew factor, chasing would be a good call.
Possible XI
Delhi
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra/Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Anrich Nortje
Kolkata
Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Key Players
Delhi
Kagiso Rabada
Sikhar Dhawan
Kolkata
Shubhman Gill
Eoin Morgan
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