Kolkata, April 27: Table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders will be locking horns against bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils in the league game of the Indian Premier League on Friday (April 28).
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KKR have been in rampaging form, be it at home or away, in the 10th season of the cash-rich league. (Preview: KKR Vs DD)
Hence, Kolkata fans and their captain Gautam Gambhir would be expecting a similar performance from the side as they host Delhi at their home turf, Eden Gardens.
Both the teams have a top class bowling attack and whoever wins the toss would elect to bowl first for it will be a day game.
But, the two-time champions, KKR look a much settled and a balanced side as they are coming back after a win against Pune. Gambhir and Robin Uthappa batted brilliantly the other night against Pune to register a convicing win.
KKR pacers are also in good form and would be high on confidence with their brilliant show against RCB, when they restricted a destructive Bangalore batting line-up to just 49.
Skipper Gambhir would be expecting a similar performance from his bowlers against a rather young Delhi batting attack.
However, KKR's batsmen must be vary of DD's bowling attack which is equally capable of taking all ten wickets.
Will KKR skipper Gambhir make any changes to the Playing XI or retain the same winning combination against Pune?
Here is the likely KKR XI against DD for tonight's encounter:
1. Sunil Narine
2. Gautam Gambhir (Captain)
3. Robin Uthappa (Wicketkeeper)
4. Manish Pandey
5. Yusuf Pathan
6. Darren Bravo
7. Piyush Chawla
8. Chris Woakes
9. Nathan Coulter-Nile
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Kuldeep Yadav
Kolkata Squad: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Darren Bravo, Trent Boult, Piyush Chawla, Nathan Coulter Nile, Colin De Grandhomme, Rishi Dhawan, Sayan Ghosh, Shaikb Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Ishank Jaggi, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Woakes, Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Ankit Rajpoot, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Uthappa (wicketkeeper) and Umesh Yadav.
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