Delhi Capitals selected to bowl vs Chennai Super Kings
Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel gained the toss and selected to bowl in opposition to Chennai Super Kings on a recent red-soil pitch at Chepauk. They made one change, swapping out legspin allrounder Vipraj Nigam for tempo allrounder Auqib Nabi, who was making his IPL debut.
Nabi, 29, was the highest wicket-taker (60) in Jammu & Kashmir’s run to their maiden Ranji Trophy title. Ashutosh Sharma or Nitish Rana may are available as DC’s Impact Player after they chase.
CSK made two adjustments, bringing back middle-order batter Dewald Brevis, who has recovered from a aspect damage, and handing an IPL debut to Tamil Nadu left-arm fast Gurjapneet Singh. There was no room for New Zealand quick bowler Matt Henry and native left-arm spin allrounder Prashant Veer, who’s but to bowl within the IPL.
Gurjapneet, 27, lately performed for India A and has been among the many finest loss of life bowlers within the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
Apart from Brevis, Jamie Overton and Noor had been the abroad gamers for CSK of their bat-first XI. There was no place for Kartik Sharma, who was on the Impact Sub bench. CSK may contemplate bringing in Henry or Akeal Hosein as an Impact Sub after they bowl later within the night.
CSK bat-first XI: 1 Sanju Samson (wk), 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 3 Ayush Mhatre, 4 Sarfaraz Khan, 5 Dewald Brevis, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Jamie Overton, 8 Noor Ahmad, 9 Anshul Kamboj, 10 Khaleel Ahmed, 11 Gurjapneet Singh
Impact Sub bench: Matt Short, Akeal Hosein, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Matt Henry
DC bowl-first XI: 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Sameer Rizvi, 4 Axar Patel (capt), 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 David Miller, 7 Auqib Nabi, 8 Lungi Ngidi, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 T Natarajan, 11 Mukesh Kumar
Impact Sub bench: Vipraj Nigam, Ashutosh Sharma, Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana
