Toss Delhi Capitals chose to bowl v Kings XI Punjab
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl against Kings XI Punjab at Feroz Shah Kotla, reasoning they expected some dew later.
Capitals made three changes to their playing XI – Colin Ingram, Sherfane Rutherford and Sandeep Lamichhane replacing Colin Munro, Chris Morris and Keemo Paul. They have lost three out of their four home games so far this season, with the only win coming against Kolkata Knight Riders via a Super Over.
R Ashwin, the Kings XI captain, said he was also looking to bowl. Kings XI included left-arm mystery spinner Harpreet Brar in their line-up, while Sam Curran also returned to the side.
Both teams have five wins from nine matches, with Capitals narrowly ahead on the basis of net run rate.
Delhi Capitals: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Prithvi Shaw, 3 Colin Ingram, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Sandeep Lamichhane
Kings XI Punjab: 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 David Miller, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Sam Curran, 7 R Ashwin (capt), 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Hardus Viljoen, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 M Ashwin