CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments The Upcoming grand match will be KXIP vs DD of IPL 2016 which gonna be a great entertaining match as the main batsman of KXIP Glenn Maxwell is back in the form. In the last match against KKR he scored fifty and took his team nearer to the total but unfortunately they lost the match by 7 runs. But this time Kings XI Punjab will try to grab the match early by not repeating their previous mistakes done in the recent match. Delhi Daredevils also loses his last match against Rising Pune Supergaints which brought confidence of their players down. The Match Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils will start at 8:00 pm today on PCA cricket stadium, Mohali.
Match Preview: Punjab vs Delhi
If we look onto the Delhi Daredevils they are quite balanced specially their bowling unit is one of the strongest in the IPL 2016. Zaheer Khan took his team to a new level. They have played 8 match so far and with 5 wins and 10 points they are on 3rd place on the points table. Carlos Brathwaite and Chris Morris both are delivering all-round performance for the team. Amit Mishra and Imran Tahir holding the spin attack where Zaheer leading the pace department from the front with Morris, Brathwaite and Shami. So the bowling department is fully equipped with wonderful bowlers. The main concern of the team is the inconsistency of their batsman. Quinton de kock scored hundred earlier and from there he is not scoring runs. Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson have that talent and ability which can lead their team to the win but the thing is to spare some time on the pitch and then start hitting big shots. Coaches have to take care of the youngster and set up their mind so that they can learn how to handle the big match pressure.
This match is much important to the KXIP as they are on the last in the points table. They have played 8 matches and on the 6 occasion taste the defeat. They have won only 2 matches so far. Recently the captain of the team changed. Earlier David Miller was the captain of the team but now Murali Vijay is in lead. Despite of having world-class hitter they are lagging in the batting. One of the worst performance by the middle order batsman. Most of the time openers of KXIP gave good start of 50+ runs but the middle order batsman unable to take the advantage of the start and misses a big total every time. In the last match against Kolkata Knight riders they just 7 runs short to win the match. Glenn Maxwell scored a fast fifty but don’t think to finishes the game himself and thrown in wicket while playing a sweep shot. Axar Patel is the only all-rounder who is looking good with the bat and the ball. He is the first bowler who took the hat-trick of IPL 2016. Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma are impressive with the ball and very economical through the tournament. The thing on which KXIP have to work is the batting.
Toss: A Big Advantage
Again the team which will win the toss, will try to field first as we can see the trend in the IPL 2016. There is always an advantage while batting second in T20 cricket. You know how to play and what run rate is needed. So every team want to do ball first in the game and depends on their batsman. In today’s match we will see the team which will win the toss will invite the opponent team to bat first.
Previous Fight:
Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils have played one match with each other in which again the batting of Punjab team destroyed by the Delhi’s bowlers and they only put up 111 runs on the board on the loss of 9 wickets. DD chase down the total easily and registered a big win by 8 wickets. Amit Mishra was Man of the match in that Match.
Match Prediction:
Due to present form and the performance of the teams, it is easy to predict that the Delhi Daredevils may win the match but KXIP are back in the form if we look at the last couple of matches. So anything can happen in the game. Time only will tell you the winner of today’s KXIP vs DD IPL 2016 match.