IPL 2015: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab - Venue, date and predicted line-ups
Struggling Delhi Daredevils (DD) will play Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in their home at Ferozeshah Kotla stadium in the match 31 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). DD and KXIP are in the bottom-half of the IPL league table and are in desperate positions. Both teams lost their last IPL match at their respective home grounds.
George Bailey-led KXIP are yet to fire in this season’s IPL, even after having players like Glenn Maxwell, Virendra Sehwag, David Miller, Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Marsh, the team has failed to show any consistency. DD have been troubled by their mediocre gameplay and are still unable to find much improvement after initial losses.
Head-to-head, KXIP have won 9 while DD have clinched 6 out of their 15 encounters.
Venue: Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi
Date and time: May 1, 2015; 04:00pm Indian Standard Time
Previous meeting: DD won by 5 wickets at MCA International Stadium, Pune
Points table:
| Positions | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSK | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | RR | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | KKR | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | RCB | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | SRH | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | DD | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | KXIP | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Highest run-scorers
DD: Shreyas Iyer (227 runs in 7 matches)
KXIP: George Bailey (187 runs in 6 matches)
Highest wicket-takers
DD: Imran Tahir (13 wickets in 7 matches)
KXIP: Anureet Singh (10 wickets in 7 matches)
Predicted line-ups
DD XI: Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, JP Duminy (Captain), Yuvraj Singh, Angelo Mathews, Kedar Jadhav (W), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Imran Tahir, Zaheer Khan
KXIP XI: Murali Vijay, Shaun Marsh, Manan Vohra, George Bailey (Captain), David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha (W), Axar Patel, Rishi Dhawan, Mitchell Johnson, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma