Toss Rajasthan Royals chose to bowl v Delhi Daredevils
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Delhi Daredevils lost the toss yet again and were asked to bat on a pitch that is expected to be not too different from the slower ones in the UAE. Shane Watson, the Rajasthan Royals captain, said at the toss that the pitch was only chosen a couple of hours before the start of the match, so he wanted to bowl and see how it played. Royals made one change to their line-up, bringing in seamer Dhawal Kulkarni in place of Iqbal Abdulla.
Daredevils’ only change reflected an opposite strategy; they brought in legspinner Rahul Sharma in place of medium pacer Laxmi Shukla. Kevin Pietersen said it was hard to defend totals at the Kotla and so expected his batsmen to play their part in the first half. A lot will also depend on Pietersen, who averages a slick 83.00 in Delhi.
Delhi Daredevils 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 M Vijay, 3 JP Duminy, 4 Kevin Pietersen (capt), 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Kedar Jadhav, 7 Wayne Parnell, 8 Rahul Sharma, 9 Shahbaz Nadeem, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Jaydev Unadkat
Rajasthan Royals 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Karun Nair, 3 Sanju Samson (wk), 4 Shane Watson (capt), 5 Stuart Binny, 6 Steven Smith, 7 James Faulkner, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Kane Richardson, 10 Pravin Tambe, 11 Dhawal Kulkarni
May 03, 2014 at 07:35PM
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