Today, we are having the second match of IPL 2020, at the Dubai International Stadium, in Dubai. The match began at 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), and we are watching Delhi Capitals V/S Kings XI Punjab in today’s match of IPL 2020. It is the first match of the total twenty-four matches that will be held in Dubai. With Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) as Umpires. The third Umpire is Paul Reiffel (AUS), and the match Referee is Javagal Srinath (IND).
Moreover, it is being believed that this match is a face-off for the potential future Indian captaincy between skippers KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer.
The Winner of the Toss:
Kings XI Punjab chose to bowl after winning the toss. So, we got Delhi Capitals on the pitch. Furthermore, Prithvi Shaw was the opening batsman for Delhi Capitals and Shikhar Dhawan joined him at the non-striker end. At the same time, the first over was bowled by Sheldon Cottrell.
Today’s Line-up for the First Inning:
Delhi Captials’ line-up for the first inning of the season match of IPL is as follows:
- Prithvi Shaw
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Shreyas Iyer(c)
- Rishabh Pant (wk)
- Marcus Stoinis
- Axar Patel
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Kagiso Rabada
- Anrich Nortje
- Mohit Sharma
Team Members of the Fielding Team for First Inning:
We have Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab as today’s rivals for the second match of IPL 2020. And all the team-members of the bowling team for the first inning are:
Lokesh Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Krishnappa Gowtham, Chris Jordan, Sheldon Cottrell, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi
Batting Performance for the First Inning:
Following is the performance report of the Delhi Capitals batting in the first inning, and their scorecard is as follows:
- Shikhar Dhawan scored 0 runs from 2 balls.
He got runout by Lokesh Rahul, while the bowler was Krishnappa Gowtham. - Prithvi Shaw scored 5 runs from 9 balls by hitting one 4 and zero 6s.
However, he got caught by Chris Jordan, while the bowler was Mohammed Shami. - Shimron Hetmyer scored 7 runs from 13 balls by hitting one 4 and zero 6s.
However, he got caught by Mayank Agarwal, while the bowler was Mohammed Shami. - Rishabh Pant scored 31 runs from 29 balls by hitting four 4s and zero 6s.
He got bowled by Ravi Bishnoi. - Shreyas Iyer scored 39 runs from 32 balls by hitting zero 4s and three 6s.
However, he got caught by Chris Jordan, while the bowler was Mohammed Shami. - Axar Patel scored 6 runs from 9 balls by hitting zero 4s and zero 6s.
However, he got caught by Lokesh Rahul, while the bowler was Chris Jordan. - Ravichandran Ashwin scored 4 runs from 6 balls by hitting zero 4s and zero 6s.
However, he got caught by Mohammed Shami, while the bowler was Sheldon Cottrell. - Marcus Stoinis scored 53 runs from 21 balls by hitting seven 4s and three 6s.
And he got runout by Rahul/Pooran. While the bowler was Chris Jordan, but it was No-Ball. - Kagiso Rabada scored 0 runs from 0 balls but remained not out.
- Anrich Nortje scored 3 runs from last ball of the match and remained not out.
Bowling Performance for the First Inning:
In the first inning, Kings XI Punjab chose to bowl, and the performance card of their bowler is as below:
- Sheldon Cottrell bowled for four overs and gave a total of 24 runs while scoring two wickets.
- Mohammed Shami bowled for four overs and gave a total of 15 runs while scoring three wickets.
- Chris Jordan bowled for four overs and gave a total of 56 runs while scoring zero wickets.
- Krishnappa Gowtham bowled for four overs and gave a total of 39 runs while scoring zero wicket.
- Ravi Bishnoi bowled for four overs and gave a total of 22 runs while scoring one wicket.
There were two, NO-ball, during the first inning, and it was from Mohammed Shami and Chris Jordan.
The Scoreboard at the End of First Inning:
At the end of the first inning, we have the scoreboard as Delhi Capitals: 157/8 (20). Furthermore, now Kings XI Punjab have to chase the target of 158 runs in the next inning. Let’s see what happens? If Kings XI Punjab is up for the challenge or not.!