We have opted for a fantasy cricket team based on the recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Probable XIs
Delhi: David Warner* (c), Philip Salt* (wk), Mitchell Marsh*, Rilee Rossouw*, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma
Punjab: Prabhsimran Singh/Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa/Matthew Short*, Liam Livingstone*, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran*, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis*, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Pitch Data
(Based on the last three games in Delhi)
1st innings avg. score: 168/6
2nd innings avg. score: 181/5
Wins
Batting 1st: 33%
Batting 2nd: 67%
Spinners took 54% of the wickets. Meanwhile, 34% of the wickets fell between overs 10 and 15. On the batting front, eight fifties were registered – of which only two belong to openers.
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Fantasy Tips of The Day
David Warner is the season’s leading run-getter (167 at 33) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Against Punjab, he has amassed 1,005 runs at 50 – of which 630 runs at 63 have come batting first.
In seven games versus Punjab, Khaleel Ahmed has bagged 10 wickets including the best figures of three for 21. For the tournament, he has scalped seven wickets.
Axar Patel’s dual skills have been a major boon for fantasy players. By adding 267 runs to go with nine wickets and five catches, he has provided an average of 48.36 points per game in this edition.
Arshdeep Singh is the leading wicket-taker for Punjab (16) in this edition – of which nine in six games have come away from home.
Such has been Mitchell Marsh’s impact (95 runs and seven wickets) in Delhi this season that he has generated an average of 67.5 points per game.
While facing the Delhi bowling, Shikhar Dhawan has scored 550 runs at 34 including the highest score of 92*.
Only once has Nathan Ellis gone wicketless in this competition, overall picking 10 wickets. His variations have often bamboozled batters.
Liam Livingstone (170 runs, two wickets, and four catches) featured in the Best11 in four of his last five T20s.
After five matches at the venue, Kuldeep Yadav has only two wickets to his credit, going wicketless in four matches.