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| Delhi Daredevils Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders 1st IPL 2013 Match Live Score & Updates Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:37 AM PDT As the IPL season 6 starts today, it will be interesting to watch the first match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in Kolkata. This will be a thrilling start to IPL 2013 between the two teams who have the aspirations of taking away the trophy. Both squads have key players missing from the ranks because of some other commitments and injuries. When we see it on papers, Kolkata Knight Riders seems to be stronger. However Delhi Daredevils still have a number of players who can win the match off their individual contributions. Kolkata Knight Riders Gautam Gambhir will be looking forward to regain semblance from earlier performance and be a strong player in KKR team. Along with Sunil Narine, another top wicket taker who was important in the success of KKR last year is Sachitra Senanayake from Sri Lanka. Jacques Kallis will further add experience to middle order of the team bolstered by Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Manvinder Bisla and Laxmi Ratan Shukla. The KKR team is likely to load up the bowling side with international expertise of James Pattinson, Brett Lee as well as Sunil Narine, all of whom are likely to be playing in the first match. Brett Lee will serve as the mentor cum bowling coach for the team and will even share the ball with James Pattinson. Delhi Daredevils On the other side, the first match of the season is surely a big one as the Daredevils go against Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens at 8:00 IST. Virender Sehwag, the captain of the DD will play against the team that is headed by his own opening partner, Gautam Gambhir. If we talk about the present scenario and status of the team, it will look to U-19 captain Unmukt Chand to save them. In the absence of Morkel, the bowling side rests on the performances of Umesh Yadav, Irfan Pathan and Ashish Nehra. Prediction so far As far as the prediction goes, it seems that Kolkata Knight Riders might win this one against Delhi Daredevils as they have their home advantage plus Gautam Gambhir is in great form at Eden Gardens. You can watch out for live cricket score between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders online. Stay tuned and enjoy every bit of the IPL season 6 opening match today.
Likely squads- Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Debabrata Das, Eoin Morgan, Iqbal Abdulla, Jacques Kallis, James Pattinson, Laxmipathy Balaji, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manoj Tiwary, Manvinder Bisla, Shami Ahmed, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Ryan McLaren, Ryan ten Doeschate, Sachitra Senanayake, Sarabjit Ladda, Sunil Narine and Yusuf Pathan. Delhi Daredevils: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Ajit Agarkar, Andre Russell, Arisht Singhvi, Ashish Nehra, C M Gautam, David Warner,Gulam Bodi, Irfan Pathan, Jeevan Mendis, Johan Botha, Kedar Jadhav, Manpreet Juneja, Naman Ojha, Pawan Negi, Roelof van-der Morwe, Royston Dias, Siddharth Kaul, Sujit Nayak, Shahbaz Nadeem Umesh Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Venugopal Rao, Virender Sehwag and Yogesh Nagar. Delhi Daredevils Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders Live ScoreRead the detailed post at http://www.allaboutindia.org/ |
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