At the end of the league stage of Indian Premier League
2012, Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders
succeeded in getting the first two positions respectively in the DLF IPL
Standings 2012. So these two teams will be facing each other in the Qualifier 1
match which is the first game of the playoffs. This match will be played at Subrata
Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune on May 22, 2012 at 8.00 PM sharp.
This is a very important
match for both the teams as the winning team in tomorrow’s match will be
directly placed in the final match whereas the losing team will get another
chance to play against the winner of the Eliminator match. So the loser in
tomorrow’s match will get another chance to reframe their destiny and this is
the positive side for the teams in the top two positions in the Points Table.
While Delhi Daredevils have been a balanced team in both
batting and bowling, Kolkata Knight Riders have a very strong bowling line up
but their batting order is not as strong as bowling. This is where Delhi can
take over Kolkata. In their 16 league matches, Kolkata bagged 10 victories
which also include the abandoned match against Deccan. But contrary to their
initial winning matches, their batting order started to wobble in the last few
matches which is a matter to worry for Kolkata as tomorrow’s match is a vital
game to give a hit to their fate for the final.
Brendon McCullum has been superb in all the IPL seasons so
far and along with him, this time Captain
Gautam Gambhir has been impressive in batting who is also enjoying orange
cap like Delhi Daredevils Captain Virender Shewag. Apart from these two
explosive openers, the team is seriously looking for a fabulous partnership
from their middle order batsmen, Jacques Kallis and Yousuf Pathan. If all these
batsmen are in their best forms tomorrow then Kolkata will be able to smoothen
their way towards final very easily because the team doesn’t have to worry much
with their bowling squad. Moreover, Pune ground is a bowling pitch and so the attacking
Kolkata bowlers will look for Delhi wickets in regular intervals to push the
rival into a corner.
According to some bookies like
BestFred and William Hill, these two squads are competent enough to take each
other on and both of these bookies are offering 10/11 odds on a victory of
these two teams. However, some other bookies like Paddy Power and Totespur are
offering 9/10 and 5/6 respectively. What is similar among these bookies is-
both the teams are getting the same odds.
PROBABLE TEAM PLAYERS FOR KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: Gautam
Gambhir (c),Jacques Kallis, Brendon McCullum (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary,
Manvinder Bisla/Debabrata Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Iqbal Abdulla, Lakshmipathy
Balaji.
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