Monday 23 April 2018

IPL 2018: Will downbeat Delhi Daredevils get home advantage vs KXIP today?

Delhi Daredevils Glen Maxwell celebrates the wicket of Manan Vora during the IPL 2018 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Photo: PTI

In the 22nd match of Indian Premier League (IPL 2018), Delhi Daredevils will take on Kings XI Punjab at their home ground, Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi. Bruised and battered after a string of defeats, Delhi Daredevils find themselves in an 'oh-so-familiar' situation -- at the bottom of the the Vivo IPL points table -- as they look to cash in on home advantage against a Chris Gayle-inspired Kings XI Punjap in today's IPL match. Kings XI Punjab, on the other hand, will look to beat Delhi and pip Chennai Super Kings for the top position on the points table.

Delhi Daredevils have been the least impressive of all teams in the past few seasons of Indian Premier League, only managing to finish in the bottom half of the IPL points table. In the previous two seasons, Delhi Daredevils ended their campaign at the sixth position, was a place lower in 2015, and finished last in IPL 2014. Once again in IPL 2018, they are having a bad time. They started their IPL 2018 campaign after losing their first two games against KXIP and Rajasthan Royals. Delhi clinched their first win against Mumbai Indians, thanks to a fine knock by foreign buy Jason Roy and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant.

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