IPL Fantasy, DD Vs SRH: Best XI to pick for today's match

Mumbai Indians posted a huge win over Kolkata Knight Riders in yesterday’s match at Kolkata. Ishan Kishan probably played the innings of his life smashing KKR bowlers all around the park to help MI post a mammoth total of 210 (we hope you had him in your teams!). Kolkata folded under the pressure of chasing a huge target as they were bowled out for a partly score of 108. MI leapfrogged KKR in the points table and built a heavy NRR thanks to the margin of victory yesterday.

DD take on SRH in the only game today at the Kotla and know that only a win can keep their hopes of qualifying alive. SRH will qualify for the play-offs with a win and they will be looking to ensure that they achieve it with games to spare. DD and SRH are likely to play with the same eleven as their last games. SRH beat DD by 7 wickets in the previous meeting between the two sides this season thanks to a blistering cameo by Yusuf Pathan in the end. DD’s strategy will be to bat first, put up a huge total and make it tough for SRH to chase it down.

Here’s our suggestion for the playing xi in today’s games (5 core players who are a must have for today’s game are marked as “CP”).

Today’s Best Eleven for DD Vs SRH

1. Rishabh Pant-CP

2. Shreyas Iyer-CP

3. Kane Williamson-CP

4. Shikhar Dhawan

5. Prithvi Shaw

6. Yusuf Pathan

7. Shakib Al Hasan-CP

8. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar

9. Trent Boult

10. Rashid Khan-CP

11. Amit Mishra

Alternate Options:

There are alternate options for the players who have not been listed under the Core players in the above eleven. You can consider these players in place of the non-core players.

1. Siddharth Kaul

2. Alex Hales

3. Manish Pandey

4. Jason Roy

5. Avesh Khan

Captain Options:

1. Rishabh Pant – He did not get going in the last game vs SRH but has been in good form smashing bowlers all around the park. He made 69 in their last game at his home ground and will look to continue that form at home.

2. Rashid Khan – He has been bowling excellently in the last few games. He should have got more wickets in the last game but there were two dropped catches. DD’s middle order hasn’t been among the runs and Rashid is due for wickets. He will be an excellent differential pick as captain today.