Delhi Daredevils

Languishing at the bottom of the table and struggling for batting form, the Delhi will be hoping that their Indian batting talent will be able to put up a better show against the Indian heavy Kings XI Punjab bowling line up.

Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa scored fluent knocks of 71 and 59 respectively as Kolkata Knight Riders consolidated their position at top chasing down 161 runs against Delhi Daredevils with seven wickets in hand in the 32nd game of Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens.

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been included in the Delhi Daredevils squad for the remainder of the Indian Premier League season as a replacement for South Africa wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock.

A lively wicket at the Eden Gardens is something the Kolkata Knight Riders have used to their advantage thanks to the supreme form and intensity shown by their pace battery.

Mitchell McClenaghan led a collective bowling effort from Mumbai Indians as they successfully defended 143 runs against Delhi Daredevils despite a 91-run stand between Chris Morris and Kagiso Rabada to win the 25th match of Indian Premier League at Wankhede Stadium by 14 runs.

After having chased down a target of 199 in a canter, the Mumbai Indians return home to take on the scratchy Delhi Daredevils.

Kane Williamson scored a fluent 89 while Shikhar Dhawan played a handy knock of 70 runs as Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a 15-run victory while defending a total of 192 runs against Delhi Daredevils in the 21st game of the Indian Premier League.

Manish Pandey and Yusuf Pathan scored 69 and 59 runs respectively as Kolkata Knight Riders chased down 169 in 19.5 overs with four wickets in hand against Delhi Daredevils in the 18th match of Indian Premier League at Feroz Shah Kotla.

Given the kind of form these two teams are in, the match between the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders promises to be an exciting contest.

Two wins in their first two games, two losses in the next two and placed in the middle of the table. That is the story of the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab.

Sam Billings contributed with a 55-run knock while Corey Anderson came up with an all-round brilliance as Delhi Daredevils thrashed Kings XI Punjab by 51 runs in the 15th match of Indian Premier League at Feroz Shah Kotla.

After their opening match in which captain Zaheer Khan believed they did most things right, the Delhi Daredevils followed up with an absolute annihilation of the Rising Pune Supergiant in their second game of the season.

Sanju Samson scored the maiden century in this season of Indian Premier League as Delhi Daredevils registered a massive 97 run victory against Rising Pune Supergiant while defending 206 in the ninth game in Pune.

After Kedar Jadhav's 69 helped Royal Challengers Bangalore post 157 for eight in their 20 overs, the bowlers successfully overcame Rishabh Pant's heroics with the bat to win the fifth game of Indian Premier League against Delhi Daredevils in Bangalore by 15 runs.

Two teams that have been heavily affected by injuries are all set to take on each other at a venue which has never been a happy hunting ground for bowlers. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be looking to bounce back from their loss in their first game which saw them concede 207 runs.

Delhi Daredevils will miss the services of opening batsman Shreyas Iyer in the initial weeks of the Indian Premier League 2017 tournament with chicken pox.

South Africa batsman JP Duminy has decided to pull out from the upcoming season of Indian Premier League 2017 season due to personal reasons.

Delhi Daredevils have been one of the most underachieved team in the history of Indian Premier League and will be hoping to build on the momentum gained from the previous season.

As the other four sides look forward to the IPL 2016 play-offs, Mayukh Bhattacharya analyses where it went wrong for those that missed out - Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Rising Pune Supergiants, and Kings XI Punjab

After the Royal Challengers Bangalore put up a disciplined bowling display to restrict Delhi Daredevils to 138 for eight, Virat Kohli slammed yet another unbeaten fifty to secure a top-two finish with a six-wicket win in the 56th match of the Indian Premier League in Raipur.