IPL 2017: DD vs GL: Delhi Daredevils win the toss , opt to bowl against Gujarat Lions

This is the first time both teams are playing against each other this season. In the two matches between these sides in IPL 2016, Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Lions came out on top on one occasion each. 

Quite a few IPL milestones are expected today.

Stand-in skipper Karun Nair needs just 15 runs to become 14th batsman to complete 500 runs for Delhi Daredevils in IPL. The Delhi Daredevils' stand-in skipper has scored 485 runs at an average of 26.94 and a strike rate of 116.86 in 20 innings of 23 matches so far.

Gujarat Lions all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who scored 1987 runs at an average of 21.13 and a strike rate of 121.90 without a fifty in 135 innings of 191 matches, needs 13 runs to become the 25th Indian and 175th batsman overall to complete



2,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket.

Delhi Daredevils will be keen to continue from where they left off in the six-wicket win over defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Gujarat Lions, having lost their last two games in agonising fashion, will be hoping to make a comeback

Teams:

Gujarat Lions  (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(c), Aaron Finch, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik(w), Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Pradeep Sangwan, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni

Delhi Daredevils  (Playing XI): Sanju Samson, Karun Nair(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Marlon Samuels, Corey Anderson, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Shahbaz Nadeem, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami