IPL 2017 :GL vs DD:Delhi Daredevils win toss , opt to bowl

With their IPL 2017 campaign already done and dusted, Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils will be desperate to salvage some pride when they clash in Kanpur tonight. 

Delhi Daredevils have won the toss and have opted to bowl. With eight points from 11 games, DD had held on a slender hope of qualifying for the play-offs but once SRH got the better of MI to move to 15 points, it was all over for Zaheer Khan's men.

With four wins and eight losses, Gujarat Lions have been hugely inconsistent this season. It is pertinent to mention that Suresh Raina's men haven't won a single match while batting first this season. In six matches Gujarat Lions have set a target and they've ended up on the losing side. 

On the



other hand, Delhi Daredevils - with four wins and seven losses - can get to maximum 14 points but it still wouldn't change the playoff scenario. 

The last time both teams met this season, Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson's 143-run stand guided DD to a comfortable seven-wicket win at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.

Playing XI of both teams:

GL: Dwayne Smith, Ishan Kishan, Suresh Raina(c), Dinesh Karthik(wk), Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pradeep Sangwan, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni

DD: Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(wK), Corey Anderson, Marlon Samuels, Carlos Brathwaite, Pat Cummins, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Zaheer Khan(c)