Pune is playing at home against Delhi who lost their previous match despite a valiant innings by Pant. Pune also had a good match, but lost to punjab due to some excellent hitting by Maxwell and Miller. Mayank Agrawal have not clicked for Pune, so they have option of Duplessis or Khwaja to try leaving out Christian, who was expensive. Stokes and Tahir should continue as they are doing good for team. For Delhi, they have lots of bowling option but there lack of good batting options. Billings will have to play a long innings around whom Tare, Nair, Samson can do fast scoring. Morris is a very valuable player for Delhi. He can be good with bat too. If Delhi batting does not score a 160+ score, then it can be an easy win for Pune. For Pune, Rahane and Smith are in good touch upfront. Dhoni has not played much balls, but he can always be reliable. Tahir is a good wicket taking bowler and has given important breakthroughs.
Key players for fantasy team:
Pune – Smith, Rahane, Stokes, Tahir, Dinda
Delhi – Billings, Morris, Pant, Samson, Cummins.
Smith, Stokes, Morris, Billings are good options for captain/ vice captain of fantasy teams.
My prediction for this match is a home win for Pune.