Delhi Daredevils all-rounder Irfan Pathan senses his group has
sufficient wise-heads to embark upon the complacency matter for the rest
of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Irfan stated that Delhi Daredevils, who have consolidated their place
on the top, were concentrated on winning their first title.
Daredevils have presented an extraordinary turn this season after
ending up last during the last year (2011), and are almost ascertained
of being the first group to meet the criteria for play-offs.
Pathan added that it was simple for players to drop their strength
level from here on but senior players comprising Virender Sehwag, Mahela
Jayawardene, Kevin Pietersen and Ross Taylor were assisting them stay
grounded.
While Sehwag and Englishman Pietersen are former captains of their
national teams, Jayawardene and Taylor are current captains of Sri Lanka
and New Zealand.
"It can easily happen but luckily we have a good group of guys who
know how to approach each match. They have been very smart with their
play," Pathan added.
Pathan also valuated the work done by head coach Eric Simmons, who was previously the fast bowling coach of the Indian group.
Referring to their comprehensive win against CSK April 10, Pathan
stated, "Eric Simmons is keeping a check on us all the time. After the
Chennai game, I remember he wanted us to learn from our mistakes even
though we won comfortably. The support staff also has a huge role to
play and they are making sure we think about the process of winning
every match and not looking at winning the competition. We are very
aware of how quickly things change in
When Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals met before the latter pocketed the competition by 21 scores.
So when the two groups will again confront one another, KXIP will make attempts to gain.
Kings XI Punjab won their earlier two games and will make entry in
the stadium with self-confidence whilst Rajasthan Royals have lost their
last 3 games.
Punjab will aspire to carry on their gaining streak and will expect
that the form of Praveen Kumar, Hussey, Azhar Mahmood and Piyush Chawla.
Rajasthan will wish that their cricketers including Owais Shah, Rahane, Dravid and Watson emerge to the event and achieve.
The 48th game of IPL Kings XI Punjab will confront Rajasthan Royals
in Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium of Mohali from 8 pm.
Kings XI Punjab Group:
RR Powar, P Awana, KJ Abbott, BCJ Cutting, DJ Hussey, Harmeet Singh,
VS Malik, L Ablish, Amit Yadav, BA Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, PP Chawla, SD
Chitnis, AM Nayar, NJ Rimmington, P Dogra, Sunny Singh, JP Faulkner,
Gurkeerat Singh, RJ Harris, PC Valthaty, AC Gilchrist, P Kumar, Mandeep
Singh, SE Marsh, Azhar Mahmood, AD Mascarenhas, DA Miller, N Saini, SJ
Srivastava
Rajasthan Royals Group:
Pankaj Singh J Botha, DL Chahar, STR Binny, A Chandila, LD Chandimal,
AS Raut, AA Chavan, A Chopra, SK Trivedi, A Singh, SW Tait, K Cooper,
AP Dole, PD Collingwood, SM Fallah, SP Goswami, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, R
Dravid, AL Menaria, S Narwal, , AG Paunikar, AM Rahane, OA Shah, PR
Shah, S Sreesanth, SR Watson, FY Fazal, DH Yagnik
