Rising Pune Supergiants skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here on Thursday.
The home side have made four changes with skipper Zaheer Khan sitting out and Jean-Paul Duminy captaining the side in his absence.
Pawan Negi, Carlos Brathwaite, Jayant Yadav and Imran Tahir replace Zaheer Khan, Quinton de Kock, Chris Morris and Shahbaz Nadeem in the playing XI.
For the struggling visitors, Australians Usman Khawaja and George Bailey are both included in the playing XI in place of Steve Smith, who's been ruled out for the rest of the season, and Peter Handscomb.
The teams:
Delhi Daredevils: Sam Billings (wk), Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Jean-Paul Duminy (captain), Pawan Negi, Carlos Brathwaite, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Imran Tahir.
Rising Pune Supergiants: Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain, wk), Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Scott Boland, R avichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Murugan Ashwin.
--IANS
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