The only team that's out of contention for the play-offs in IPL 2018, Delhi Daredevils will look to play the party pooper as their disappointing campaign nears an end. That they will wrap up their season with home games against Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, two of IPL's most successful and most popular franchises, gives them the perfect opportunity to prove their worth.

Their opponents on Friday, Chennai Super Kings, have more to play for than just pride. They've already qualified for the play-offs, but haven't still secured their spot in the top two. A win for them in Delhi, will give them just that. Their trend in the latter half of IPL though hasn't been too promising. Since April 25, when they defeated RCB, they have followed each win with a loss. Their last game, against SRH, ended in a thumping win for MS Dhoni's team, and they will hope they break the trend against a Daredevils side that has sparkled with individual performances but struggled for unity.

When: May 18, 2018; 8 PM IST

Where: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

What to expect: A cloudy, cooler (relatively) evening with the threat of rain.

Team News:

Delhi Daredevils: Abhishek Sharma's inclusion saw Delhi find themselves another sparkling youngster. With nothing to lose, more new faces can be expected.

Chennai Super Kings: With a spot in the top two on the line, CSK could stick to the same squad.

IPL 2018 trends

CSK and DD are two of the best batting sides in the tournament as their run rate of 9.31 and 9.23 suggests. These two are the sides that avergae 30+ with the bat - CSK 39.30 and DD 30.41.

DD has been the worst bowling side of the season with the poorest ER (9.34) and poorest average (32.75) among all sides. CSK are the third worst in the list with an ER of 8.99 and average of 29.83.

These two sides have the best scoring rates - 12.04 and 11.70 respectively - in the death overs. They take less than four balls per boundary in the overs 16-20 - CSK 3.98 and DD 3.82.

Teams:

Delhi Daredevils (From): Prithvi Shaw, Jason Roy, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Junior Dala, Trent Boult, Glenn Maxwell, Colin Munro, Gautam Gambhir, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Tewatia, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Liam Plunkett, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh

Chennai Super Kings (From): Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Sam Billings, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, David Willey, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Faf du Plessis, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, N Jagadeesan