The champions of the last year are continuing their prowess this year too, may it be their skipper getting runs on board or the bowlers like Rashid Khan and Bhuvneswar Kumar who are doing it all with their fiery spell!
On the other hand, throughout all these years if one browses through the team performances, Delhi may dissapoint one! But surprisingly shedding off all those in this Edition DD has been performing surprisingly well. With an awesome bowling attack and youngsters like Rishab Pant and Sanju Samson hitting it right off. Thier keyfactor has been the captaincy show by Zaheer Khan, a shrewd mind and stubborn performance.
Sanju Samson and Sam Billings put on a quickfire 53-run stand off 37 balls for the opening wicket to give DD a brisk start against KKR.Billings scored a 17-ball 21 before going back to the dugout. Rishabh Pant took the centrestage after Iyer and instantly showed what is capable of smashing Umesh for three sixes and two fours in the 17th over to trigger Delhi’s run rate. Pant scored a quickfire 16-ball 38 that included four sixes and two fours.Rishab has done it time and again for his team.
PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS:
SRH and DD have played 8 matches. SRH won 5 matches while DD won only 3 matches. If we talk about revival between these two teams then SRH surely have upper hand on DD. SRH have 70% winning ration as compared to DD. SRH is the defending champion of the IPL season 10. DD is one of the IPL team who have played all the seasons of the IPL.
RECENT FORM IN THIS SEASON :
DD – L W W L
SRH – W W L L W
TALKING POINTS :
It is definitely got to be the battle of the best teams. Some great and best bowling attacks would be put on a show. Skipper Zaheer Khan gave DD dream start to defend their total as he picked up his first wicket in the very first over.
He looked great with ball last night. Billings, Pant and Samson have proved from time to time their worth batting. Samson has the first ton of this sesaon and Pant’s heroics is known by all.Delhi has been the allrounder of this season.
DELHI DAREDEVILS PREDICTED XI:
Sanju Samson, Sam Billings, Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Rishab Pant (wk), Angelo Mathews, Chris Morris, Pat Cummins, Amit Misra, Mohammed Shami, Zaheer Khan (c)