A battle between ball and bat. A pure classic battle is all set to make a way tonight at Hyderabad when Delhi Daredevils take on in-form Sunrises Hyderabad. The home side eyes to inch closer to qualification while the loss will be the end of the road for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2018.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Good Chance to strengthen their position at top of the table
It is quite a cool chance for Sunrisers Hyderabad to show their mettle against Delhi and strengthen their position at top of the points table. Though Hyderabad showed their mettle against top-class batsmen in this edition, it would be interesting to see how they tackle in-form Delhi batsman who are quite used to Indian conditions.
However, they are always lethal in their bowling attack especially, in the home conditions. Coming to the batting department, they are heavily dependent on their skipper Kane Williamson. The next best batsman is Yusuf Pathan who is batting at number 6 or 7 for the team which says the condition of batting department.
They would hope the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey and Shakib pick their batting form as quickly as possible to solve team’s batting sorrows. Alex Hales batted beautifully and once again, the home side would ask him to deliver. All in all, Hyderabad are all ready for the game against Delhi Daredevils after taking a much-required break from the game.
Delhi Daredevils: A must-win encounter
Delhi Daredevils has got the luxury of seeing the things in the only way. A win will give them a step for next game while the loss means they will be out of the competition. However, they are very positive in their mindset under the new skipper, probably, they would love to go for a victory.
The big guns in the team Colin Munro, Glen Maxwell need to join the party in order to see their side come out with flying colours. Maxwell has been a big disappointment for the team as he is yet to receive a man of the match award in the season. On the other hand, it’s a high time for Munro to show his calibre.
Most likely, we can see Junior Dala or Daniel Christian replacing Liam Plunkett who has been unimpressive after his debut match. Trent Boult has been tremendous for his side while Amit Mishra found his Midas Touch. Once again Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant need to rise to the occasion to tackle SRH’s quality attack.
Possible Playing XI:
SRH: Shikhar Dhawan, Alex Hales, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul
DD: Colin Munro/Jason Roy, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Glenn Maxwell, Vijay Shankar, Liam Plunkett/Junior Dala, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult
Time & Date: May 5th 2018, 20:00 IST
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Live Telecast: Star Sports Network, Jio and Hot Star Premium customers.