Squads –
DC –
Shreyas Iyer (c), Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Alex Carey, Kagiso Rabada, Shimron Hetmyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Tushar Deshpande, Daniel Sams
SRH –
David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake,Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen, Holder, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Virat Singh
Team News –
DC –
– Delhi are sitting right at the top with 2 wins from 2 games. They are having a very balanced side with classic Indian openers and some quality South African pacers. Team will likely go unchanged.
– Ashwin was seen practising in nets but most likely will miss this game.
– Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Marcus Stoinis should be their 4 foreign players.
– Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw will open the innings for the capitals. Both are very attacking batters and form a very aggressive combo of young and experience. Both went to score partnership of 94 for the 1st wicket.
– Captain Shreyas Iyer will bat 1 down. He batted 2 down last game scoring 26 of 22 balls.
– Big Hitting Shimron Hetmyer will bat next at 2 down followed by Rishabh Pant. Hetmyer had a decent CPL where he scored 250+ runs but struggled against Spin. Pant was promoted at 1 down last game.
– Marcus Stoinis has been assisned the role of late hitting along with Pant and Hetmyer. Stoinis smashed 53 of 21 balls in 1st game and some quick boundaries in 2nd game.
– Ravi Ashwin/Amit Mishra and Axar Patel will likely be the lead Spinners. Both Mishra and Axar bowled very economically last game.
– Kagiso Rabada, Mohit Sharma/Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje and Stoinis will lead the pace attack for the capitals. Rabada took 3 while Nortje 2 Wickets last game.
SRH –
– Sunrisers are at the bottom of the table with 2 losses from 2 games. They lost their both games due to their big mistake of not playing Williamson who single handedly let team to the 2018 playoffs when warner was not around.
– They didn’t played Williamson last game which resulted in a weak middle order and were not able to score even 150 runs.
– Mitchell Marsh injured himself in last game amd us ruled out of the competition.Jason Holder has been named his replacement.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson/Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan.
– Jonny Bairstow and David Warner the most explosive opening pair in IPL 2020 will open the innings. Bairstow scored a brilliant 64(41b) 1st game while warner scored 38 last game.
– Mr Consistent Kane Williamson will likely bat 1 down. Kane has been consistently performing for SRH with being the leading scorer in 2018 season can is almost sure to get a game.
– Manish Pandey will bat 2 down followed by Priyam Garg at 3 down. Pandey played a very beautiful Knock of 38 balls when team was under pressure.
– Mohammad Nabi if plays will bat in middle and play the role of finisher for the team. He is a complete Allrounder who will bowl his 4 overs too.
– Abdul Samad can get a game in place of W Saha. Samad is a very hard hitting batsman capable of scoring 10 ball 30.
– Abhishek Sharma, Mohammad Nabi (if plays) and Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack.
– Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan/Siddharth Kaul will be leading the pace attack. Bhuvi is not in his peak form while other two leaked a lot of runs last game.
Probable XI –
DC –
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Rishab Pant(wk), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Mohit Sharma/Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, W Saha/Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan/Siddharth Kaul.
Pitch Report –
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Pitches at Abi Dhabi are generally at the slower side giving assistance to spin more than pace.
Average Score : 140
Head to Head –
Total games : 15
DC Won : 06
SRH Won : 09
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Jonny Bairstow ( Open + wk, very important player, 112run knock against Aus recently, 445 runs last IPL, 64(21b) 1st game, Must have )
R Pant( 2-3 down, one of best hitters in world cricket, SR of 163 last IPL with 488 runs, 31,37 in last 2 games, Must have )
BAT –
David Warner( Opener, among top 3 batsman in IPL history, 38 runs last game, Must have )
Kane Williamson( 1 down, averages 65 against RCB with 262 Runs in 5 Innings, Must have today will likely play)
Manish Pandey( 2 down, a busy player, 344 runs in just 11 innings last IPL, Run a ball 34, 52 in last 2 games, Must)
S Dhawan( Open, Indian team opener, 521 Runs last IPL, 35 last game, Must have any day )
Shreyas Iyer(1 down, very attacking Batsman + part time spin, he could bowl some match this IPL, 463 runs last IPL, 39, 26 in 2 games, Must have )
Ajinkya Rahane( Open/1 down, experienced, less chances of playing)
P Shaw( Opener, young Indian talent, very attacking,64(53b) last game, hit or miss type)
Shimron Hetmyer( 2/3 down, 267 runs in CPL 2020, struggles against quality spin, Batting order changes every game)
Priyam Garg ( Middle order, Indian u19 team captain, 239 runs with SR of 133 in t20s)
ALL –
M Nabi ( Middle order + off spin, one of best Allrounder in t20 cricket, 11 runs + 4overs last game )
Axar Patel( Slow left arm, 10 Wickets last IPL, 2w in 2 games, eco of just under 4 last game )
Marcus Stoinis( Middle order + 2-3 overs of medium pace, devent option, doesn’t have that big hitting ability, 53(21b) + 2 wickets 1st game, Must have choice, will be team’s 6th bowling option )
Vijay Shankar ( RHB ,3 down, part time pace, late hitting, 244 runs last season, injured)
Sanjay Yadav ( LHB + Orthodox, excellent TNPL 2019, 244runs + 3w in 7 games)
Keemo Paul( Medium pacer, death over specialist, got good variations, 9 Wickets in CPL 2020)
D Sams ( left arm pacer + hard hitting, bowls really good variations, 30 Wickets in Big Bash 2019, Must have if plays )
BOWL –
Kagiso Rabada ( Right Arm Fast, 2nd highest Wicket taker last season with 25 scalps, 5 Wickets in 2 games)
Rashid Khan( Leggie, 7 Wickets in 8 games against KKR, 1w last game, can drop to save credits, not much impactful recently )
Bhuvi ( Medium pacer, death overs expert, coming after a big injury gap, wicketless + eco over 9 last game, poor performance recently)
R Ashwin( Off spinner, very experienced, could be used in powerplay overs, 2w in 1over last game, injured, still not clear about playing)
Amit Mishra ( Leggie, veteran ,157 Wickets in IPL history, wicketless but Bowled economically last game)
Anrich Nortje ( Pacer, got some extreme pace, 2 Wickets last game )
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm fast, 19 Wickets for SRH last season, 1w last game )
Sandeep Sharma( Swing bowler, medium pace, can be deadly in powerplay, 95 IPL wickets for him)
Siddharth Kaul ( Medium pacer, good death bowler, 49 IPL Wickets in 44 games, can play this game)
C/VC Options –
DC –
Shikhar Dhawan
Shreyas Iyer
Rishabh Pant
Kagiso Rabada
SRH –
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Kane Williamson