Squads –
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
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
Team News –
SRH –
– Sunrisers lost their last game against KXIP which should have been a easy win for them but SRH’s weak middle order made a small target of 126 a difficult one. They badly need to win this game to be in the compitition.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Jason Holder and Rashid Khan.
– Jonny Bairstow and David Warner the most explosive opening pair in IPL 2020 will open the innings. Warner started in a explosive manner scoring 35 runs.
– Manish Pandey will bat 1 down. His batting form is very much unpredictable. He can score big in 1 game and be flop in the other. He scored a brilliant 83 of just 47 balls against RR and had a very poor outing scoring just 15 of 29 balls.
– Allrounder Vijay Shankar will bat 2 down. Shankar will also contribute in bowling. Jason Holder will follow Shankar. After a brilliant 50 against Rajastan Shankar failed in last game again.
– Abhishek Sharma(if plays) and Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack. Rashid has been brilliant last game with 2 Wickets.
– Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan and Jason Holder will be leading the pace attack. Vijay Shankar will assist them. Natarajan has been bowling brilliantly at the death.
DC –
– Delhi lost both their last game and are still not qualified for the playoffs. They can easily qualify by winning this game.
– Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Marcus Stoinis should be their 4 foreign players.
– Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw/Ajinkya Rahane will open the innings for the capitals. Dhawan scored 69, 57, 101, 106 runs in last 4 of 5 games. Shaw was left out due to poor form last game but can play today.
– Captain Shreyas Iyer will bat 1 down. He has been decent this season with just 1 big score of 88 which came against KKR. He scored 47 last game.
– Rishabh Pant will bat 2 down. Pant has been struggling to score runs but can be a x factor this game.
– Marcus Stoinis has been assigned the role of late hitting. He and Hetmyer are very important aspects of the team. Stoinis will also bowl.
– Ravi Ashwin and Axar Patel will be the lead Spinners. Ashwin will bowl in powerplay.
– Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje ,Tushar Deshpande/ Harshal Patel and Stoinis will lead the pace attack for the capitals. Rabada have taken 23 Wickets this IPL.
Probable XI –
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Warner (c), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Abhishek Sharma/Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma.
DC –
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw/Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishab Pant(wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Tushar Deshpande/Harshal Patel, Anrich Nortje
Pitch Report –
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Pitches at Abu Dhabi are generally at the slower side giving assistance to spin more than pace in 2nd innings.
Average Score : 168
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Jonny Bairstow ( Open + wk, very important player, 445 runs last IPL, 345 runs this season, Must have )
R Pant( 2-3 down, one of best hitters in world cricket, SR of 163 last IPL with 488 runs, 31,37, 28, 38, 37 this IPL, struggling with form)
BAT –
David Warner( Opener, among top 3 batsman in IPL history, attacking 35 last game, Must have any day)
S Dhawan( Open, Indian team opener, 521 Runs last IPL, 69* 57, 101*,106* last 4 of 5 games, Must have any day )
Shreyas Iyer(1/2 down, very attacking Batsman + part time spin, he could bowl some match this IPL, 463 runs last IPL, 88(38b) against KKR, 47 last game)
Kane Williamson( 2 down/open, one of the best white ball batsman, 29(19b) last game played, will most likely not play)
Manish Pandey( 1 down, a busy player, 344 runs in just 11 innings last IPL, 83*(47b) last 2nd game, Must have )
Ajinkya Rahane(open , experienced, 15,2,0 runs last e games, risky this game , could be dropped )
P Shaw( Opener, young Indian talent, very attacking, 64, 62, 42 in last 3 of 6 games, hit or miss type, didn’t played last game)
Shimron Hetmyer( 2/3 down, 267 runs in CPL 2020, struggles against spin, Batting order changes every game)
Priyam Garg ( Middle order, Indian u19 team captain, 292 runs with SR of 141 in t20s, 53 runs against CSK game)
ALL –
M Nabi ( Middle order + off spin, one of best Allrounder in t20 cricket, will most likely not play )
Jason Holder( Middle order + Medium pacer, known for his swing, 4w in last 2 game)
Vijay Shankar ( RHB ,2 down, part time pace, 244 runs last season, 1 Wicket + 52 runs last 2nd game, Must have)
Axar Patel( Slow left arm, 10 Wickets last IPL, 2w in 2 games, eco is under 6 this IPL, 3 sixes in last over against CSK , bowled just 1ovet last game)
Marcus Stoinis( Middle order + 2-3 overs of medium pace, decent option, 2 Wickets last game , Must have)
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)
Abdul Samad( Middle order, big hitter of ball, can also bowl part time spin)
Abhishek Sharma ( Slow left arm + 3 down, very good option at 8cr especially when bowling 2nd , can play this game)
Sanjay Yadav ( LHB + Orthodox, excellent TNPL 2019, 244runs + 3w in 7 games)
BOWL –
Kagiso Rabada ( Right Arm Fast, 2nd highest Wicket taker last season with 25 scalps, 23 Wickets in 11 games this IPL, 1 Wickets last game )
R Ashwin( Off spinner, very experienced, could be used in powerplay overs, was very expensive last game)
Rashid Khan( Leggie, best spinner in world cricket, 2w last game, Must have especially while bowling 2nd )
T Natarajan ( Left arm medium fast, 2w last 2nd game, excellent bowling at death , Must have)
Anrich Nortje ( Pacer, got some extreme pace, 14 Wickets this IPL, 2w last game, very good option in 8.5cr )
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm fast, 19 Wickets for SRH last season, not much effective this season)
Sandeep Sharma( Swing bowler, medium pace, can be deadly in powerplay, 97 IPL wickets for him, 2w last game)
Siddharth Kaul ( Medium pacer, good death bowler, 51 IPL Wickets in 45 games)
C/VC Options –
SRH –
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Rashid Khan
DC –
Shreyas Iyer
Shimron Hetmyer
Marcus Stoinis
Kagiso Rabada