Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Preview: Huge task ahead for Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers played 3 games and lost all of them. The team is very curious to seal their first win in this edition of IPL. The positives for the team are Shikhar Dhawan and JP Duminy striking well. However the middle order batting isnt that strong. The bowling department is spearheaded by the dangerous Dale Steyn and that is a big advantage. The team would be desperate for a win as they are placed at the bottom of the table. The chances for winning this match doesnt seem to be too bright as the opponnets are Delhi Daredevils who look unstoppable right now.       

The strengths of Delhi is both its powerful batting and bowling. Batting should not be a concern at all as some of the world class players like Mahela Jayawardene, Kevin Peterson, Ross Taylor and the captain himself are included. The bowling departmet too came as a revelation especially in their last game against Mumbai. Restricting a top quality team like Mumbai to 92 runs speaks about the disciplined bowling attack. Delhi also found. The presence of 5 specialist bowlers – Umesh Yadav,Ajit Agarkar, Morne Morkel, Irfan Pathan and the game changer for the last match Nadeem. Delhi definitely looks like a formidable unit and would like to maintain their winning streak.

Sometimes in a T20 game a single player could turn the tide. Deccan Chargers have to rely heavily on Dale Steyn or JP Duminy for an extraordinary performance. Deccan Chargers could bounce back with this match if their bowlers could put heavy brakes on the Delhi batsmen. The match's result will be very crucial as a win for Delhi will put them on the top of the table. And a win for Deccan Chargers would boost their confidence.

Delhi Daredevils strengths: Powerful batting, spirited bowling.

Deccan Chargers strengths: Good batting. Bowling still an area of concern.

Prediction: The Daredevils could set the Kotla crowd ablaze.

The teams:

Delhi Daredevils: V Sehwag(Captain), M Juneja, Varun Aaron, A Agarkar, P Bisht, R Bist, GH Bodi, Bracewell, U Chand, A Finch, M Jayawardene, Maxwell, M Morkel, S Nadeem, Y Nagar, PT Naik, P Negi, N Ojha(wk), I Pathan, K Pietersen, K Raval, A Russell, A Salvi, R Taylor, R van der Merwe, Y Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, DA Warner, TP Yadav, U Yadav and Zafir Patel

Deccan Chargers: KC Sangakkara(captain), A Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, T Atchuta Rao, A Bhandari, D Bravo, B Chipli, D Christian, K Devdhar, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, MS Gony, DJ Harris, IR Jaggi, AA Jhunjhunwala, CA Lynn, A Mishra, T Mishra, PA Patel(wk), V Pratap Singh, SA Quadri, DB Ravi Teja, PA Reddy, BB Samantray, C Sneha Kishore, S Sohal, T Srivastava, D Steyn, T Sudhindra, J Theron, C White and A Yadav

Start of Play: 4PM

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