IPL 2021: Delhi captain hopes to win title on young captain Pant

Delhi’s team lost in the final in the United Arab Emirates, due to strong batting and excellent fast attack, this time is also a strong contender for the title.Pant has been handed the captaincy due to an injury to Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas’ shoulder bone was sidelined due to an injury sustained during the one-day series against England.

Delhi are scheduled to play their first match against Chennai Super Kings on 10 April.

Strength of Delhi:

Delhi Capitals are among the most balanced teams in the tournament with a strong batting line-up and a superb pace attack. The top order has experienced batsmen like Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane. He will have Pant, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer or Sam Billings. The batting has been strengthened by the arrival of Steve Smith.

Dhawan (618) was second in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs last season. He scored 98 and 67 in the ODI series against England. At the same time, Saw announced to return to form by scoring 827 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Pant managed to put on match-winning performances in the series against Australia and England. In bowling, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada achieved the purple cap last season. At the same time, the bowling of Enrich Norkia was also fantastic. The team also has pace bowlers like Chris Woakes, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav.

Weaknesses of

Delhi : The basic weakness of Delhi is the lack of players of their competition as an alternative to their players. This is the reason why they could not give rest to Rabada and Norkia. In wicketkeeping too, Pant does not have an option when he is injured. This time Vishnu Vinod of Kerala is in the team but he is inexperienced.

In bowling, Ishant and Umesh no longer play limited overs cricket.

opportunity :

Pant has a big chance to get out of the shadows of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and prove himself with the title. He also has this golden opportunity to prepare for the T20 World Cup. At the same time, Dhawan would like to make his place as an opener.

Danger:

Pant has to take care that his aggressive batting does not get affected under the extra burden of captaincy. At the same time, the Delhi team will have to avoid additional dependence on Rabada and Norcia. Delhi had lost four consecutive matches after winning seven of the first nine matches last time. He will have to avoid complacency this time.

Team :

Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Enrich Norquia, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith , Umesh Yadav, Ripple Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukasan Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curren, Sam Billings.