The IPL 2020 will see its penultimate match of the season as Delhi Capitals (DC) will clash with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Qualifier 2 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on November 8, 2020. The match will begin at 7.30 PM IST.
Both the teams have played solid cricket throughout the tournament with SRH showing more character and grit to reach the playoffs. DC, on the other hand, benefitted from early wins in the tournament as their batting and bowling have gone off the rails in the last few matches. SRH also hold the edge over DC as they defeated them twice in the league stage.
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This match is expected to be a tight one as SRH defeated RCB in a well-fought encounter, while DC is low on confidence after being soundly beaten by Mumbai Indians, who are waiting for the winner of this match in the final in Dubai on November 10.
Check out the TEAM COC Predicted Playing XIs for the DC v SRH Qualifier 2 of IPL 2020
DELHI CAPITALS (DC)
The Delhi Capitals (DC) have been termed the luckiest team in the tournament as they have reaped huge rewards for their early wins in the tournament. After winning seven of their first nine games, the Capitals lost four matches on the trot. This was contrary to what their coach Ricky Ponting wanted the team to do in the second half of the tournament.
Batting has been lackluster for DC with Shikhar Dhawan (apart from two centuries), Prithvi Shaw, and Rishabh Pant all blowing cold throughout the tournament. Their opening has been woeful with Dhawan, Shaw, and Rahane all getting out for ducks multiple times while opening the innings.
Only Shreyas Iyer and Marcus Stoinis have looked somewhat comfortable in the middle. DC might look open with Stoinis in this crunch match in place of Shaw, who has looked out of touch.
Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje carried their bowling along with the help of R Ashwin and Akshar Patel. However, both Rabada and Nortje have looked tired and have gone for runs in the last 2-3 matches despite maintaining their bowling speeds.
If DC needs to get better of SRH, who are on a winning spree, their bowling needs to click and expect some changes in the XI for this crunch match.
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (SRH)
SRH have punched above their weight class throughout the tournament. They lost Mitchell Marsh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar early in the tournament to injuries and Jonny Bairstow lost his steam after a few good innings.
However, they have scrapped with far better teams thanks to Wriddhiman Saha’s inclusion and with David Warner and Kane Williamson leading the way with the bat.
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Their young guns Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, and Abdul Samad have been backed thoroughly and they have shined in whatever chances they got. However, the biggest upswing SRH saw was when Jason Holder was included in the team as they were desperate for a medium-pace bowling all-rounder.
This has given their team more teeth with Sandeep Sharma and T Natarajan already troubling the batsmen and Rashid Khan keeping them quiet in the middle overs. In order to put DC under more pressure, they need to pick early wickets and do what they have been doing so far, playing amazing cricket.
DC COC Predicted Playing XI:
Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Shreyas Iyer (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Akshar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
SRH COC Predicted Playing XI:
David Warner (C), Shreevats Goswami (WK), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
