Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad both the teams will be playing their third game of the IPL 2020, but both the teams are at the opposite end of the spectrum. Delhi Capitals have won both their games whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad is yet to open their account.
Last year, these two teams met in the Eliminator and Delhi Capitals won a very tight contest. Delhi Capitals have some young batsmen and Sunrisers Hyderabad have a great bowling line-up so it would be a great contest between them.
Delhi Capitals would like to carry winning the momentum and make it three in three whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad would desperately want to open their account when these two teams meet on Tuesday at Abu Dhabi.
Match Details
Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Match 11
29th September, 07:30 PM IST.
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Pitch and Weather Report
There might not be a huge change in the temperature throughout the game as it will most probably be in the mid and high 30s. It might get a little bit cooler towards the latter part of the game.
The pitch at Abu Dhabi might be slowing down a but which will make life difficult for the batsmen. Having said that, the team batting first should aim around a score of 150-160.
Squads
Delhi Capitals
Shreyas Iyer (C), Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Alex Carey, Marcus Stoinis, Keemo Paul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichanne, Anrich Nortje, Lalit Yadav, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma, Avesh Khan
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fabian Allen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Bavanaka Sandeep
Team News
Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals have won both their games and look in a good position in this tournament. Having said that, they can’t afford to relax as this is a big tournament and it won’t take time for things to change. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan put up a great opening stand and will look to continue their form.
Their middle-order has performed decently so far with the likes of Marcus Stoinis and Rishabh Pant scoring some crucial runs. Among the bowlers, once again Kagiso Rabada has been amongst the wickets along with his fellow pacer Anrich Nortje. Akshar Patel has been extremely economical in both the games.
They don’t need to make any changes in the XI and most probably won’t make any change. Shreyas Iyer and Kagiso Rabada will be the key to this game.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad seems to be struggling at the moment as they have lost two in a row. David Warner who was the orange cap holder in the last season hasn’t fired in this season so far. Vijay Shankar who missed the last game due to an injury might be back in the place of Wriddhiman Saha who played a strange inning in the last game.
The bowling, which was their strength over the last couple of years, seems to lack a bit of fire as the fast bowlers have struggled to find the right line and length. SRH need to get their first win pretty quickly or else it will get very difficult for them to make a comeback in the tournament.
David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the experienced players will be key for this game.
Fantasy Prediction
David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Jonny Bairstow, Rishabh Pant, Mohammad Nabi, Akshar Patel, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Captain: David Warner, Vice-Captain: Kagiso Rabada
