Tomorrow, the first match of the playoffs of this fifth
season of IPL will be played where table topper Delhi Daredevils and
second positioned Kolkata Knight Riders will confront each other. The match
will be played at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium,
Pune from 8.00 PM onwards.
This match will obviously
be a hard and challenging for both the teams because these two teams have been
the most consistent squads throughout the league. Delhi Daredevils have been
outstanding with 11 victories from 16 matches played. In the first 10 matches,
Delhi enjoyed eight wins but after that in the remaining six matches, they only
managed to get three triumphs. So although Delhi is supposed to be a mammoth
team this season, the team players are well aware that their batting and
bowling strikes were not at their best levels during the last couples of
matches.
However when Delhi
Daredevils confirmed their position in the playoffs before the third last match
in the league, Captain
Virender Shewag dropped himself along with
few of his best players to take a break for this qualifying round. So after
missing the last two games these explosive players of this team will be back
tomorrow to give another impressive performance to sway their way to the finals.
Although in the last few IPL seasons, Shewag was not so successful in batting
but this time he has come out as an explosive batsman with orange cap and also
as the main figure behind a challenging score for his team. To support this
explosive Captain, his team mates, Ross Taylor and David Warner have always
been ready and if these three outstanding batsmen are ready to grace the Pune
ground tomorrow, then Delhi can score 200+ run.
Delhi has been superb in both batting and
bowling but for such an important match, Delhi needs to reform their bowling
squad by replacing new bowlers like Aaron and Russell by experienced bowlers
like Nadeem and Merwe.
Now during the league
stage, when the two teams confronted in two matches played in Kolkata and Delhi
respectively, the outcomes have been 1:1 which means the home team lost at
their home ground. So Delhi is well aware that Kolkata is quite a strong team
to tackle and they have to perform their best to be in the final through this
match only.
According to some bookies like
BestFred and William Hill, these two squads are competent enough to take each
other on and both of these bookies are offering 10/11 odds on a victory of
these two teams. However, some other bookies like Paddy Power and Totespur are
offering 9/10 and 5/6 respectively. What is similar among these bookies is-
both the teams are getting the same odds.
PROBABLE XIs FOR DELHI DAREDEVILS: Virender Sehwag(c), Ross Taylor, Mahela Jayawardene, David
Warner, Naman Ojha(k), Venugopal Rao,
Irfan Pathan, Morne Morkel, Pawan Negi, Van der Merwe, Umesh Yadav.
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