This is only the 5th match of IPL 2019 and one would get the feeling of having enough of it. Yes, the veterans being in the spotlight right away with the likes of BHAJJI SHOW, YUVI SHOW , RAINA REACHING TO 5000 RUN MARK and some close finishes with DRE RUS doing what he does best and PANT TAKING OFF FROM WHERE HE LEFT IN THE LAST SEASON and ASHWIN’ GAME CHANGING SPELL and the all important MANKAD moment from ASHWIN. This IPL ,certainly is living up to its expectation and after having a glimpse of all the teams, it is safe to say that there is no clear favourites at this moment of time.
DELHI CAPITALS
The new look Delhi played the way we all were expecting it to play and the move to play INGRAM ahead of COLIN MUNRO proved to be a master stroke as they defeated MUMBAI in their own den comprehensively. Now a much bigger challenge awaits them as they host CSK in what could be a cracker of a game. Imagine DC beating two heavy weights , MI and CSK in back to back games at the start of the season, they will become the team to beat in this competition. Their bowling line up is thunderous with the likes of RABADA and BOULT with ISSHANT’s experience and kemo paul’ raw talent. This bowling line up needs a separate support staff for the opposition to work their way out if they have to play them well. The only concern DC seemed to have is that they lacked a quality spinner , with AXAR PATEL and RAHUL TEWATIA oppositions would definitely be targetting them to score the bulk of the runs . DC’ batting is rock solid and they seemed to have a clear cut plan with DHAWAN taking the anchor role and the rest playing some fearless shots around him. DC will like to have a fast and bouncy track in kotla with their bowling attack but the recently concluded one day series against Australia saw the pitch was two paced so it will be interesting to how the pitch plays today.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
CSK started their campaign with a win against RCB, and now they play against a much more stringer opponent both on the paper and based on form. CSK though won their first game they won’t be entirely in a happy state as the pitch was terrible and that match could have gone either way. Harbhajan bowled brilliantly against RCB, he broke RCB’s back by removing KOHLI,ABD and MOEEN in his four over spell. But that may not be the case against DC in KOTLA where the pitch might have some pace and bounce so it will be interesting to see how he bowls in KOTLA. Another important aspect was DHONI played with only 3 foreigners against RCB and it will be interesting to see how he selects his team for the match against DC. Another thing DHONI might be concerned about is their ground fielding which was below par in their match against RCB. Their batting looks settled with once again RAYADU playing a well constructed knock, DHONI would be less worried about their batting.All in all CSK’ bowling will be tested against a strong DC batting order.
Overall one can expect a mouth watering and intense game of circket from these two teams.
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