Deccan Chargers' Shikhar Dhawan and Royal Challengers' http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887, two dazzling batsmen – IPL 4
The Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 are ready to battle it out in the 11th match of the Indian Premier League, today at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
The Royal Challengers are coming into this game with one victory out of their two games in the ongoing competition. After thrashing Kochi Tuskers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 in their opening match, the Bangalore-based outfit faced a terrible defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians.
On the other hand, the Deccan Chargers after playing a couple of matches in the tournament are yet to taste their first triumph of the season.
Captains, Kumar Sangakkara and Daniel Vettori, have some quality players in their line-ups. The Chargers’ Shikhar Dhawan and the Challengers’ AB de Villiers are two outstanding batsmen that their respective teams will be relying heavily on.
De Villiers is undoubtedly the Challengers’ Number one batsman who can give the ball a mighty whack and revert to the hunter-gatherer method of scoring singles, depending on the needs of the team. His attractive drives, fantastic footwork against spinners
plus quick running between the wickets are the qualities which have positioned him amongst the top-ranked batsmen of the world.
He is one of the best fielders in modern day cricket, currently serving as a wicket-keeper. The South African wicket-keeper batsman has played 74 T20 matches so far, in which he scored 1691 runs at an average of around 29.66. De Villiers is in excellent
form right now, as he scored a fantastic unbeaten innings of 54 runs in his first game of the fourth IPL season against the Kerala franchise. He chipped in a vital 38 runs in the second game against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians. One could expect de Villiers to make
a big score in today’s match due to the stunning form that he is currently enjoying.
On the other side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shikhar-Dhawan-c90019 is ready to lift the Chargers team in the all important game. After being comprehensively beaten in the previous two games, the Chargers will not like to disappoint their home crowd today. Dhawan is one of the players who
can provide a positive contribution for his side. Interestingly, the 25-year-old opener has represented the Mumbai Indians and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils in the previous editions of the IPL.
The left-hander has displayed a number of excellent performances at the domestic level. However, Dhawan’s biggest regret is that he could not cash the opportunity to cement his place at the international level. In his only One Day International game, Dhawan
got out without scoring a run and ever since, he has been waiting for second chance.
Dhawan shot to prominence during the 2003-04 Under-19 World Cup, where he won the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award by scoring 505 runs with three centuries in the event. Dhawan is a classy player, who has proved himself as a suitable opener for the Indian
national team in all formats of the game. In 46 T20 matches, Dhawan has scored over 1000 runs at an average of 26.58, which is a little low for a player of his talent.
Shikhar has had an unfortunate tournament so far, as he lost his wicket after making a stunning innings of 24 runs in the first game and got run out in the previous match against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals.
The ongoing T20 event is proving to be a tournament of batsmen. Dhawan and de Villiers are full of confidence after showing some impressive performances in the previous games. It will be interesting to see, how these two dazzling competitors use their expertise
to take their respective side to the glory.
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