Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore look to continue winning momentum: IPL-4 Update
Delhi Daredevils (DD) will take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 30th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. The match will be played on Tuesday April 26, and winning will be important
for both the teams, as they don’t have too many points in the tournament until now.
The hosts have lost three games out of the five they played and are placed right down at number nine in the pool. However, a win against RCB will help them find a spot in the top six.
DD is led by flamboyant Indian opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 (KXP) though, scoring 77 runs off just 35 balls. His blistering knock
helped the team to score 231, which was the highest total of this year’s IPL. If Sehwag continues his good run of form, he will definitely ruin the party for the visitors.
Another explosive batsman, David Warner, is a part of the DD team and he opens the innings along with his captain. They are considered to be one of the most deadly opening pair of the tournament and proved it with their 146-run stand in the last match.
There are also some talented batsmen and all-round cricketers in the home team’s line-up. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Venugopal-Rao-c2752 and James Hopes have the ability to pace their innings nicely and explode in the death overs.
It is very important to back a strong batting line-up by a quality bowling attack. DD have a very well balanced bowling attack with fast bowlers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-Morkel-c77722 doing a terrific job for the team. They also have some good support bowlers like
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098, who can take some wickets and contain runs at the same time.
RCB have had a mixed tournament until now compared to the home team. They have won two matches and lost three. One of their games was abandoned due to rain and they were awarded a single point for that. However, the visitors cannot afford to lose from this
stage, as they will be pushed down to the bottom of the pool.
Daniel Vettori has been a good leader for the visitors, but things haven’t worked out exactly as he would have liked. His team was victorious in the last game and will look to carry on with the winning momentum against DD.
RCB were down until the Caribbean dynamite, Chris Gayle, joined the team in the last match. He smashed 102 runs off just 55 balls, guiding his team to an easy win over Kolkata Kinght riders (KKR). Gayle’s arrival has really strengthened the batting of the
team, as they already have some quality cricketers like Tillakaratne Dilshan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887.
Apart from that, RCB has one of the best bowling attacks of the tournament. The attack is led by Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes and Vettori. There are also some very useful support bowlers like Johan van der Wath and Charl Langeveldt, who can help the team winning
matches.
Both teams are very well balanced and they will give tough time to one another. The home advantage will definitely help Sehwag and his men, but the fans can expect one thrilling encounter between the two giant sides.
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