IPL 5 – Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils – Match Preview
Deccan Chargers will take on Delhi Daredevils today in the 55th fixture of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
This is a fixture between one of the best teams of the tournament and a team which has turned out to be a no-match for the rest of the franchises in the competition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, who made a massive impact
on the tournament in the initial half. However, the English batsman has returned back home to take part in the upcoming Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472he mentor of Delhi, T.A Sekar has admitted that the absence of Pietersen is surely going to be a factor in the remainder of the tournament. However, he thinks that Warner is no mean replacement, as has proved to be a destructive T20 batsman since the last
couple of years.
"Definitely, we miss Pietersen. We brought Warner as replacement. He got back-to-back two hundreds in CLT20. Pietersen batted at number three and Warner bats at number one. It does not matter much," Sekar said.
The Daredevils are currently placed at number two on the points table with 16 points after 11 matches and are almost certain to qualify for the play-off stage of the tournament. However, like a true professional, Sekar is not ready to let his team to be
complacent for the remainder of the tournament and thinks that no result can be predicted for the shortest format of the game as things can change very quickly.
The mentor added. "T20 is such a funny game. Any team can beat any team. We are not taking it lightly at all. Because, we are only 16 points, I think you need 17 to qualify this year. Still, four more matches go apart from this. We are playing with the same
intensity what we played in the previous matches."
International fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Aaron-c2744 made a comeback for Delhi after a long injury lay-off in their last fixture of the tournament, against Kolkata Knight Riders. The right-arm rookie showed good rhythm, which is a good sign for the franchise, as the tournament
is coming close to the crucial stages.
Deccan, on the other side, has made the bottom of the points table its own with just two wins in 12 matches. It is the weakest team of the current season and has failed to gel well as a unit this year.
Apart from Cameron White and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392, none of the senior players have been able to take the responsibility on their shoulders. As a result, the team has struggled big time.
Deccan’s biggest problem has been its fielding as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 and company have dropped a number of catches at crucial stages of the tournament and allowed some star-batsmen to run away with the shows. The Chargers are already out of the tournament and
stand no chance to qualify for the last four of the event. However, the franchise would love to restore some pride before the tournament finishes.
There is no doubt that Delhi is going to start the fixture as favourites but considering the nature of the shortest format of the game, an upset is always on the cards.
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