Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils – IPL 5 – Match Preview
After being undone at their home stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, today, April 24, 2012.
The league leaders suffered only their second defeat of the competition after a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 led rout propelled Warriors to an emphatic victory. Talks before the previous clash were focused on the performances of the respective captains, who up till now endured mediocre outings on an individual basis.
While Delhi had been on a roll with four consecutive wins, the Warriors would have risked being trampled upon, was it not for the win in this match.
However, as things stand – it’s all to play for and wins in the middle stage of the tournament will be seen as key. For the home team, they will be confident after an impressive display at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. It was their first away win of the competition, and a timely push into the top four.
While the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601.
The inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Thomas-c991 was another master stroke as the veteran South African made a fruitful first appearance – returning with sublime match figures of 4-0-22-3. He is sure to retain his place, at least for the upcoming clash, with his medium-pace a difficult proposition to counter on indifferent surfaces of the sub-continent.
The only tinkering to the Pune side will be done if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098 is deemed fit. The spearhead pacer missed the previous two matches, but has been the star performer for his side and Ganguly will be hoping to have him back.
For Delhi, they simply need to maintain their good form and show that the defeat was just a minor blip. For the best part of two weeks, their batting order has had relatively little to do, apart from a stretched game against Deccan Chargers, owing to some scintillating bowling outings for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahbaz-Nadeem-c89339.
Both men however, were taken for plenty in the previous game, with Morkel conceding 50 from 4, while Nadeem going for 44 - leading to Pune posting a mammoth 192. The, former, who is also the leading wicket-taker of the current season, will be eager to make amends after a torrid outing.
On a positive front, they will be satisfied to see http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HA-Varaiya-c1520’s 57 off 32 threatened to take the game away before his counterpart ensured that the script was written in his team’s favour.
The main worry for the side has been finding the right balance, and more importantly, define roles for a power-packed overseas contingent. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849’s positioning at no.6 was also ineffective.
Changes might be resisted but the induction of Roelof http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe could be a viable option, adding strength to the bowling lineup.
The pitch has offered bounce but spinners, slow bowlers, will form the crux of both compositions.
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