Rajasthan Royals vs. Delhi Daredevils: Indian Premier League season 4 – Match preview
After faltering against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians in the opening game of the Indian Premier League season 4, Delhi Daredevils are gearing up to face Shilpa Shetty’s Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday, 12 April, 2011.
The Daredevils were among the pre-tournament favourites in the past three editions of the lucrative T20 tournament and they started all the three seasons with a bang. However, this time the Virender Sehwag-led side incredibly collapsed against Lasith Malinga’s
toe-crashing yorkers. The Daredevils failed to reach a three-digit total and the whole team was bundled out for 95 with more than two overs to spare.
The only positive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Venugopal-Rao-c2752. The duo showed some resistance after the batting stars at the top flopped against Malinga.
Delhi would start Tuesday’s game as favourites as the ownership controversy-hit Rajasthan Royals are the weakest IPL side on paper, especially in the absence of hard-hitting Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 these days on national duty.
Rajasthan, on the other hand, started the season with a victory against Deccan Chargers. The side relied on its low-key http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746
leg-spin prodigy, Shane Warne delivered an accurate spell of leg-spin bowling and claimed two wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 have an injury concern ahead of the game as their overseas player, Jacob Oram is battling a groin injury. The team management has said that a decision on playing him against the Daredevils would be taken on Tuesday. Another likely change in the
Royals squad is their opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Swapnil-Asnodkar-c2618.
However, it is quite difficult to assess Delhi’s batting on the basis of their Sunday’s performance as Malinga’s electric display did not allow any of the batsmen, except for Ojha and Rao, to stay on crease for some time. They might stick to the same playing
eleven for Tuesday’s match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 and said that they will focus on their strengths rather than worrying about the things which they cannot control.
“They have some very good batsmen in Virender Sehwag, David Warner and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881 who are capable of wresting the match away from us. But we want to concentrate on our strengths rather than worrying about the things which we can't control,” said Botha in
the pre-match media conference.
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