Struggling Delhi Daredevils to face the steady Kolkata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders: IPL-4 Preview
Things are getting difficult for the Delhi Daredevils (DD), as the fourth edition of the cash rich Indian Premier League (IPL) progresses. The team will get another chance to make a comeback in the tournament, as they will be up against Kolkata Knight Riders
(KKR) on Thursday, April 28, 2011. The 33rd game of the IPL will be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Although DD will have the home advantage, they have been unable to do well at the Feroz Shah Kotla in their previous matches. They are currently placed at number nine in the pool with just two victories in the six games played in the tournament. The hosts
cannot afford to lose any more matches, as their chances to qualify in the top-four will almost become zero percent.
DD’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429, was in tremendous form during the ICC World Cup 2011. He scored bulk of runs for India along with his opening partner, Sachin Tendulkar, helping the team to win the tournament. However, playing as a player with some of the
most skilful batsmen in the world is much easier than leading a side, which has been struggling to perform.
The pressure has seemed to be too much for Sehwag, as he has been unable to score runs with consistency for his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 team. The flamboyant batsman will need to lift his game and put pressure on the opposition with his aggressive nature of play. If he gets
going, no bowler will be able to stop the flow of runs.
Not many teams have the luxury of opening the innings with two of the deadliest batsmen in modern day cricket. Sehwag is partnered by the Australian dynamite, David Warner and both batsmen have the ability to change the course of the match in a very short
time.
Apart from the openers, there are some very useful players in the middle and lower-middle order of the DD team. However, the main concern for the team has been the inability to perform with consistency. Batsmen like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881 and James Hopes
have managed a couple of good knocks for the team, but the team will require a special effort from one of these players in the upcoming matches.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 and Hopes.
KKR seem to be a very strong team this time around. They have been below par in the previous three editions of the lucrative league, but things have changed now. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623 is the new skipper of Kolkata and has done a decent job, winning three matches
out of six played.
The strength of KKR lies in their all-round cricketers. They have one of the best in the business, Jacques Kallis. The South African started the tournament with three back-to-back half-centuries and has been useful in every department of the game. Shakib-Al-Hasan,
Yusuf Pathan and Ryan ten Doeschate are the other options for the team who can be handy with both bat and ball.
Bowling has also been good for the KKR team, as Brett Lee, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Iqbal Abdullah have done a good job with the support of the all-rounders.
Gambhir and his men look strong on the paper, but the hosts have the potential to make a comeback in the tournament and they will be looking forward to the match against KKR.
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