IPL 2020 playoffs has reached an interesting stage after two contrasting matches. Defending champions Mumbai Indians directly reached final by an comfortable win against Delhi Capitals. Sunrisers Hyderabad have come one step closer in their pursuit to reach the final by a close win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Today we have an exciting clash in qualifier 2. In this article, we tried to give you a short preview about today's match.
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Match preview
Delhi Capitals suffered a big loss against Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians totally outplayed Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1 by their all round performance. The reason for Delhi Capitals' loss is that they failed to put pressure on MI batsmen even after getting wickets in regular intervals. In their last league match, DC bowlers bowled economically and that's the reason for their comfortable win. We can't blame them fully as MI batsmen are too good for their bowlers. Inspite of coming from a big loss, they will definitely look forward to play with full intensity as this was their second chance. DC openers joint performance will be a key in today's match as only of the performs at a time. Prithvi Shaw's form is big worry as he completely lost his form in the later half of the tournament. But DC might give him another chance today believing his aggressive batting ability. Another major factor is Rabada's spell. If Rabada excert some pressure on SRH top order, it will be a great help for DC to restrict them to a low score. Atlast the major factor that DC is missing this year is the real pant factor as he is not playing his natural game. Is he intensionally changed his batting style or not able to hit as before? One God and himself know what's the reason.
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad are in great momentum as they are on a great winning streak. They are playing exceptionally well especially their bowling attack is top class as they are continuously restricting opponent batsmen from scoring big. They even restricted one of the deadly batting lineups of the season, Mumbai Indians.
The addition of Jason Holder clicked well for them. He is contributing both with the bat and ball. Their only concern is that their batting is little bit in and off. If openers played well they are able to hit more runs otherwise they are struggling with the bat. Last match also, while chasing a small score against RCB due to top order collapse they put pressure on themselves. Thanks to the brilliance of Kane Williamson. Today Manish Panday's form will play a major role in their batting. Wriddhiman Saha's availability for today's match is doubtful. If he is available, them it will definitely strengthen their top order.
Players to watch out for
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner - Crucial for SRH to score big and quick.
Kane Williamson - Crucial for anchoring the innings if SRH lost early wickets.
Jason Holder - Particularly crucial with the ball as Abu Dhabi pitch is favouring pace bowlers a lot.
Delhi Capitals
Shikhar Dhawan - Crucial for DC to propel them to a big score and reduce pressure in Shreyas Iyer and especially tackling Rashid Khan in the middle overs.
Kagiso Rabada - Crucial to put pressure on SRH top order as sunrisers are top order dependent.
Ravichandran Ashwin- Crucial to put pressure on David Warner and Kane Williamson as both has a slight weakness against spinners especially David Warner.
Pitch report
In eliminator challenge, Abu Dhabi pitch helped more to bowlers especially for pace bowlers. So winning the toss and chasing will be apt today. Today we can expect some close encounter.
Possible playing 11
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner (c), Shreewats Goswami (wk), Manish Panday, Kane Williamson, Jason Holder, Priyam Garg, Abishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shabaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natrajan.
Delhi Capitals
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.
Possible match ups
- David Warner and Ravichandran Ashwin
Possible upper hand: Ashwin
- Jason Holder and Prithvi Shaw
Possible upper hand: Holder
- Shikhar Dhawan and Sandeep Sharma
Possible upper hand: Sandeep Sharma
- Shreyas Iyer and Rashid khan
Possible upper hand: Shreyas Iyer
Performances in Abu Dhabi
Delhi Capitals played 5 matches and won 4 out of it.
Sunrisers Hyderabad played 5 matches and won 3 out of it.
Mid season transfer in IPL:
https://sumxas.blogspot.com/2020/10/mid-season-transfer-will-it-work-for.html?m=1
Today's English word
Tad
This means a small amount of something.
Sentence Usage
I like to eat a tad of chocolate occasionally.
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