Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals Predictions

Hyderabad Team News

SRH finally won during the week to get some points on the board and some much-needed confidence. They’d lost their first three and defeat against Punjab would have practically ended their season almost before it started. 

It was notable that they went back to the strategy of occupying three of their top 4 places with overseas batsmen. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow open the batting and Kane Williamson bats at either three or four. It means they’re using three of their overseas places on top-order batters but that’s how they’ve had success in the past.  

It means that Rashid Khan is the sole overseas bowler but the good news is that SRH have some fine Indian bowlers, such as Khaleel Ahmed, who took three wickets last time out. 

But they’ve lost international bowler T Natarajan to injury for the whole season and that’s a considerable blow.

Likely XI: Bairstow, Warner, Williamson, Pandey,  Jadhav,  Shankar, Sharma, Khan, Kumar, Kaul, Ahmed

Delhi Team News

A fine start from Delhi Capitals has seen them win three out of for and that should probably be four out of four. 

They are, however, still in the process of finding their best balance. Smith, Stoinis, Hetmyer, Woakes, and Rabada have all had chances to impress as overseas men and Anrich Nortje will surely get a game as well as a fast bowler to pair with Rabada. 

In time they may decide that it’s Smith they have to sacrifice but then again, there’s no obvious player to come in at three besides him. 

But it’s been Indian bowler Avesh Khan who’s been taking the wickets; he’s got eight so far.

Likely XI: Shaw, Dhawan, Smith, Pant, Stoinis, Hetmyer, Patel, Ashwin, Khan, Rabada, Mishra

SRH Top Bowler: KK Ahmed

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He was a winner for us last time and there’s no reason to jump ship on Khaleel Ahmed. . 

We’ve already said in the past that some batsmen play Rashid Khan with so much respect they don’t take risks against him while Bhuvi Kumar doesn’t look at his best right now. 

Vijay Shankar has bowled well on occasion but rarely bowls four overs so Ahmed, with an excellent T20 strike rate over his T20 career, is the pick at a big-looking 5.0.

Today’s SRH vs DC Hot Bet

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Bairstow and Warner have scored the bulk of SRH’s runs so far which is hardly surprising. They always do and as the overseas stars, that’s exactly what they’re meant to do. Bairstow has been particularly good.

But a decent Delhi attack may dismiss at least one of them early and that could open the door to the brilliant Kane Williamson.

It will be tough to score runs here in Chennai and few are as good as grinding out hard-working 50s as Williamson is. Let’s hope so.