In the past few years, it has improved tremendously under the eternal leadership of the IPL, Delhi Capitals, who is headed by Australia’s legend Ricky Ponting and the Flashy Shreyas Iyer. Even before the game began, skipper Iyer dislocated his left shoulder and shut him off the tournament, the Delhi franchise was hit with a huge blow. In his absence, Rishabh Pant, the flamboyant Wicketkeeper, leads the team.
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Full Squad of Delhi Capitals for IPL 2021:
Retained players: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (c/ wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan.
New Players: Steven Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, MSiddharth , Tom Curran, Sam Billings
Last Season Performance of Delhi Capitals:
The Delhi Capitals was one of the late IPL’s best players. The franchise in Delhi was rebranded prior to the 2019 season. The decision proved excellent as they came in third in IPL 2019 and ended last year. Sadly, DC has not been able to end its dry title.
SWOT Analysis of Delhi Capitals for IPL 2021:
Strengths — Pace bowling attack
Very few IPL franchises will praise a very powerful quick bowling attack like the Capitals in Delhi. Kagiso Rabada will lead the fast bowling department of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021, as stated in advance. In the United Arab Emirates last year, Rabada and his fellow countryman Anrich Nortje caused chaos.
Weakness — No Indian backup wicket keeper
Rishabh Pant is the first Delhi Capital wicket choice. But Pant missed several IPL games for the Capitals as the fans saw last year. Alex Carey has been included in the XI play in his exclusion by coaching team. The team dynamic is still hurt by the replacement of an Indian participant with an outsider.
Opportunities — Golden chance for Rahane and Shaw
There will be intensive competition from Indian players for a squad spot with two T20 world cups scheduled to occur in 2021 and 2022. Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane are two major players behind list compared to the other Indian batsmen. There was no exciting IPL 2020 campaign for both DC batters.
Threats — No backups in spin bowling
The Delhi Capitals have two game winning players in their spin bowling section, in the form of Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra. However, it should be taken into account that both players have been frequently injured. In reality, IPL 2020 for Delhi Capitals was missed by both Indian spinner due to damage problems. Axar Patel had to take the spin team on her shoulders after Ashwin and Mishra recovered injuries last year. Patel’s in good shape right now, but from the other end he even needs help.
Top Performers from Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020:
On his whole success in Qualifier 2, Stoinis took DC to the final. This was a peak in his form all season long. The right-hander won 352 runs and won 13 wickets at a strike rate of 148.
Kagiso Rabada, the IPL 2020 violet cap winner, was extremely powerful to achieve his junior finale in Delhi. In an economy of 8.34 the right-arm pacer has 30 bills in his name. While Rabada was outstanding in the middle over and death, he was not as efficient as Jofra Archer or Jasprit Bumrah with the new ball in the powerplay.
Players to look out from Delhi Capitals for IPL 2021:
Rishabh Pant — One of the youngest Indian batsman perhaps most dynamic. He started a six-year trial career. Only when it comes to T20 cricket can one imagine how dangerous it is. With 684 rides, he was the fastest DD racer in 2018. He’s changed his game since then and has been most criticised – maturity. In the international cricket, 2021 has been the good year for Pant so far and could represent the IPL.
Shikhar Dhawan — Dhawan has too often been constantly marked with the IPL with the caution of the slow rate of attack. However, he finished his SR of 130+ for the third running season and was some distance away in his best season at 144.73. Furthermore, Dhawan has crossed 600 races in a season for the first time of his IPL career with six 50 plus scores, including historic back-to-back century. It was so good a season, despite four ducks registering.
Predictions for IPL 2021:
DC is one of the favourite finishers in the top two of IPL 2021 points table despite the injury done to capitane Shreyas Iyer. Like Samson, Pant could go either way with an appointment as captain.But DC has an airtight core of a range of seasoned, established Indian stars, apart from a world-class bowling attack, notwithstanding a new face at the forefront of operations for the side.
Probable Playing XIs for the first Match:
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Kasigo Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma.
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