Sunrisers Hyderabad will like to continue with their winning streak at home when they take on Delhi Daredevils on their home turf on Saturday. But Daredevils have found form would be looking to improve their record in this season of IPL.
Shikhar Dhawan and Hanuma Vihari have played some brilliant knocks this season and would be looking to take on Morne Morkel and Irfan Pathan in this contest. Meanwhile David Warner and Virender Sehwag would be looking to come hard on the pace attack of Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma.
Here we bring to you the players to watch out in the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Daredevils (DD).
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Shikhar Dhawan: Dhawan has started off well and riding on a brilliant half-century in the previous match, he would be looking to make a perfect outing against the Delhi Daredevils on Saturday. His knock of 73 runs against Mumbai Indians is a clear indication that he is in form but would like to occupy the crease as long as possible.
Hanuma Vihari: Vihari has been brilliant with the bat and has given the much-needed stability to the middle order. He can take the charge on bowlers if needed or can simply knock the balls for ones and twos. His form will surely determine how far SRH will go in this edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).
Dale Steyn: Steyn was simply brilliant against Mumbai Indians. His ability to steam in and fire with full speed at any point of time makes him lethal. Though he was expensive in the last match, but after a couple of days’ rest, he would be looking to come hard.
Amit Mishra: Mishra was brilliant against Mumbai Indians and he picked up two wickets in four overs. He gave away just 24 runs and restricted the opposition to 130. He can give some important breakthroughs in the mid-overs to his team and will be a trump card for SRH.
Ishant Sharma: Sharma bowled brilliantly in last match as he picked up two wickets of Mumbai Indians. Sharma ended up with the figures of 2/15 and bowled 16 dot-balls in his spell. If his brilliant run continues, then it’s going to be easy for SRH to make it to play-offs.
Delhi Daredevils (DD)
Virender Sehwag: Sehwag is in good-touch but he needs to convert those decent starts into big scores. Sehwag can make a huge difference if he gets going especially while batting first and is going to be the trump card for DD.
Unmukt Chand: Chand was brilliant with the bat and scored 37 runs in the last match. But it will be litmus test for him when he will tackle some fine pace attack from Sunrisers in this match. He needs to play a waiting game for first few overs and then he can go for big shots which he loves to do.
David Warner: With back to back match-winning half-centuries, he would be looking to continue his brilliant run against SRH. His consistency at up the order has been fruitful and will be interesting to see how he will tackle the likes of Dale Steyn and Amit Mishra in this thrilling encounter.
Irfan Pathan: Pathan was simply sensational with the ball and his fielding efforts in the field were stunning. He responded well under pressure and if it goes the same way, he can be very productive in this spongy wicket of Hyderabad.
Morne Morkel: Morkel was brilliant with the ball in last game against KKR as he gave away just 22 runs and took one wicket. His pace makes him stand out from the rest of the bowlers in his team and it would be interesting to see how well he uses the bounce on the home ground of SRH.
By Amit Chopra
Indian Sports News Network
