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Brother against brother, friend against friend\u2026that\u2019s one of the flavours that IPL brings along with it. Today\u2019s match between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders will see two such contests \u2013 one involving the two captains \u2013 Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir — who are best of buddies otherwise and the other, a more intense one, between the Pathan brothers \u2013 Irfan and Yusuf.<\/p>\n
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are best of friends; they play together for Delhi in Ranji Trophy, have been one of the best opening partners at the international level and played together for the Daredevils in the first three season.<\/p>\n
Sehwag opted out from the Daredevils captaincy to give Gautam a chance in the third season. Both these players have held each other\u2019s back from the very beginning and have been continuing that way. Even in Australia when there were talks of a rift in the team, it was believed that these two Delhi dashers were together and were supporting each other. They have excelled whenever they have played together and has won India many matches.<\/p>\n
But, when it will come down to today\u2019s match, these two friends will not show any bonding that we are accustomed of seeing between the fighters. They are captaining two different sides and will be striving to get the first win for their respective team. <\/p>\n
Infact Sehwag on Wednesday said that playing against Gambhir will be a different feeling. \u201cOur first game versus Team Kolkata is an interesting match-up given that they will be led by a very close friend, Gautam Gambhir. It is a different feeling to have him as my opponent,\u201d said Sehwag.<\/p>\n
Similarly Irfan will be playing for Daredevils, while Yusuf is a key player in KKR\u2019s scheme of things. It will again be interesting to see the contest between the two brothers. \u201cThis is the only game of cricket that I don\u2019t enjoy. It\u2019s something I think I can\u2019t handle,\u201d Irfan said on Tuesday as the prospect of taking on brother Yusuf in DD\u2019s opening match against KKR. But then they are professionals and they know they have to be honest to their teams. \u201cJust yesterday we were talking and I told him that hope a situation doesn\u2019t arise where I\u2019m bowling the last over to him with 10 or 15 runs required. This is the only time I\u2019d be thinking negative; otherwise I love a challenge. The best would be if he scores a 50 or a 100 and we go on to win the match,\u201d Irfan had said. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Gautam Gambhir holds the edge in this match as his team has most of the players available to play in tonight\u2019s match. His friend Sehwag however has some problems ahead of him. Most of the star players from his batsmen are missing and it will be up to him to provide a substantial contribution for the team.\u00a0\u00a0
It will be a treat to watch these players play against each other and everybody hopes for a good and healthy competition ahead.<\/p>\n
By Indian Sports News \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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