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Delhi vs Chennai Dream11 Team
The erstwhile Delhi Daredevils have been an IPL enigma of sorts. They've had who's who of T20 stars at some point in the last decade but haven't quite had the fortune and the skill to translate all of that into success.
AB de Villiers once wore the red-and-black of Delhi in 2008, Glenn Maxwell spent a season with the side, Kevin Pietersen was bought for big bucks, and the money shelled out on Yuvraj Singh in 2016 - a whopping INR 16 crore - is yet to be topped, even with inflating auction purse each year.
But Ricky Ponting is insistent that the results of the past 11 years count for nothing. A rechristened Delhi, are also a reborn one, if you believe the words of the head coach.
Capitals may explicitly (or even internally) not rate history in the tournament, but the badges of success that their opponents for Tuesday wear proudly are unmissable. Over the same decade when Delhi have scrambled and scurried for an identity to forge, CSK have built their enviable legacy on the edifice of their consistency and continuity. But what even CSK seem to miss currently, is possessed by DC - a young core that can serve the side for a lot of seasons to come [provided retention rules are favourable in the future].
But for a young core to have the desirable impact - now and in the years to come - Capitals need a season filled with consistency. There may not be a better and bigger hurdle than CSK to overcome immediately and add to their opening fixture victory on the quest for this virtue.
But there's almost an air of T20 assurance with CSK that DC will have to go up against. They returned from a two-year break last season and still didn't miss a beat on their way to another title triumph. There's a very astute reading of the game, clear from Fleming stressing on the efforts that the brain trusts at the franchise put in to get their combinations right when they travel away from home.
DC bring a boisterous energy that can sometimes be too overbearing for an opposition. But CSK, with their collective grey matter and a side full of experience can be a sort of immovable force - even for the Iyers, Shaws and the Pants.
When: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings, March 26, 2019, 8:00 PM IST
Where: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
What to expect: A hazy evening with a maximum of 26 degrees celcius. The 2018 fixture between these two teams in the national capital was played on a very sluggish wicket where the hosts defended 162. Stephen Fleming has had a look at the pitch for this year's game and concludes that it looks 'reasonably dry' on first look.
AB de Villiers once wore the red-and-black of Delhi in 2008, Glenn Maxwell spent a season with the side, Kevin Pietersen was bought for big bucks, and the money shelled out on Yuvraj Singh in 2016 - a whopping INR 16 crore - is yet to be topped, even with inflating auction purse each year.
But Ricky Ponting is insistent that the results of the past 11 years count for nothing. A rechristened Delhi, are also a reborn one, if you believe the words of the head coach.
Capitals may explicitly (or even internally) not rate history in the tournament, but the badges of success that their opponents for Tuesday wear proudly are unmissable. Over the same decade when Delhi have scrambled and scurried for an identity to forge, CSK have built their enviable legacy on the edifice of their consistency and continuity. But what even CSK seem to miss currently, is possessed by DC - a young core that can serve the side for a lot of seasons to come [provided retention rules are favourable in the future].
But for a young core to have the desirable impact - now and in the years to come - Capitals need a season filled with consistency. There may not be a better and bigger hurdle than CSK to overcome immediately and add to their opening fixture victory on the quest for this virtue.
But there's almost an air of T20 assurance with CSK that DC will have to go up against. They returned from a two-year break last season and still didn't miss a beat on their way to another title triumph. There's a very astute reading of the game, clear from Fleming stressing on the efforts that the brain trusts at the franchise put in to get their combinations right when they travel away from home.
DC bring a boisterous energy that can sometimes be too overbearing for an opposition. But CSK, with their collective grey matter and a side full of experience can be a sort of immovable force - even for the Iyers, Shaws and the Pants.
When: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings, March 26, 2019, 8:00 PM IST
Where: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
What to expect: A hazy evening with a maximum of 26 degrees celcius. The 2018 fixture between these two teams in the national capital was played on a very sluggish wicket where the hosts defended 162. Stephen Fleming has had a look at the pitch for this year's game and concludes that it looks 'reasonably dry' on first look.
Probable XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Ingram, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Trent Boult/Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma
Probable XI: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir
Dream11 Team
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