The last two seasons were amazing for Delhi, was it Delhi’s name-changing luck or Delhi’s Captain Iyer who was calm and composed in both seasons. Delhi has Spider-Man as their captain but they are going to miss Shreyas Iyer the Batsman. Let us see Strategy and full squad Delhi Capitals.
Auction Picks :
Before auction Delhi Traded Harshal Patel and Dan Sams to RCB. Delhi almost retained its core team. They made a couple of good additions to the side. Picked up Rajasthan’s captain around base price. The inclusion of Umesh Yadav might solve the problem for the Indian Pacers. DC also included English hard-hitting wicketkeeper Sam Billings. Tom Curran was the most expensive buy from the auction and can be used in absence of Marcus or Woakes. DC has covered almost the best core of Indian uncapped players from SMAT Lukman Meriwala (fast bowler), Vishnu Vinod (Wk), Ripal Patel (allrounder), and M Siddharth (Spinner).
Full squad Delhi Capitals:
Full squad Delhi Capitals
*Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of Ipl 2020 due to shoulder injury and Pant has been appointed as captain.
CBC’s Ideal playing XI:
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Steven Smith, Vishnu Vinod / Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk, c), Marcus Stoinis/Chris Woakes, Axar Patel, Ravi Ashwin, Ishant / Umesh, Rabada, Nortje
Note: Rabada and Nortje might miss the start of the Tournament due to Pak vs SA series
Bench Strength :
Last year DC were badly missing Indian Pacer and a leg spinner this season they have both of them Umesh, Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma would cover all the weakness of last season. If you remember last season Pant miss some games due to injury this season they have two extremely talented players like Sam Billings and Vishnu Vinod as a backup. Sam Billings can also play for the Australian Legendary Test Player. Lukman Meriwala and Ripal Patel can be a surprise to the opposition if they get a chance.
Top 5 Fantasy Picks if they get a chance in Playing XI :
Sam Billings:
Batting down the order in Big Bash he made some handy contributions.
Scored 2 fifties with an overall strike rate of 142.85 in this BBL season.
Delhi Capitals need a finisher down the order so his form will be crucial.
Lukman Meriwala Left-arm fast-medium):
Picked 15 wickets in SMA T20 Trophy this season with an economy of 6.52.
8 wickets in Vijay Hazare Trophy as well.
Last year DC struggled big-time once Ishant got injured.
M Siddharth (orthodox left-arm spinner)
This season played only one game in SMA T20- picked 4/20.
Last season picked 12 wickets in 5 matches with an economy of 4.93 in SMAT T20 2019-20.
Chris Woakes:
He missed out last season but this year he’ll be playing to watch out for.
He can solve two problems at one go- 3rd seamer slot & the finishing role with the bat.
In the last ODI series vs Aus: he picked 6 wickets and also scored one fifty.
Previously he played KKR & RCB in IPL- 25 wickets in 18 matches.
Vishnu Vinod:
Plays for Kerala in domestic.
295 runs in 5 matches in Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Also in SMA T20, he played a brilliant knock 71*(38) vs Delhi to chase down the target of 213.