Delhi Vs Punjab – Preview

What do you expect when Delhi meets Punjab today evening? Well it will be a plethora of entertainment, excitement and cheers all around! A packed stadium fully loaded with the passion for the game of cricket! The fans are expecting the best of Cricket at the Ferozeshah Kotla today.

In this significant match Delhi and Punjab will lock their horns to move ahead towards the semi-finals. An exciting encounter is just approaching. Both the teams will be ready to put in the best possible efforts to put the rivals under pressure.

Earlier in the League, Delhi started off well and later slipped, then again came back on the ways to victory. Punjab on the other hand has been playing consistently and has won six out of the last seven matches.

Delhi recently registered easy victories against the weak rivals Hyderabad and Bangalore. Today’s match will prove to be the real test of Delhi team’s skills. Delhi must win this match to move forward towards the semifinals.

Delhi can get good partnerships from Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan and Virender Sehwag but the middle order may fail again to perform. The high dependence on the top order may ruin Delhi if these players fail to make fruitful partnerships. On the other side Punjab has got some of the best strikers accompanied by a strong bowling line up. These aspects make the Punjab team stronger than Delhi.

Even though Brett Lee and Simon Katich have gone back the team did not get affected by it as it has other performers like Shaun Marsh. Other bowlers like Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla are also performing well and have been successful in restricting the rival batsmen.

On Delhi’s side the main players Gambhir, Sehwag and Dhawan will need to bat well to counter the balling attack by Punjab. Another interesting thing to see will be how Glenn McGrath bowls to a well settled batting line up. So let’s wait and watch what the match has in store for Delhi!

The teams (from):
Delhi: Virender Sehwag (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, A. de Villiers, Rajat Bhatia, Shoaib Malik, Dinesh Kartik, Glenn McGrath, Mohammad Asif, V. Yomahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Farveez Maharoof, Mithun Manhas, Brett Geeves, Manoj Tiwary, Amit Mishra and Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Punjab: Yuvraj Singh (captain), James Hopes, Karan Goel, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Mahela Jayawardene, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, S. Sreesanth, V.R.V. Singh, Uday Kaul, Tanmay Srivastava, Pankaj Dharmani, Gagandeep Singh and Ramesh Powar.