DC vs SRH Dream11 Prediction, IPL 2024: Predicted Playing XIs, fantasy teams, squads

New Delhi: Rishabh Pant looked at home at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday evening. In between wearing giggle during warmups and sitting down with the Delhi and District Cricket Association staff for long chats, he batted for over an hour in the nights sharpening his power game through the off-side.

DC are banking on both to consolidate their position in the points table. For, they know ‘power game’ will be the operative phrase when they turn up against SRH on Saturday evening.

The pitch here has produced a deluge of runs since the ODI World Cup 2023. It was a sight to watch SRH’s Travis Head and Pant bat in adjacent nets for a while.

“We don’t mind having a shootout tomorrow if it’s a high-scoring game against Sunrisers,” DC coach Ricky Ponting wasn’t going to beat around the bush.

The SRH batters have wielded their bats to kill games so far in this tournament. One may expect the same on Saturday as well with the pitch expected to play true for the batters.

Delhi Capitals have registered 3 wins and 4 losses this season, they are currently in 6th place in the points table. Meanwhile, SRH are currently in 4th place on the points table with 4 wins out of 6 matches.

As Delhi aim to climb the points table and Hyderabad seek to maintain their place in the top 4, let’s have a look at the predicted XI of both teams.

Predicted Playing XIs of both teams:

Delhi Capitals – Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed

SunRisers Hyderabad – Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat and T Natarajan

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The home side, DC has grown in confidence after their 2 successive wins over LSG and GT. While, they seem to be finding the right balance, with the inclusion of Jack Fraser McGurk, they still have a few areas to work on.

Their top order might have clicked in most games this season, but the lower middle order, barring Tristan Stubbs, has failed to deliver, causing trouble in them gaining an advantage over top teams.

In bowling, the spin department, with Kuldeep leading the attack, has improved drastically, as he, alongside Axar Patel, will aim to keep high-flying SRH’s batting order in check in the marquee clash in the IPL 2024.

On the other side, the touring SRH team is the most feared side this season, having crushed each opponent with utter disdain, while their top 3 have made the right noises with stunning displays thus far, the batters to follow are even more dangerous, considering the form Heinrich Klaasen is in.

SRH’s batting has been their x-factor this season, and at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, where the boundaries are relatively smaller, they will try and dominate the bowlers again.

What sets them apart from the top-ranked team this time is how their bowling unit has complimented their batting, with Captain Pat Cummins leading the charge.

Head-to-Head

SRH leads DC 12-11 in head-to-head tally in IPL. However, DC has held the upper hand lately, having won 5 of the last contested matches against Hyderabad.

Result Prediction

Contraty to the general notion of SRH being the stronger side, the hosts, Delhi might cause an upset by beating Hyderabad in a home game on Saturday in IPL 2024.