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Oveꦬr the years, the Delhi Capitals (formerly: Delhi Daredꦓevils) carried the reputation of bringing in strong sides on paper, but could not match their potential with performances.
🔥Interestingly, before the auctions in 🅰December last year, DC let go of their retained all-rounder Chris Morris, along with Trent Boult, Colin Munro, and Colin Ingram.
Amongst the new faces in the squa🦂d, the franchise owners went for experienced Test stars such as Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ajinkya Rahane.
Let us look at the strongest playing XI for the Delhi Capitals this🐟 season:
Shikhar Dhawan
Coming back from aꩲ freak injury to the knee, Shikha𒆙r Dhawan got injured while fielding in one of the ODIs against Australia.
Dhawan suffe🦹red a longꦗ layoff from the national side and came back to fitness with his outings in the DY Patil tournament.
Eyeing his place in the T20 World Cup squad, Dhawan will look to make a strong statement, in this edition oꦚf IPL.
Jason Roy
With Jason Roy available, the Capitals’ think tank featuring Ricky Ponting will looꦑk to play him for the fireworks he can provide with the new ball. Featuring for Quetta Gladiators in PSL 2020. Roy haꦆs picked off decent form, with few impressive performances.
Prithvi Shaw
With both Dhawan and Roy in the side, Prithvi Shaw can only bat one-wicket down. Shaw’s comeback into the national side has been patched u❀p in New Zealand.
Therefore, there’s much at stake for the explosive Mumbai batsman, who comes in with🃏 a huge reputation behind him.
Shreyas Iyer
After Gautam Gambhir abruptly stepped down from captaincy in the middle of 2018, Shreyas Iyer has ꧒done well to keep his franchise going under his captaincy.
The crafty right-handed batsman ha💎s recently tasted international success at the much-debated number four slot in the Indian team.
Rishabh Pant
Another batsman from the Indian team who will look to revive his ൩career through the upcoming edition♏ of IPL, using the big stage, is Rishabh Pant.
Last few months, Pant has copped a🤡 substantial amount of criticism for squandering opportuniജties with his attacking mindset.
However, his record for the Capitals has been impeccable, with over 684 ꦏruns in the 2018 edition, following up with a tally of 488 runs in the subsequent edition.
Marcus Stoinis
The recent edition of Big Bash League belonged to only one man, Marcus Stonis. In BBL, Stoiniꦬs scored 533 runs and had 14 scalps to his name.
In the auction, Capitals had no hesitation in acquiring the services of the Melbourne Stars’ all-rounder. Stoinisꦉ provides a three-dimensional balance to the side, with his lusty blows, gun fielding, and handy death overs.
Keemo Paul
Another important player who will add the much-needed balance in the Delhi lineup is Wes🌄t Indies all-rounde🍒r Keemo Paul.
In the absence of injured Ch꧑ris Woakes, Paul could offer a couple of overs at the death with his change of p♏ace and slower deliveries.
When the time comes, Ponting and Co. will surely look fo༺rward to Paul’s contribution with the bat down the order.
Kagiso Rabada
During the early stages of the tournament, in ♍the absence 🥃of Kagiso Rabada due to injury, Nepal sensation Sandeep Lamichanne should make it into the XI.
However, once Rabada comes back int🤪o fitness, their ace bowler will surely fea♋ture with the ball for the Capitals.
R Ashwin
After bein🌠g appointed as the Kings XI Punjab captain, Ravichandran Ashwin was released from the squad ahead of the auction.
This is Ashwin’s fourth team in his IPL careeꦬr, and now the Tam🧸il Nadu offie will be looking to boost his skills in white-ball cricket.
Amit Mishra
One of the most successful bowlers for the Delhi-based franchise, as well as in the history of IPL, Amit Mishra has 157 dismissal🗹s to his n♒ame.
His form of late has been excellent, featuring for Railways in First-Class cricket. Together with Ashwin, and Lam🐓ichhane later 🧜on the dry, spinning wickets later in the season, Capitals will be a force to reckon with the ball.
Ishant Sharma
Anoth▨er Indian international who will be looking to revive his white-ball career is Ishant Sharm. He now has the opportunity to silence his critics in the IPL.
With his supreme Test bowling spells,🦄 Sharma went on to state that he is good enough💙 at the international level.
It is only a matter of time when we see him translating his red-ball prowess♛es in the limited-overs format.
Delhi Capitals’ Best XI for IPL 2020:
Shikhar D✅hawan, Jason Roy, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Marcus Stoinis, Keemo Paul, Kagiso Rabada, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma.
