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Delhi Capitals have a conundrum when it comes to the opening partnership with Shikhar Dhawan ahead of the IPL 2020 final against Mumbai Indians in Dubai.
Delhi Capitals will be facing Mumbai Indians in their first-ever IPL final when they come out at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Mumbai Indians are the four-time champions and they have lost only one final which was in 2010 against Chennai Super Kings. Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, have lost all three of their games against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2020 and they will be determined to snap their losing streak. Delhi Capitals had lost five out of their last six games heading into the playoffs and despite suffering a big loss against Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1, they bounced back in grand style to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2.
The match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals on Sunday at the Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi saw Delhi Capitals taking a risk as Marcus Stoinis opened the innings with Shikhar Dhawan. Stoinis hammered 38 off 27 balls while Shikhar Dhawan hit 78 as the duo stitched a 86-run opening stand in just 8.2 overs. That allowed Delhi Capitals to set a target of 190 which they defended well to win by 17 runs and qualify for the final for the first time.
The big question for Delhi Capitals is that whether they will persist with Marcus Stoinis opening in the final? The stakes are too high and they may have to fall back on some experience. Many analysts are touting that Ajinkya Rahane might open the batting today with Shikhar Dhawan. Some are suggesting that Delhi Capitals give one more chance to Prithvi Shaw.
Prithvi Shaw has been in woeful form with the bat in the last couple of games while Ajinkya Rahane, apart from his one fifty against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a crucial match, has also failed to deliver the goods. With Rahane and Shaw struggling, perhaps Ricky Ponting might want to persist with the opening pair of Dhawan and Stoinis as that gives them power at the top.
The aggression shown by Stoinis could allow Dhawan to play the role of accumalator turned aggressor for the entire innings. With Rahane struggling with power-hitting and Prithvi Shaw presently not high on confidence, Delhi Capitals might perhaps not want to take a risk and tamper with the combination that helped them win the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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