Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC) will look to continue their winning momentum when they face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) at the DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, on Sunday (May 7).
Meanwhile, DC's assistant coach Pravin Amre has his plans ready for his side ahead of the all important clash.
Speaking about their next encounter, Amre said, "CSK has always been one of the teams to beat in the IPL. We always want to go one up against them as they set high standards for themselves. I think the toss will be crucial in our next game because of the dew factor at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy. However, the long boundaries in the stadium could be an advantage for our spinners and especially Kuldeep Yadav, who is in great form at the moment."
DC are currently placed fifth in the 10-team standings with 10 points from as many games while defending champions CSK are mathematically still there in the tournament although their chances of making it to the play-offs are almost non-existent.
Amre also spoke about the areas in which the team showed improvement in their last match, "Earlier in the season, our batters were batting well, but nobody was attaining the big scores. That's why it was great to see David Warner score unbeaten 92 and bat through the 20 overs. It was also good to see Anrich Nortje bowl at the level we wanted him to bowl at. The wicket of Kane Williamson was very important. Nortje dismissed Williamson in the Powerplay overs and set up the match for us."
The Assistant Coach further added, "We are not looking too far ahead and we'll take it game by game from here on. We faced challenges in our last match as well as a few players were unavailable due to injury and sickness, but the players in the eleven put up a fantastic performance. You know that you have a strong batting line-up when you score above 200 with the loss of just three wickets."
Meanwhile, going into the business end of the tournament, DC have a major problem at hand, an able opening partner for Warner.
Prithvi Shaw has failed to live up to his talent this season, garnering just 259 runs from nine games at an average of 28.77. His replacement in the last match, Mandeep Singh hasn't fared well either with just 18 runs from three outings.
And it remains to be seen whether DC opt for Shaw again to partner Warner, which in any case, would be best suited for the team.
