IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant set for emotional homecoming vs in-form SRH

The first time Rishabh Pant made a public appearance at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium he walked on crutches but when emotional Rishabh Pant walks as the captain of Delhi Capitals he needs to bring his best game out to stop inform Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2024Delhi Capitals have had a mixed IPL 2024 season so far but wins against Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans have helped them secure sixth position on the tablePlaced in the fourth position on the points table Sunrisers Hyderabad is having a very impressive IPL 2024 campaign So far they have posted two of the highestever totals 277 and 287Travis Head is scoring runs in an aggressive way followed by Abhishek Sharma in the powerplay Head and Abhisheks intimidating strike rates of 199 and 197 respectively will pose a serious challenge for the pace trio of Ishant Sharma Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh KumarAlso ReadIN PHOTOS LSG vs CSK Heres all you need to knowAdding to the threat is Heinrich Klaasen also striking at 199 who is one of the best finishers in international cricket with a propensity to hit balls out of the stadium which gives SRHs batting a scary look But Kuldeep Yadavs economy of 606 leftarm wrist spin could well prove to be a game changer and in Tristan Stubbs Pant has got an ideal third spin option alongside Axar Patel 675Pant who is himself getting back to the top of his game wouldnt mind if he could win the toss and opt to bat But David Warners knuckle injury is a concern Jake FraserMcGurk on the other hand has impressed in his first two IPL 2024 outingsWhile SRHs batting has been topnotch on belters their bowlers have suffered a lot on those tracks with only skipper Pat Cummins 787 having an economy rate of less than 8 runs per over which is considered good in todays day and age of T20 However seasoned duo of Jaydev Unadkat 1135 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1045 have both been average while spinners wrist spinner Mayank Markande 1123 and leftarm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed ER 1244 have been sent on a leather huntThe best option for Pant would be to open the batting and go for the jugular against SRH putting scoreboard pressure on the rampaging Orange ArmyIn case the Capitals have to chase the idea would be to keep SRH down to 210220 which would be chaseable against an attack which may not be able to hold its own on good batting tracksSquads for the IPL 2024 match between DC and SRHDelhi Capitals Rishabh Pant campwk David Warner Abishek Porel Ricky Bhui Yash Dhull Shai Hope Prithvi Shaw Tristan Stubbs Kumar Kushagra wk Swastik Chikara Ishant Sharma Jhye Richardson Rasikh Dar Salam Vicky Ostwal Anrich Nortje Mukesh Kumar Kuldeep Yadav Praveen Dubey Khaleel Ahmed Sumit Kumar Axar Patel Mitchell Marsh Lalit Yadav Jake FraserMcGurkSunrisers Hyderabad Pat Cummins c Abdul Samad Abhishek Sharma Aiden Markram Marco Jansen Rahul Tripathi Washington Sundar Glenn Phillips Sanvir Singh Heinrich Klaasen wk Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mayank Agarwal T Natarajan Anmolpreet Singh Mayank Markande Upendra Singh Yadav wk Umran Malik Nitish Kumar Reddy Fazalhaq Farooqi Shahbaz Ahmed Travis Head Jaydev Unadkat Akash Singh Jhathavedh SubramanyanWith PTI Inputs