IPL 2019: What should be Delhi Capitals' ideal playing XI
The Indian Premier League has had many memorable matches and a total of 12 teams have participated in the league in its long history. Yet, in its 11 seasons, there have been only 5 different winners and the rest have either come close only to lose the final or have only made the playoffs. The Delhi Daredevils have been the only team which has played all 11 seasons but has never made the finals.
Taking this into consideration, the franchise owners opted to start afresh and rechristened the team to 'Delhi Capitals'. They also shelled out money at the auction and made some good buys worth the money they paid for them. They have a really strong team which can actually pose a threat and maybe they can achieve what they couldn't all this time.
Let's take a look at the best playing XI they can have if they want to achieve their objectives.
Openers - Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan
The biggest strength for the Delhi Capitals will be their star top order which is filled with Indians. The players who will lead the charge will be rising star Prithvi Shaw who they retained and Shikhar Dhawan who was traded by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in exchange for Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem.
A good opening pair is something which every franchise will want and to have a quality opening pair of Indian batsmen is quite rare.
Shaw showed his class and his ability to score quick runs last season and his return from injury will mean a lot to the team.
Shikhar Dhawan is probably the best Indian opener in the tournament apart from Rohit Sharma and he brings much needed firepower and experience to the Delhi lineup.
His IPL stats are brilliant and the rebooted Delhi Capitals will need these two to come out with all guns blazing.
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