IPL 2018: Top 3 batting line-ups

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From the 7th of April, 8 IPL teams will begin their quest for the ultimate glory, the IPL title. Battle lines are drawn, as preparations of all the teams reach the final stages. Teams have made their strategies and plans regarding their approach and the manner in which they are going to utilise the players in their squads.

One of the key aspects of T20 cricket is batting. There is a general misconception that a team with big hitters is a good batting side. It is important to have a balanced batting line-up that is well equipped to perform in any match situation and in all types of playing conditions. Keeping in mind all these aspects, we will look at 3 teams which have the strongest batting line-ups in IPL 2018:

#3 Delhi Daredevils

Through the years, Delhi Daredevils have struggled to find the right team combination going into the IPL. While they do acquire effective players at the auction, they fail to utilise them properly in the tournament.

This time they seem to have struck a perfect balance when it comes to selecting their batting line-up. They retained young batting stars like Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, both of whom have a fantastic record playing for the Daredevils. Daredevils had a young batting side last year because of which they struggled in pressure situations. They seem to have rectified that by buying experienced T20 players like Gautam Gambhir, Colin Munro and Glenn Maxwell.

Munro had a disappointing time playing for KKR, but he seems to have grown as a batsman, and he is in red hot form at the moment. Jason Roy, the destructive England opener, can be another option for opening the batting.

They have big-hitters like Glenn Maxwell and Chris Morris, for whom no ground is big enough. Daredevils have also built a strong bench by getting some handy Indian batsmen. They have experienced players like Gurkeerat Mann and Vijay Shankar, while they also have young U19 stars in Prithvi Shaw, Manjot Kalra and Abhishek Sharma. With such a balanced batting side, Daredevils will be a team to beat this IPL.