An influence-packed Punjab will tackle Delhi, the one unbeaten staff of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on this version, on the PCA IS Bindra Stadium right here on Saturday.
The Yash Dhull-led aspect is coming into the highest 4, successful six out of six video games, whereas Mandeep Singh’s tribe by no means appeared again after a loss within the first recreation in opposition to Saurashtra and has since received all seven video games.
Dhull has been main Delhi from the entrance, contributing 202 runs at a strike fee of 131.36 and a mean of fifty.5.
But it has been Suyash Sharma’s spectacular run this yr, that started from IPL 2023, which makes Delhi a staff to beat. The leg-spinner is the second-highest wicket-taker with 16 scalps. His miserly bowling and wicket-taking capability has additionally helped the remainder of the bowlers, and the batters, to reap rewards.
And it’ll take somebody like Abhishek Sharma to counter-attack Delhi’s bowling. Having scored 408 runs in eight outings, the Punjab opener is hanging at 198.05 on this match, at a mean of 51.
The remainder of the batters have additionally adopted the hard-hitting template on this match.
The bowlers have performed decently as properly for Punjab with Harpreet Brar, Sidharth Kaul, and Mayank Markande persistently chipping in with wickets. However, Arshdeep Singh has been a bit underwhelming to this point, having taken six wickets in seven video games and conceding 7.41 runs an over.
Both groups have an opportunity to e-book a spot within the closing which neither of them has performed within the final 5 years.
On Saturday morning, the competition between how the Delhi bowlers function in opposition to the hard-hitting Punjab batters will determine which staff lastly manages to get nearer to the trophy.
