Eoin Morgan-led Delhi Bulls will aim to continue their winning run when they square off against Dasun Shanaka’s Chennai Braves in the 7th match of the Abu Dhabi T10 League. Delhi have won both their fixtures so far and sit at the 2nd spot with 4 points in their bag. Chennai lost their tournament-opener and are placed at the 5th spot.
Playing the opening game of the tournament, Delhi chased down the big target of 108 in just 9 overs to register the first win of the season. In their 2nd game, they restricted Bangla Tigers at a score of 69 and chased it down in 8.1 overs.
Chennai lost their opening game of the tournament to Deccan Gladiators, who put up a huge total of 146/3. They did try to chase it down and finished at a score of 122/4.
Sherfane Rutherford, who has scored 56 runs, is Delhi’s highest run-scorer in the tournament. He is followed by Mohammad Hafeez, who has scored 38 runs. With the ball, Adil Rashid and Romario Shepherd share the top spot with 2 wickets each.
For Chennai, Angelo Perera sits at the top with 60 runs. He is followed by all-rounder Ravi Bopara, who has hit 51 runs. With the ball, Munaf Patel and Shanaka have dismissed one batsman each.
The contest between the two teams is expected to be a high-scoring one and it remains to be seen if Delhi can register a hat-trick of wins or not.
My Dream11 team for DB vs CB match
R Gurbaz, E Morgan, A Perera, S Rutherford (Vice-captain), M Hafeez, R Bopara (Captain), D Bravo, R Shepherd, M Patel, A Rashid, D Lakshan
Squads
Delhi Bulls: Ravi Rampaul, Adil Rashid, Sherfane Rutherford, Rilee Roscoe Rossouw, Dominic Drakes, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Dwayne Bravo, Shiraz Ahmed, Hafeez-Ur-Rehman, Nyeem Young, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akeal Hosein, Devon Thomas, Romario Shepherd, Sohaib Maqsood, Jaskaran Malhotra, Gulbadin Naib
Chennai Braves: Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Migael Pretorius, Mark Deyal, Nicholas Pooran, Yusuf Pathan, Darren Bravo, Munaf Patel, Muhammad Shahzad, Tion Webster, Dasun Shanaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Laxman Majrekar, Khalid Shah, Angelo Perera, Samiullah Shinwari, Curtis Campher, Chamika Karunaratne, Roman Walker, Ravi Bopara, Toby Albert
