Delhi capitals are one of the franchises who haven’t won a single championship and they look to turn it around this year. They’ve had rough seasons but last year was different for them. With youngsters like Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw and spinner Sandeep Lamichhane shining under the guidance of captain Shreyas Iyer they reached the playoffs but lost to CSK.
This year they have made additions like R Ashwin and Jinkya Rahane who bring a lot of experience to the side to add to Shikhar Dhawan. Delhi Capitals pacer Mohit Sharma believes that they have a strong team this year and the results could be in their favour.
“If we keep results aside, the Delhi team has always been very good. I have played in other teams and Delhi was always competitive. Back then, we always used to say that you can never take Delhi lightly. There are a lot of youngsters in the team, and even now why people are saying that Delhi is strong is because we have continued with those youngsters for two years now, so they are settled. The results were not (consistently) in our favour because the process to get desired results is a long one. That could be the reason,” he said.
“But at the moment, the team is looking very strong and the kind of process that’s going on, the amount of hard work we are putting in, the way (Ricky) Ponting is guiding us or the way Ryan Harris is working with the bowlers, I think the results will be in our favour this season.”
Delhi Capitals will kick off their 2020 IPL campaign against Kings XI Punjab on September 20 at the Dubai International stadium.
