IPL 2017: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab, 5 factors of winning

#5 Possible pitfalls

Pant could get a promotion like Samson

Maxwell shows an early vulnerability against spinners and at the Kotla, where the ball doesn’t come on nicely, that problem could be exploited. The same applies for Miller as well. A scenario could arise where Punjab have no choice but to keep attacking considering their opening pair is not really capable of giving them massive starts; good starts, yes, but not massive ones.

Delhi have already shown that they could choke due to the inexperience in their batting. Those two points they lost against RCB could come back to haunt them in the latter stages of the tournament. They are reliant on two young batsmen – Samson and Rishabh Pant. Delhi’s top 3 against RCB was a travesty – Tare, Billings and Nair. Against Pune, Delhi’s 2,3 and 4 managed to get the runs with Morris giving them a surprise push at the end.

But one cannot expect Morris to keep coming and scoring runs. If Delhi go with the same team, a couple of quick wickets early will put them under serious pressure.