IPL 2019, DC vs SRH: 3 moments that the fans are looking forward to the most

Delhi Capitals are coming off from a howler against KXIP where they lost seven wickets for eight runs to conceded defeat, despite appearing to be cruising towards victory at one stage. Sam Curran's hat-trick ensured that his performance would go in the record books, and DC ended up licking their wounds.

Speaking of record books and getting into them, SRH's opening combination this year knows a thing or do about breaking records. They have set IPL 2019 ablaze with their destructive batting, and their opening partnership of 185 runs against RCB is the highest ever opening partnership in the history of IPL.

The momentum will definitely be with SRH, who crushed RCB at Hyderabad in their last match. It was a complete team effort, with Mohammad Nabi demolishing RCB's batting lineup after a mammoth 231 was put on the board.

DC, on the other hand, would want to put on a complete show, and not collapse they way they did against KXIP.

There is a lot to look forward to in tonight's DC vs SRH clash at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Here's a look at the events or moments that would excite the fans the most:

1. Will Bhuvneshwar Kumar return to form?

One point that is pretty evident in this IPL is the dip in form of SRH stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bhuvneshwar has been unable to curtail the run flow at the fag end of the innings, the way he did in 2016 and 2017 for SRH.

The past one year has seen him play on and off for India, due to the frequent injuries he's had. That has clearly not helped his rhythm and confidence; it's quite evident that Bhuvneshwar is unable to execute the yorkers as he used to.

This could be partly attributed to the fact that he's been named skipper in Kane Williamson's absence. Is that affecting his game as a bowler? All it will take for a bowler of Bhuvneshwar's talent and skill to come to back to form is one good, incisive spell.

He won the Purple Cap in the 2016 and 2017 editions of the IPL, and so knows what it takes to perform in the pressure situations that the tournament demands. SRH fans would be hoping that Bhuvneshwar returns to form in the clash against Delhi Capitals tonight.

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2. The Warner-Bairstow opening partnership

Jonny Bairstow- David Warner (Source: BCCI/ IPLT20.com)

Among the biggest positives to come out of IPL 2019 so far has to be Sunrisers Hyderabad's new opening partnership of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow.

One player is coming back after a gap of one year, and looks extremely hungry and eager to score runs and make his presence felt. The other one is playing in his first ever IPL and is certainly making it count. And we as fans watching the IPL are not at all complaining!

It was a batting masterclass when two players with such amazing talent went about surgically destroying RCB the other day.

Both the openers are clear about their roles and have executed them perfectly thus far. Bairstow's wicket-keeping has also been very good, making him indispensable for SRH this IPL.

Clearly they will up be against a better bowling unit tonight led by Kagiso Rabada. But the two of them are coming off a 185-run opening partnership, and DC must remove them early if they do not want to be chasing leather for a majority of the innings.

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3. The Afghan combo - Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi - in action together

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi (Picture Courtesy: BCCI/ IPLT20.com)

It's always a treat to watch Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan in action. They both bring an amazing skill-set on to the field, along with their abundant joy of playing the game.

Rashid has been dominating oppositions across the globe in T20's to become the #1 ranked bowler in the world. Nothing can compare to the excitement and edge-of-the-seat action on offer when Rashid controls an innings with his leg-spinners and googlies.

Nabi is the quieter, calmer of the two Afghan spinners in SRH's squad. He is fresh off a productive season for Melbourne Renegades where he had to bowl on flat pitches. That exposure has certainly helped, and he was in his element against RCB where he dismissed AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Shimron Hetmyer to end any resistance from RCB while they were chasing 232.

Tonight at the Kotla, which would offer something for the spinners, it would surely be intriguing to see how these two spinners go up against the DC top order comprising Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant.

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