IPL 2024: DC needs Prithvi Shaw's inclusion to strengthen their batting vs CSK

Delhi Capitals will be looking to strengthen their batting lineup by bringing flamboyant Prithvi Shaw into the playing XI during the IPL 2024 encounter against Chennai Super Kings The Delhiites are yet to win a game in the IPL 2024In T20 format reputations do go for a toss but DC in their last four meetings havent been able to get past CSK and the margins of defeat 91 27 and 77 runs respectively paint a sorry picture These three meetings should also consider that DC was missing the services of their star player Rishabh PantHence a win against CSK would be considered as a big upset in the tournamentIf CSK once again looks like a team to beat with all its bases nicely covered it has been quite the opposite for the Ricky Pontingcoached Capitals which has been outplayed in both departments of the gameAlso Read T20 World Cup 2024 Shaheen Shah Afridi likely to quit T20 captaincyDCs coowners GMR and JSW have been completely messing up the team composition at the auction table itself for some years and there is hardly anything that Ponting or Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly could do with domestic talent that lacks qualityCSK bought the services of uncapped Sameer Rizvi for 840 crore The two sixes in his first IPL 2024 innings against Punjab Kings showed why the Chennaibased franchise was desperate to buy himThe gulf between domestic cricket and IPL once again became evident with Ricky Bhui the highest scorer in the Ranji Trophy with 902 runs in the just concluded seasonThat Bhui is outofdepth at this level was cruelly exposed by young South African paceman Nandre Burger of Rajasthan Royals How he set up with a fast full delivery to peg Bhui on the backfoot and then a welldirected bouncer that was aimed for his skull left the burly Andhra captain both scared and scarredPrithvi Shaw who has made a comeback to competitive cricket in the second half of the Ranji Trophy might not fit for Ricky Ponting and DCs support staff fitness standardsAlso Read IPL 2024 KKRs aggressive hitting reveals lack of variety in RCB bowlingThere is too much on the plate of David Warner who is well past his prime and skipper Rishabh Pant who will take some time to find his groove Mitchell Marshs time with DC for the past two seasons cant exactly be termed consistent and the presence of Shaw will indeed add some muscle to DCs batting against an attack comprising Mustafizur Rahman Deepak Chahar Matheesha Pathirana and Ravindra JadejaAdd to it Daryl Mitchells seamup stuff and Rachin Ravindra whose bowling potential hasnt yet been unlocked by CSKs spiritual captain Mahendra Singh DhoniIf the side brings Shaw into the playing XI they can send Marsh to bat at number three The inclusion of Shaw will add much more solidity to DCs batting lineup But the question is Mustafizur Rahmans clever deliveries He has a variety of cutters to make life miserable for the battersThe problem with DC is the lack of quality power hitters among domestic talents in case Pant fails to fire and also there isnt much difference between Shai Hope and Tristan Stubbs both of whom take time before going for the jugularSimilarly DCs death bowling is one of concern and save Axar Patel whose economy rate is less than six in two games none of the other bowlers have gone for anything less than 750 per overAnrich Nortje couldnt hit the right length in the Royals game where DC lost it in the last five overs of their bowling innings DC would need Ishant Sharma to come back as he could have some questions for Rachin Ravindra who has started the tournament in imperious fashionShivam Dubes pyrotechnics will meet its match in Kuldeep Yadavs guile and that will be one battle that cricket lovers will be waiting forIPL 2024 SquadsChennai Super Kings MS Dhoni c Moeen Ali Deepak Chahar Tushar Deshpande Shivam Dube Ruturaj Gaikwad Rajvardhan Hangargekar Ravindra Jadeja Ajay Mandal Mukesh Choudhary Ajinkya Rahane Shaik Rasheed Mitchell Santner Simarjeet Singh Nishant Sindhu Prashant Solanki Maheesh Theekshana Rachin Ravindra Shardul Thakur Daryl Mitchell Sameer Rizvi Mustafizur Rahman and Avanish Rao AravellyDelhi Capitals Rishabh Pant c David Warner Prithvi Shaw Yash Dhull Abishek Porel Axar Patel Lalit Yadav Mitchell Marsh Pravin Dubey Vicky Ostwal Anrich Nortje Kuldeep Yadav Jake FraserMcGurk Khaleel Ahmed Ishant Sharma Mukesh Kumar Tristan Stubbs Ricky Bhui Kumar Kushagra Rasikh Dar Jhye Richardson Sumit Kumar Swastik Chikara and Shai HopeWith PTI Inputs