Jaipur, May 7: As the Indian T20 League enters the crux of its business end, Jaipur host Delhi at their castle, the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in the pink city of Jaipur.
Delhi who were knocked out of this season have bad news right from the beginning of the match, i.e, no visiting team has won at the venue yet.
Jaipur manage to bring their best skills at display when they play over here.
Delhi crippled to 80 all out, the second worst of the season so far and that proved to be the final nail in their coffin. Lots have been said about their batting and their bowling.
Theoretically, they still appear to be a very good side on paper. Perhaps most of their players are not in form or did not strike when mattered and that has cost them dearly.
All they are playing for at the moment is sheer pride and an attempt to not stay at number nine in the points table. This could probably bring out some pressure-free cricket from their players and one can also expect new faces to be drafted in the playing XI.
Jaipur pulled off an inspiring and a confident chase a couple of days back when they chased down a target of over 170 with ease.
Dravid seems to be one of the few older players who has looked like he still belongs to the T20 format.
Many veteran captains were forced to retire due to their under-par performances and questions have been raised about others who are still dragging themselves further in the tournament.
But nobody would dare speculate anything as such about the Wall. His strike-rate has been up there and he has also allowed youngsters to get some exposure by promoting them in the batting order.
He has always believed in innovation and it has paid off for him this season. Samson and Yagnik are a few names that spring up first up when one discusses such topics.
Jaipur need not do anything different at the moment and will look to bag another victory on their home soil. Delhi could go about thinking of causing upsets as their chief objective at the moment.
Squad
Jaipur: Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Menaria, Brad Hodge, Owais Shah, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Baby, Ankeet Chavan, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Dishant Yagnik, Kushal Janith Perera, Sanju Samson, Shreevats Goswami, Ajit Chandila, Brad Hogg, Fidel Edwards, Harmeet Singh, Kumar Boresa, Pravin Tambe, Rahul Shukla, Samuel Badree, Shaun Tait, Siddharth Trivedi, Sreesanth, Vikramjeet Malik
Delhi: Ben Rohrer, Bharat Chipli, David Warner, Gulam Bodi, Kedar Jadhav, Mahela Jayawardena, Manpreet Juneja, Sujit Nayak, Unmukt Chand, Virender Sehwag, Andre Russell, Irfan Pathan, Jeevan Mendis, Johan Botha, Roelof van der Merwe, Yogesh Nagar, Muralidharen Gautam, Naman Ojha, Ajit Agarkar, Aristh Singhvi, Ashish Nehra, Morne Morkel, Pawan Negi, Royston Dias, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
