The Delhi Capitals (DC) have two wins in four league matches of IPL 2022 and are positioned eighth in the points table. They secured a victory by 44 runs in their last fixture against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and got back to winning ways. Currently, they are featuring in their fifth match of the season against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer discussed the opening partnership of DC and Kuldeep Yadav’s performance in the tournament.

Jaffer pressed on the importance of a stable opening partnership for each team to secure a place in the playoffs. Adding on to the opening combination, he hailed the duo of Prithvi Shaw and David Warner, who stitched a partnership of 93 runs in the last game against KKR and helped the team to post a total of 215. He mentioned that Shaw has been terrific to outperform Warner in the powerplay overs with his consistent boundaries, and termed it as a good sign for the Capitals for the remainder of the tournament.

“I feel if any team has to go to the eliminator, their opening partnership has to lay a strong foundation. Since Warner has come into the team, they have got a strong start with Shaw in terrific form and Warner complementing him well in the last match as well. Not many times you see someone outscoring David Warner, and Prithvi Shaw is doing that by hitting boundaries in powerplay overs, which is a good sign for Delhi,” said Jaffer on Sky247.net presents ‘Not Just Cricket Show’ on CricTracker.

Jaffer was surprised by the exclusion of Sarfaraz Khan to include Mitchell Marsh in the game against RCB, as he has contributed 36 runs in a single inning. But, he finds the inclusion of Marsh in the Playing XI has covered the base for the team, with him being at the top-order, and Caribbean batter Rovman Powell having the responsibility to finish well in the final overs.

“I think it’s a bit surprising they have dropped Sarfaraz as he not done anything wrong, but s.