I know Delhi were horrible today but i really do like the look of their side tbh.Good Indian core with quality but not WC foreign stars.Some of them are new to the international scene afterall.
De Kock is going to be the next superstar of South Africa.Even AB wasnt this good at his age.
Whilst Nair and Iyer will be representing India on the test scene pretty soon imo atleast i hope.Dhawan's got enough chances and its time to bin him.Not to mention Samson who's proven quality in the IPL.
Nice exciting young core they've got.
Delhi have a good XI, but like a typical IPL team, are a fruit-salad selection, so they don't play well as a team. If only it wasn't a different salad each year, they'd do a lot better.
Both teams packed as many overseas bowlers as they could- three full-fledged overseas bowlers on each side. Somehow, KKR's domestic batting did a lot better- but those were heavyweights in comparison to many young Indian batsmen for DD.
Nair and Iyer still have three more seasons to go before being Test-ready. Let them face other teams' reserves and tour with India A for three years, play tour games against visiting sides in India, and then they'll be ready. Rather, on the opposite side, Uthappa should be playing ODIs and T20Is sooner than later- he deserves more chances than Raina, Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who were carried till they struck form. He never had that support.
Pawan Negi is one from DD who needs more support. He's had a great SMA Trophy, and should have been playing T20Is for India in the World Cup, but missed out. Hopefully he'll get to play all the matches here. Umesh Yadav, on the other hand, would do well to miss out on a few matches here and there, so that his Test and ODI bowling don't get affected by bad habits brought in by T20.
