The former land of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Shane Watson, criticized the Delhi Capital (DC) approach to shake his batting alignment against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (2025).

‘Something as simple as randomly changing the opening combination, without apparent reason, it was simply not necessary. I was really surprised, ”he told Star Sports.

Shane Watson in the DC Opening Change Combination

The Australian player felt that it was absolutely unnecessary to change the batter’s batting positions Abhishek Porel and the batter number 3 Karun Nair. Both have accumulated 265 races in 11 games and 154 races in seven games, respectively, playing in their usual positions so far.

“I almost fell from my chair when I saw Karun Nair leave to open with FAF du plessis. That movement made no sense,” said the former CSK player.

He also mentioned how these experiments in franchises affect the minds of the players. They confuse their role in the team.

“Whatever the thought in the Camp of the Capitals of Delhi, I think they were completely wrong. When you start cutting and change positions like that, it suggests that there is no clarity in the roles. Even if the players are not thinking too consciously, decisions like this can make you doubt what is happening,” Watson said.

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SRH vs dc in IPL 2025

DC Batters portrayed an extremely poor show against Srh last night. Except for KL Rahul (10 of 14), the five best batters in the DC alignment were fired by a single digit score. This also included a gold duck by Karun Nair, to whom management sent to open the entries instead of entering its regular position of number 3.

A rescue law by Tristan Stubbs (41 races of 36 balls) and Ashutosh Sharma (41 races of 26 balls) helped DC to reach 133/7 after 20 overs. The all-terrain Vipraj Nigam also contributed with a 17-box-18 in the total. Unfortunately, the contest was abandoned due to the rain without a ball in the second tickets. Both teams obtained each one.

Delhi Capitals qualification opportunities in IPL 2025

With last night against SRH, DC currently has 13 points in 11 games. They will need at least two victories of their three remaining games to qualify for the Playoffs of IPL 2025.

Taking into account their recent form in the League, the next matches will be very challenging to Axar Patel and Co. After starting the cash rich league with four consecutive victories, they lost their impulse to lose four of the next six.

Before facing the Gujarat Titans and the Indians of Mumbai, DC will face the Punjab kings in second place in Dharamsala on May 8.

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