IPL 2022 LIVE: Brad Hogg has said he would not pick David Warner against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) even if the batsman was available. cricket prediction

Delhi Capitals (DC) are set to face off against LSG in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Thursday (April 7). After missing DC’s opening two games due to international commitments, Warner has now joined his new team’s bubble.

Warner’s mandatory quarantine will be completed in time for the game against LSG at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. In Warner’s absence, New Zealand’s Tim Seifert opened DC’s innings alongside Prithvi Shaw. The BlackCaps batter scored 21 and 3 in the last two games.

According to former Australia cricketer Hogg, DC must go in with more right-handed batsmen to negate LSG spinner Ravi Bishnoi’s googlies. The young spinner has been very dominant against southpaws.

“I will not pick David Warner even if he is available and will stick with Tim Seifert in the team. I would want more right-handers to face Ravi Bishnoi as he is very dominant against left-handers with his wrong ones,” said Hogg.

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However, a coach would not want to leave someone of Warner’s calibre out. The Australian opener has scored 5,286 runs in 143 matches in the IPL since making his debut in the tournament in 2010. He has recorded four centuries and holds the record of most fifties in the IPL – 49 half-centuries.

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DC can accommodate both Warner and Seifert in the playing XI, as they played with just three overseas players in their previous game. However, one of the three foreign players – Seifert, Rovman Powell, and Mustafizur Rahman – might have to miss out against LSG if Warner and Anrich Nortje are both available.

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Hogg also spoke about how DC head coach Ricky Ponting would want his team to put pressure on LSG’s young bowler Avesh Khan. If Avesh is taken for runs, the other bowlers will automatically get under pressure as the former is their team’s main bowler, according to Hogg.

“Like last year, Avesh Khan doesn’t have someone like Anrich Nortje around him to trouble the opposition with that extra pace. He’s the main bowler in the LSG team, Ricky Ponting is going to know that and he’s going to tell his team to put Avesh under pressure. Because now that he has got the weight on his shoulders as the main strike bowler, it’s a different role for him. If he is put under pressure and leaks runs, then all of a sudden the other bowlers will be under pressure too,” added Hogg.

After winning their opening game in IPL 2022 against Mumbai Indians (MI), DC lost to Gujarat Titans (GT). LSG, on the other hand, started off the tournament with a loss but now have recorded two back-to-back victories. KL Rahul-led LSG’s wins have come against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

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