Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra said that the Delhi Capitals’ (DC) top-order batting is one of their strengths heading into IPL 2024 as well. David Warner (516) was their top run-getter in IPL 2023. However, Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh had a poor season. But they will hope that both of them return to their best of form and with Rishabh Pant’s return, the team looks favourites to win the trophy.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said, “They have a destructive top order. Prithvi Shaw just hits. He has even hit six fours in an over. He did that against Shivam Mavi. Form – things have changed a lot from last year to this year. If David Warner wishes to hit, he does that very well. He didn’t make up his mind to do that last year. Mitchell Marsh also drives his car in the flying gear. After that, Rishabh Pant. I have named him Rishabh ‘destructive’ Pant in any case. If I keep Tristan Stubbs at No. 5, his batting also stuns everyone. So the top five are absolutely mind-blowing.

Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra also added that DC can opt to play Jake Fraser-McGurk instead of Tristan Stubbs. However, he also added that the Australian big-hitter is more comfortable up the order than at No. 5 as well.

“Their second strength is that their spin department is good. They have two very good spinners. They have an eight-over bank – four overs each from Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, both of whom are doing very well. The third spinner becomes a little weak area at times. They use Lalit Yadav at times and Pravin Dubey on other occasions. However, if you have two spinners who will play all matches and are both Indians and wicket-takers, I would say you can keep spin among their strengths,” Aakash Chopra concluded.