Former India opener Virender Sehwag has said that Delhi Capitals (DC) should promote Shardul Thakur up the batting order. He also stated that the bowling all-rounder hasn’t done much damage with the ball, so the team can try and use his batting to their advantage as well. However, Sehwag said this while speaking on Cricbuzz before their upcoming match against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

Sehwag said: “I am more concerned about DC’s batting than their bowling. Shaw and Warner have been scoring runs and it is important for them to bat for a long period of time. They will have to stay there for 15-16 overs for DC to gain an advantage over their opposition. If that doesn’t happen, someone from the middle order will have to take responsibility. You can send Shardul Thakur up the order. He hasn’t been doing much with the ball and could maybe come up with useful contributions with the bat.”

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Notably, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) have promoted their bowling all-rounders up the batting order in IPL 2022. While CSK have used Mitchell Santner at No.3, RR promoted Ravichandran Ashwin in the batting order too as well. And, Virender Sehwag added that West Indian all-rounder Rovman Powell is yet to leave a mark in the tournament. He shared this could be a matter of concern for DC as they don’t have players who can finish games for them as well. DC and KKR will lock horns on Thursday (April 28) in the 41st match of IPL 2022.

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“Rovman Powell hasn’t done anything substantial after all these games. Rishabh Pant too, he hasn’t had a great season so far. He has been batting well in patches but hasn’t been able to score big runs. They had Stoinis and Hetmyer last year to finish matches for them, so Pant’s knocks of 30-40 runs did look good on the scorecard back then. But now there’s nobody down the order to finish,” Virender Sehwag concluded.