Johannesburg: On Saturday, these two teams take on each other. Delhi have a problem, though. Their captain Virender Sehwag injured himself in the match against Jaipur and ended up with four stitches on his right index finger. It is now a race against time for Sehwag to find himself back playing, though his teammates are confident he’ll be there.
This will be the first game at the Wanderers in Johannesburg and both sides can expect an intimidating atmosphere at the Bull Ring.
They have relied almost exclusively on Matthew Hayden and Suresh Raina for their runs. After the 216 and 200 of Hayden and Raina, the next best for them has been MS Dhoni's 101.
India's vice-captain v India's captain. Both are irresistibly good on their day. Sehwag enjoys a lot of banter with Dhoni in the nets, mainly because Dhoni has changed his game for the team and cut out the risks. So whenever he goes for a big hit during training, Sehwag doesn't fail to remind him the last time he hit that unabashed shot out in the middle. It will be interesting how they react when on two different sides.
During his century, de Villiers played 10 balls from Muttiah Muralitharan, accorded him due respect, and took only 12 runs. There were no big hits. But Murali will still concede round one to de Villiers because the batsman survived him and punished the others.
Match facts
Saturday May 02, 2009 (day/night)
Start time 04.30pm, 14.30GMT, 08:00pm IST