IPL 2018: 4 opening combinations Delhi Daredevils can try by dropping Gautam Gambhir

#3 Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant

Shaw got DD off to a flyer in the last game against KXIP

Taking a 180° turn from the previous option, here is the best Indian opening option DD management can opt for. If they decided to field Maxwell, Morris, Boult, and Plunkett as their four overseas players, it will be mandatory for them to go for an Indian opening pair. As mentioned previously, the world has already got a glimpse of the mountain-like talent of the young Prithvi Shaw.

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant is having a terrific IPL campaign. He has scored 227 runs so far at an average of nearly 40 and a strike rate of over 170. He is not new to opening as he opened the innings for his state team Delhi in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2017/18. Delhi won the tournament and a major share of credit should be given to Pant, who was the joint highest scorer with 411 runs in 10 games.