IPL 2018: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the Delhi Daredevils

Opportunities

Shankar can prove this year that he is actually a much better batsman

27-year-old all-rounder Vijay Shankar had a decent outing in the Nidahas Trophy as a bowler but did not get too many chances with the bat. The only time he went out to bat was in the all-important final where he choked badly and failed to get going.

This IPL season would bring an opportunity for the Tamil Nadu cricketer to prove that he is actually a much better batsman than the audience has seen till now.

Prithvi Shaw is being considered the next big thing in Indian cricket. Since he has arrived at the scene, people have tagged him as the next Sachin Tendulkar.

The mature manner in which Shaw led India in the U-19 World Cup to win the trophy and his own heroics with the bat have built an atmosphere of expectation around him. Now is his chance at the big stage to prove before everyone that he is ready to compete with the big boys.