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

Threats

Shami has not been able to live up to his potential in the IPL

In the column of the Indian pacers, the only big name that DD have is Mohammad Shami. He would be assisted by the likes of Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan and Sayan Ghosh who are relatively wet behind their ears.

With the tab of maximum four overseas players, DD cannot afford more than two pure overseas bowlers if they play Chris Morris and Glen Maxwell. These two bowlers would be Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult in all probability. In such a case, Delhi would have to count on Indian pacers to give them 4-6 overs.

To be candid, Shami is not known to be the best of bowlers in the limited over formats and is already going through a lot of turmoil in his personal life. If the Bengal pacer has an off-day, DD may end up leaking a lot of runs.