IPL 2018: SWOT Analysis of Delhi Daredevils

Weaknesses

Pant and Iyer will form the backbone of the Daredevils side

It is strange but the strength of the Delhi Daredevils could well actually turn out to be their weakness.

Either of Munro or Roy could open with Gambhir at the top. Post that, there is Iyer, who had a terrific season last year, followed by Pant, who might not be coming in with the greatest deal of confidence after an average outing in the Nidahas Trophy.

Then there is Maxwell and with him, no one ever knows which version would turn up and then you are looking into the all-rounders and the bowlers.

So, the Daredevils are essentially putting a lot of faith in Munro, Gambhir, Iyer and, to an extent, Pant to get the runs, making their batting extremely top heavy.

It was a problem the Royal Challengers Bangalore faced when they had Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers and so opposition sides walked into games thinking, "If we have them 10/3, the game is done and dusted there."

So, the Daredevils need to be wary of that and it once again boils down to the combinations.