Delhi Daredevils are expected to get a boost ahead of their IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 26 with pacer Zaheer Khan likely to recover from his injury and make a comeback into the team, according to assistant coach Praveen Amre.
Zaheer has been struggling with his fitness since he joined the Daredevils’ training session ahead of IPL 2015, but Amre assures us the left-arm pacer will soon take the field.
We are hopeful that by the 6th game he will be fit. But, it depends on the physio. He did bowl in the nets on Tuesday, so we are very positive about it.
– Praveen Amre
Better Days Ahead
Zaheer’s return has become a necessity after Delhi’s six-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders at Feroz Shah Kotla, marking the third loss for the team in IPL 2015.
The Jean-Paul Duminy-led side did bounce back from its two opening losses to break their 11-match losing streak. However, the team suffered their ninth straight home loss when they were outplayed by defending champions KKR.
However, Amre is hopeful that the team has better days to come.
We still have three games here (in Delhi) and the two away wins were also important for us. I think the next game we play against Mumbai Indians will be very important for us. We can’t complain about the wicket. Whatever wicket is there, we have to play good cricket and I think today we were just short of 20 runs.
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