IPL 2020: Rating opening combination of all the 8 teams

With the schedule of the 13^th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) announced, the buzz around the Indian T20 league is back. There are about less than six more weeks before the first game of the 2020 season of the IPL is underway. And once again, we may be in for a roller-coaster tournament where we could see some big-hitting and high scores as well.

The base of these high scores are usually the openers as they play an integral part most of the times. They play a huge role in setting up the game and innings for a particular team. The opening pair is the one that sets the tone more often than not. Most teams have destructive openers for the upcoming season.

Thus, here we rate opening combinations of each team for the 2020 season of the IPL:

1. Delhi Capitals (DC) – 8/10

Delhi Capitals (DC) have a lot of openers at their disposal. Be it Indian or overseas, they have a variety to choose from. Thus, there could be various combinations that could be formed.

They already had the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw. Ajinkya Rahane was roped in through trade while Jason Roy, Alex Carey and Marcus Stoinis were bought in the auction. While the latter two can bat in the middle order as well, they are a lot more effective at the top and they’ve shown that as well.

Hence, Delhi have as many as six frontline openers to choose from. However, they might go in with the all-Indian option with Dhawan opening with either Rahane or Shaw. It might be the latter with Rahane coming in at No.3 as Roy might be shuffled to test at different situations. But with Roy missing most of the games due to the packed Indian top order, Delhi Capitals lack an enforcer or a game-changer at the top and hence, their opening combination gets 8/10.