Qalandars vs Delhi Bulls head-to-head

Form Guide: Qalandars

Form Guide: Delhi Bulls

Qalandars vs Delhi Bulls last encounter

Two teams in splendid form against one another.  

With five wins out of the five matches played, the Qalandars are the only team this season for now to enjoy a 100% start to their campaign.

With five wins already, they now have the joint third-most wins by a side in a single season in the T10 along with the Gladiators in 2019 and the Pakhtoons in 2018:

Both teams have improved drastically from their stints in the previous seasons. Delhi Bulls after winning their first match of the last campaign failed to win again.

But this year, they have lost just once in their opening 5 matches, to the Warriors by 32 runs. Qalandars last season won three out of their eight matches, losing four and one ended in a draw against Team Abu Dhabi

This season, the two teams have been dominating sides as five out of the top eight biggest wins in terms of wickets are between these two sides:

The Qalandars are the only team along with the Northern Warriors this season to defend a total successfully. The Warriors have won thrice while batting first and the Qalandars have won twice.

Ali Khan vs Chris Jordan

This fixture will put two of the best averaging bowlers in Ali Khan and Chris Jordan in the T10 on display. Ali Khan has been brilliant in the season so far and although he walked off injured in his previous match, his figures of 3/0 in just five deliveries are jaw-dropping.

A look at the best averages by bowlers to bowl a minimum of 15 overs in the T10:

Ali Khan and Chris Jordan are two of the best strike bowlers too with strike rates of 7.8 and 10.4 being the best and the fourth-best in T10 respectively:

Chris Jordan has been the best bowler for the Qalandars so far and is also the best averaging bowler for them overall among bowlers to bowl a minimum of 10 overs:

This season, among bowlers to bowl in a minimum of 5 overs, Ali Khan (10.00) and Chris Jordan (13.00) have the best and joint third-est bowling average in the league.

Sohail Akhtar the anchorman.

Skipper Sohail Akhtar has taken up the responsibility to ensure he sees the innings through this season. He is the second-highest run-getter in the league this season 6 runs behind Kohler-Cadmore with 200 runs and is his team’s leading run-getter.

In the five innings batted, Akhtar has been dismissed just once, against the Maratha Arabians and has remained unbeaten in the other four innings

He lets the other batsman be explosive at one end while he holds the fort at the other. His strike rate apart from his innings against the Pune Devils (253.85) and the Deccan Gladiators (229.03) has been inferior to the other more attacking batsman at the other end.

Out of the six fifty+ stands for the Qalandars this season, he has been part of five of those partnerships:

There has been only one fifty-run stand for the first wicket but, when Akhtar walks in to bat, he ensures his side forms a partnership and puts runs on the board as is evident from the table.

Qalandars vs Delhi Bulls: Statistics and numbers

• 5/5: The Qalandars are the only team with a 100% win record this season.
• 1/2: Along with the Warriors, Qalandars are the only other team to win while batting first this season.
• 1: If the Qalandars win this match, they will have the joint second-most wins in a T10 season along with the Arabians’ 6 wins in the 2019 season. They are on 5 wins.