Off-spinner Ashwin and left-arm colleague Jadeja played all five Tests against England, leading the hosts to a 4-0 victory in the rubber.
Mumbai Indians pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult could be the key in the most sought-after contest of this IPL.
'You look at the numbers he has served up and the way he has consistently used that yorker, that makes everyone talk about it.'
A battle royale is in the offing as heavyweights Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals clash in a high-profile IPL encounter, in Chennai, on Tuesday.
Delhi's strong batting line up of Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith and Pant himself will look to fire on all cylinders right from the opening game.
Delhi Capitals skipper injured his shoulder while fielding at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
If Ravindra Jadeja is to be believed, as spin troika, he along with Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra have come together well.
The match, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, will also be a face-off between skippers KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, both seen as future India captaincy material.
CSK batsmen lacked urgency and that was their folly.
'The calendars are incredibly packed, and particularly this year after COVID, Boards from around the world and trying to get as many competitions and as many Test matches in as possible'
'It's just very surprising t'hat the virus can breach its own protocol and enter a bubble.
While Lamichhane admitted that playing amid the pandemic has been "challenging and difficult", the joy of taking the ball in hand was enough for the leg-spinner to beat COVID-19 blues having contracted the virus last year in November.
Rajasthan will take inspiration from their two big wins in Sharjah, to turn things around against a dominant Delhi.
The Indian Premier League was on Tuesday suspended indefinitely after multiple COVID-19 cases were reported in its bio-bubble.
Sunrisers Hyderabad leg-spinner Amit Mishra, who has taken the most number of hat-tricks in the IPL, said he stuck to his basics en route to his third such feat on Wednesday against Pune Warriors.
Delhi Capitals have gone from strength to strength in the last few years -- finishing third in 2019 before finishing runners up last year to Mumbai Indians.
'We have a number of match-winners, so it's very difficult to go up the order'
The five-time champions posted a series of tweets and shared the travel plans of its players and support staff.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals, in Abu Dhabi.
Australia pacer Pat Cummins believes the IPL organisers, in hindsight, could have 'tweaked a few things' after deciding to host the league in India amidst a raging COVID-19 pandemic.
Former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan lamented that the current lot of leg-spinners don't have the ambition to play Test cricket and blamed it on too much stress on reverse swinging the ball these days.
'It was a tough wicket, we were 10-15 runs short of the par score, there was a lot of dew and we showed a lot of character to drag the match to the last over.'
Assured of a play-off berth, Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to quickly recover from their loss in the previous game and finish the league phase on a high when they take on table-toppers Delhi Capitals in their final IPL round-robin game in Dubai on Friday.
"Two days after lodging the complaint, I approached the police station and told them that I have in principle decided to withdraw the case," the complainant told PTI.
Images from Saturday's IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals, in New Delhi.
An in-form Delhi Capitals will fancy their chances of securing a play-off berth when they face Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League in Sharjah on Tuesday.
Rajasthan Royals will take a lot of confidence after snatching a two-run victory from the jaws of defeat against Punjab Kings.
Delhi finished their torrid campaign with a 13-run win that not only saw them end with 10 points from 14 games, but also ended Mumbai's journey.
Sandeep Lamichhane's is a lovely little story of a boy stepping into man's world with a dream in his eyes and desire to see his tiny nation on the global cricketing map.
Delhi promoted all-rounder Lalit Yadav and Pant said the team management is trying to groom him.
Indian leg-spinner Amit Mishra said the team is emphasising on improving the batting skills of the lower-order batsmen so that they can be handy in crunch situations in the West Indies. "The team is giving lot of importance to tail-enders (bowlers) to get runs so as to slacken the spirits of the opposition and help gain advantage over them," he told reporters.
Delhi Capitals have made the perfect start to IPL, with two morale-boosting victories, while SunRisers Hyderabad are the only side yet to register a win in the tournament, having lost both their games.
India's leg-spinner Amit Mishra was fined 10 per cent of his match fee on Tuesday for showing towards the umpire after being given out in the ongoing first cricket Test against the West Indies in Kingston.
Dhoni's men will have to adapt to the conditions quickly to avoid any such hiccup in the play-offs.
For a team that looked at ease all along, it was their first defeat in the UAE leg -- and three from 11 matches this season -- as Delhi struggled to get going against KKR bowlers who made full use of the slow surface after opting to bowl.
Rajneesh Gupta previews Game 53 in IPL 12: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals.
'While you're playing in the middle it is simple -- just play your game and choose bowlers that we want to hit first and obviously, (Mohammad) Nabi and Rashid (Khan) were the best bowlers on their side. It was an interesting game and I'm happy that we won'
The 32-year-old Test specialist featured in only one of the seven games that Delhi Capitals have played so far, finishing his four overs wicketless for 26 runs, against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi.
Rajneesh Gupta previews Game 37 in IPL 12: Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab.
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