Victorian Bushrangers batsman David Hussey on Friday tipped Delhi Daredevils as the favourties to win the inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
Hussey nominated the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise as the major threat in October’s tournament, which brings together the 12 best domestic Twenty20 sides from across the world.
The Daredevils topped the league table after pool games in the second edition of the IPL, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by the eventual champions, Adam Gilchrist’s Deccan Chargers.
Hussey said, “Delhi’s strength lay in their explosive openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir and pacemen Ashish Nehra and Dirk Nannes.”
Nannes helped the Bushrangers reach the Champions League Twenty20, but will be play against the side this time around owing to a contract clause.
“We’ve got match-winners throughout the squad, great fast bowlers and great batters,” he said on Thursday.
“Probably our strength at the moment is our batters led by Brad Hodge and our skipper, Cameron White, but I think we have got a well-balanced team, we know the basics, and we all play our roles particularly well.
“We’re going to have to play at our best to actually compete with (Delhi) and I reckon we can cause a little bit of a surprise.
“Every game we play in the Twenty20 format we want to win and hopefully we can cause a surprise up front and then take on the Sri Lankan team (Wayamba) and beat them and go on top of the table,” he added.
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