Delhi Daredevils coach Gary Kirsten has conceded that his team’s top run-getter Jean-Paul Duminy’s batting position is a tricky matter and the management is torn up as to whether he should solidify the top order or continue to play the finisher.
“As a coach you always sit on that – do you get your best batsman to face the most number of balls or do you use him to finish,” Kirsten said on the eve of Delhi’s meeting with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
“MS Dhoni never bats higher up the order because he is such a good finisher. RCB generally keep AB de Villiers back to finish.
"We sit with the same problem when it comes to Duminy – whether we keep him for the last five-six overs, where he’s been devastating, or do we use him earlier to play a slightly different role. We’ve been caught in between.
“As coaches we don’t always get it right. I am learning and making mistakes, and hopefully, as a team we are learning through the losses."
Duminy has scored 284 runs from nine games at an impressive average of 71 and a strike rate of 135.
Delhi will be hoping to get his position right in the game at Chinnaswamy Stadium tonight.
