Live Cricket Score: As it happened in Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (DC vs SRH) match in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019.
IPL 2019: Sunrisers Hyderabad top the table as they defeat Delhi Capitals on their home ground at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Thursday (4 April).
Even after the fall of important wickets like David Warner and Jonny Bairstow, there was nothing stopping SRH. This makes it their fourth win in five matches.
Jonny Bairstow scored 48 off just 28 balls which included 9 fours and a massive six. Bairstow and David Warner added 64 runs before the former was trapped by Rahul Tewatia for LBW. He missed his half-century by two runs.
The slow track did help the DC spinners pick a few more wickets, but the overall contribution of the Hyderabad batsmen helped them ease past Delhi.
In the first innings, SRH dished out a superb bowling effort to restrict hosts Delhi Capitals to a lowly 129 for eight. The bowlers exploited the conditions well, making life difficult for the hosts, who simply failed to get going right from the start on a slow wicket. Skipper Shreyas Iyer tried to anchor the innings with a steady 41-ball 43 but he didn't get support from the other end.
It would have been more embarrassing for Delhi, if not for the cameos from Chris Morris (17 of 15) and Axar Patel (23 not out off 13). The pace-spin combination of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Nabi gave Sunrisers a good start, restricting Delhi to 19 for one in first four overs after the visitors won the toss and elected to field.
After conceding a first ball boundary, Bhuvneshwar came back to clean up Prithvi Shaw in the third over. Skipper Iyer then deposited one at the stands after Siddarth Kaul was introduced into the attack, while Shikha Dhawan hit a four with a sweep shot off Nabi.
But another sweep shot proved costly as Nabi had Dhawan caught at short fine leg by Sandeep Sharma as Delhi slumped to 36 for two after the end of the powerplay. A lot was expected from Rishabh Pant but he too departed just after a time-out in the 10th over. Trying an inside out shot, he was holed out at long-off by Deepak Hooda as Nabi completed his spell with impressive figures of 4-0-21-2.
Sandeep Sharma then bamboozled Rahul Tewatia with a knuckleball as Delhi slipped to 61 for four in 11 overs. In the 14th over, Manish Pandey took a superb catch at point to remove Colin Ingram off Kaul's ball as Delhi lost half their side for 75. Chris Morris blasted two fours to give some momentum to Delhi's innings but Rashid Khan got rid off Iyer, who tried to sweep across the line and ended up being bowled as Delhi were reduced to 93 for six.
With three overs to go, Morris sent Sandeep Sharma over the mid-wicket area to take Delhi across the 100-mark. Once Morris was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar in the 19th over, it was up to Axar Patel to take the score to some respectability and he tried his best, smashed a four and a last-ball six to take Delhi close to 130-run mark.
(Inputs from PTI)
Delhi Capitals: 129/8 (20)
SRH win by five wickets.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 131/5 (18.3)
1. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to field
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Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to field.
Teams:
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishant Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow(w), David Warner, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul.
2. Prithvi Shaw clean bowled by Bhuvneshwar
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OUT!
Bhuvneshwar Kumar finally has a wicket to his name this season.
A well disguised slower delivery, Shaw didn't read this and played an ugly swipe which went on to hit the stumps.
Prithvi Shaw b Bhuvneshwar 11(11) [4s-2].
3. Shikhar Dhawan sent back by Mohammad Nabi
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OUT!
Nabi does it again. Dhawan plays the sweep to the spinners. However, this time he did not time it properly and it lands straight into the hands of Sandeep Sharma.
Dhawan c Sandeep Sharma b Nabi 12(14) [4s-1].
4. Wicket right after the break - Rishabh Pant sent back
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OUT!
And a wicket right after the break.
Pant, who had scored a hundred against this team last year is sent back for just five runs.
Flighted outside off, Pant hits the ball which ends up near the long-off rope, however, Hooda used his height well and took it over his head right on the edge.
Pant c Hooda b Nabi 5(7).
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5. Sandeep Sharma gets Rahul Tewatia's wicket
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OUT!
Delhi keep losing wickets. Another knuckle and this time there no bounce. Tewatia hits the ball that pops towards cover and Nabi takes an easy catch.
Rahul Tewatia c Nabi b Sandeep Sharma 5(7) [4s-1].
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6. Delhi's batting collapses - Colin Ingram is sent back
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OUT!
Delhi slips further as Ingram departs. He sees the shortish length and the width outside off. He cracks the cut towards backward point and the ball goes to Manish Pandey, who dived across and caught it centimetres from the ground.
Ingram c Manish Pandey b S Kaul 5(8).
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7. Rashid Khan gets the big man out - Skipper Shreyas Iyer sent back
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OUT!
As Delhi's batting order keeps collapsing, skipper Shreyas Iyer was their only hope. However, Rashid Khan cleans him up.
Iyer looked alright in his stay, but won't be there for the final flourish.
The ball sneaks through to ruffle the sticks.
Shreyas Iyer b Rashid Khan 43(41) [4s-3 6s-1].
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8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar takes a wicket and a catch
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OUT!
As a bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets Chris Morris. the batsman falls prey to the slower ball.
Moriss tries to go over cover but it's the slower ball that's well wide outside off. He had to reach it and mistimed it which lands in Nabi's hand.
Chris Morris c Nabi b Bhuvneshwar 17(15) [4s-1 6s-1].
As for Rabada, being the final over, he tried the big shot but Kaul outsmarts him with an off cutter. Bhuvi calls for the catch and takes it comfortably.
Rabada c Bhuvneshwar b S Kaul 3(4).
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9. SRH lose two important wickets - Jonny Bairstow and David Warner
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OUT!
Rahul Tewatia gets the all-important breakthrough for Delhi as he sends Jonny Bairstow back. A fuller length, the ball, skids off the deck.
The ball misses Bairstow's bat and raps him on the pads. Umpire raised his finger straightaway, but Jonny asks for a review which declares him out.
He misses his fifty by 2 runs.
Bairstow lbw b Rahul Tewatia 48(28) [4s-9 6s-1]
As for Warner, he is caught by Chris Morris!! The middle-order of SRH hasn't been put into so much pressure. Warner goes back and tries to lift the ball over mid-off, which ends up hitting to Morris at mid-off who gets a good low catch.
Warner c Chris Morris b Rabada 10(18).
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10. Manish Pandey goes for 10
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OUT!
Ishant Sharma keeps hitting his trademark back of a length on the tummy. Manish Pandey tries making some room and swipes it in. The ball does not get the distance and on deep square leg its caught by Prithvi Shaw.
Manish Pandey c Prithvi Shaw b Ishant 10(13).
11. SRH lose two wickets - Vijay Shankar and Deepak Hooda
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OUT!
Vijay Shankar and Deepak Hooda are sent back.
Shankar's attempt to go a little too powerfully goes in vain. Shankar drags the ball to extra cover, where it goes into Iyer's hand.
Shankar c Shreyas Iyer b Axar 16(21) [4s-1].
Lamichhane ends Hooda's innings with a googly. Hooda sweeps the ball which is not in his favour.
Hooda c Rabada b Lamichhane 10(11) [4s-1].
12. Sunrisers Hyderabad win by five wickets
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Sunrisers Hyderabad top the IPL table with a win against Delhi Capitals.
Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer's 43 could not help as Hyderabad's Jonny Bairstow's 48 helps put SRH in good form before getting out.
This is SRH's fourth win in five matches.
Brief Scores:
Delhi Capitals: 129 for eight in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 43, Axar Patel 23 not out; Mohammad Nabi 2/21).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 131 for five in 18.3 overs (Jonny Bairstow 48; Ishant Sharma 1/5).
