DC vs SRH Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Sunrisers Hyderabad go top of table with five-wicket win

David Warner continues to lead the race for the Orange Cap but Jonny Bairstow is second and quite close to his opening partner. Click here to check out the Orange Cap list.

SRH have moved to the top of the IPL 2019 table with the five-wicket win over DC. KXIP are second. Click here to check out the league table.

Bairstow: Little less bounce than what we have in Hyderbad. Was a good toss to win. We were able to see how to play on wickets like that. Probably the first such pitch we’ve come across this season. Bowlers are completely different in both sides. We have shorter guys compared to their three big guys. Really pleased with the start, just going to try and keep going. We have three games in quick succession now and hopefully we keep playing the same brand of cricket.

Jonny Bairstow is the Player of the Match

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, winning captain: It is easy as captain when the team does well and I always believe the captain is as good as the team. We wanted to bowl given how small the ground is, we knew that it would be easier in the second innings. In the second half of the IPL the wickets would be slow and turning all over India and spin would play a big part. Kane Williamson is almost there but we want him to take as much time he needs.

Mohammad Nabi started the rot with the ball and he now finishes it with a six and a four. Sunrisers bowlers were far more skillful and Bairstow’s burst at the top setup the match. Mind boggling selections by Delhi, in hindsight they were 10-15 runs short. Another disappointing shot by Pant, he has gone backwards since his blistering knock at Wankhede Stadium. The Sunrisers bowling attack continues to be the best in business and Bairstow continues to shine at the top. At the end a comfortable victory for the men in Orange, they go to the top of the IPL ladder.

Iyer, DC captain: The last two games have been same. It was tough wicket to play on. They had a bit of an idea how to go about it. We didn’t bat well. It’s another learning, we should come back positively. Definately we didn’t play well from batting perspective. After the first strategic time out I thought 140-150 would have a good total on this wicket and we have some good spinners in our line up as well. In the first few overs we have done well, bowlers have done well. Unfortunately we were short. I needed a little bit of support from someone at the other end from someone in the top 4. But it’s a good lesson for us. The way we came back in the second innings was appreciable. The bowlers came up and that is good to see.

No. of IPL matches Nabi has played for SRH : 7

No. of IPL matches SRH has won out of those : 7

Sunrisers Hyderabad get over the line! Beat Delhi Capitals to win by five wickets

SIX! Nabi has thumped a short and wide delivery from Rabada over deep backward point for a maximum. No nerves in the end as Sunrisers Hyderabad clinch the win in the penultimate over.

FOUR! Nabi clears his front leg and goes for a big shot, gets it from the inside half of the bat dragging it wide long on.

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 120/5 ( Yusuf Pathan 8 , Mohammad Nabi 7)

Pathan rides his luck as he got a leading edge that went high in the air but fell safe as their was no mid on in place. Nabi collects a vital boundary. SRH need 10 off 12. Can a Rabada special help DC comeback into this?

FOUR! Morris bowls a slower short delivery into Nabi that rises just around his torso. He is early in the pull but is able to get a tickle down to fine leg fence for a boundary. Important runs for SRH.

After 17 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 114/5 ( Yusuf Pathan 7 , Mohammad Nabi 2)

Rabada comes on to bowl the 17th and Mohammed Nabi has joined Yusuf Pathan in the middle. Both batsmen haven’t done anything stupid and that is a surprising now. Three runs off Rabada’s over with equation now reading 16 needed off 18. What should have been over by now, especially after the Bairstow’s blitzkrieg is now heading for a tense finish. Not an early night for the cricketers or us.

After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 111/5 ( Yusuf Pathan 6 , )

Sunrisers have started an implosion of their own. Half their side is back in the dugout and again find two new batsmen in the middle. Will they huff and puff their way towards the finish line or Delhi will pull out a rabbit out of the hat? Last four overs coming up after the time out. SRH need 19 runs off 24 balls with five wickets in the bank.

OUT! Oh dear, it is happening! Deepak Hooda becomes the latest batsman to throw away his wicket while playing an unwanted shot. This is just poor cricket from Sunrisers. Was the googly and Hooda goes down the wicket and tries to play slog sweep, he never got to the pitch of the ball as the ball dipped on him doesn’t get enough and Rabada makes no mistake in the deep.

Hooda c Rabada b Lamichhane 10(11)

Yusuf Pathan last five IPL innings against DC:

27*, 59, 10, 42, 40*

FOUR! Yusuf Pathan brings his long forearms into play. Stretches forward and sweeps it behind square. Rabada’s dive in the deep goes in vain.

After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 103/4 ( Deepak Hooda 7 , Yusuf Pathan 1)

Yusuf Pathan walks out to the middle. Three runs from the over and Axar Patel ends his quota with a wicket of the final over of the match. Can Delhi still trigger a late collapse to pull off an unlikely win. SRH need 27 off 30 balls

OUT! Alright then! Now Vijay Shankar departs. He hangs his head low after the shot and knows what has he done. Patel banged the ball short and Vijay was looking to force the ball off the backfoot through the covers. The ball might have stopped a touch and Vijay certainly got the timing all wrong. Shreyas Iyer this time moves across swiftly and snaffles a good low catch.

Shankar c Shreyas Iyer b Axar 16(21)

After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 100/3 ( Vijay Shankar 16 , Deepak Hooda 5)

Sunrisers reach the 100-run mark in the 14th over. Delhi Capitals had another opportunity of making it two wickets in two over but Iyer spilled a chance at extra cover. Hooda the beneficiary. He gets off the mark with a boundary.

DROPPED! Shreyas Iyer has put down a chance at extra cover. Hooda skips down the pitch and drove it aeirally towards extra cover. Straight in and straight out. Was firmly struck but still expect these catches to be taken. Another missed chance for DC.

FOUR! Down the leg side from Tewatia and Hooda gets outside the line of the ball by shuffling across, gets low and lap it away to fine leg fence.

After 13 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 95/3 ( Vijay Shankar 16 , )

Ishant Sharma is brought into the attack. He gets the slower one wrong, slipping down the leg side for a wide and keeps angling into the pads a couple of times as Pandey and Vijay work it away for couple of singles before Pandey whips it straight to Prithvi Shaw to deep mid wicket.

OUT! Don’t know what made Manish Pandey play such a shot? Pandey has simply thrown a massive opporunity of steering his side home and gain some confidence. Was the slower delivery digged in on middle and leg from Ishant and Pandey went for a cross batted swipe and hits it straight to Shaw in the deep.

Manish Pandey c Prithvi Shaw b Ishant 10(13)

After 12 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 90/2 ( Vijay Shankar 14 , Manish Pandey 8)

Tewatia sends down a tidy over, varying his pace really well here. Lamichhane could borrow the strategy from the fellow spinner. Three runs from the over.

Manish Pandey has been part of winning teams in all the last eight IPL matches which he has played against DC.

Delhi have missed a trick by not playing Keemo Paul. In the first match against Mumbai Indians, not many picked his slower ball. This is great pitch for medium pacers than can disguise their pace as evident with the Sunrisers bowlers. Also Ishant Sharma is yet to bowl, so clearly team selections has been poor.

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 87/2 ( Vijay Shankar 13 , Manish Pandey 7)

With the field spread out, Vijay and Pandey do the sensible thing of working the ball around for singles. They took six of them in Patel’s third over. SRH need 43 off 54 balls. Iyer needs couple of quick wickets.

After 10 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 81/2 ( Vijay Shankar 10 , Manish Pandey 4)

Bairstow’s blast in a small run chase has made life easier for the batsmen, who have come in, there is no scoreboard pressure and have all the time to get themselves in. Vijay collects his first boundary of the innings and at the halfway stage SRH have in the driver’s seat, requiring 48 runs from 60 balls.

FOUR! Vijay hits the drive in the air intentionally, lifting over the cover fielder for his first boundary of the innings. Very well executed there.

After 9 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 73/2 ( Vijay Shankar 4 , Manish Pandey 2)

Vijay plays a delightful inside out shot off Lamichanne for a couple. Manish Pandey gets off the mark with a brace as well. Reads the wrong’un and punches to deep extra cover. Time out taken.

Delhi Capitals in with a sniff with the wicket of Warner. Remember both of the Sunrisers victories have been scripted by the brilliance of Warner and Bairstow. Interesting to see how the Sunrisers middle-order handle this situation. Still feel the Delhi fast bowlers need to bowl more slower balls, the Sunrisers quick men were definitely more skillful on this slow track.

After 8 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 68/2 ( Vijay Shankar 1 , )

Rabada provides the second wicket. So Delhi Capitals have removed both the SRH openers in the space of two overs. The SRH middle order hasn’t spent a lot of time in the middle and Delhi will be looking to expose the frailities. Can they trigger a collapse?

OUT! David Warner hits it straight to mid off and has to depart. Rabada bowled it full on middle stump and Warner was created some room by backing away on the leg side and carve it over the covers, couldn’t get under it and gives a catch to mid off fielder, where Morris holds on to a low catch.

Warner c Chris Morris b Rabada 10(18)

Vijay Shankar has been dismissed only thrice out of his last 10 IPL innings.

After 7 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 64/1 ( David Warner 7 , Vijay Shankar 0)
 

What Lamichhane, Morris, Axar Patal and Rabada couldn’t do, Tewatia has done it by getting rid of the dangerman Jonny Bairstow. Vijay Shankar joins Warner in the middle. SRH need 68 to win off 78 balls.

OUT! Tewatia gets the big wicket of Jonny Bairstow. He falls just two short of his fifty. Tewatia’s bowls a full floater on middle and leg stump, Bairstow looks to flick it through the leg side but misses it and up goes the finger. Bairstow asked for a review straightaway, perhaps he must have got some bat on that one. The replays show there is nothing on UltraEdge and the ball-tracking confirms the ball would have crashed into the leg stump. What a spectacular innings by YJB! 

J Bairstow lbw Tewatia 48 (28)

Most consecutive 50-plus opening stands in IPL:

5 – Chris Gayle/KL Rahul

4 – Gautam Gambhir/Robin Uthappa

4 – Shikhar Dhawan/David Warner

4 – David Warner/Jonny Bairstow*

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 62/0 ( David Warner 6 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 47)

Bairstow is sparing no one here, not even Rabada. So there were a lot of complains of the games ending past the midnight, reckon Bairstow has taken upon himself to provide a solution. Rabada takes a beating in his first over as he concedes 14.

FOUR! That has gone off the edge through the vacant first slip, perhaps he opened the face of the bat just a touch and that leads to more frustration of Rabada and DC. Four more runs for Bairstow.

FOUR! Bairstow is taking on Rabada here. Pumps the slower one down the ground for another boundary.

FOUR! Oh he is sublime touch here. Bairstow simply creammed that one through covers. Just little gentle push that.

After 5 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 48/0 ( David Warner 5 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 34)

Couple of more boundaries in the over. Cannot believe that Warner has been lagging Bairstow in two consecutive games now. Axar’s second over costs 12 more runs. One more over left in PP.

Sunrisers making an conscious to go hard at the bowling at the start. It is deliberate ploy and smart tactics by the Sunrisers.  Also the Sunrisers batsmen have been willing to use their feet compared to the Delhi batsmen who wanted to adopt the sweep shot.  The game is slipping away from Delhi extremely quickly.

FOUR! Bairstow hares down the pitch, and goes after it smashes it down the ground for a boundary. Gets it over the bowler’s head for another boundary

After 4 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 36/0 ( David Warner 3 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 29)

Boundaries coming thick and fast from Bairstow’s bat. Morris’ first over costs 16 runs that is 15 per cent of the target. Three boundaries off the bat, while one runs down to fine leg after a defelcetion from Bairstow’s pads.

FOUR! Short ball again from Morris and Bairstow is simply relishing this. Smacks it over short fine leg for the third boundary of the over

FOUR! Bairstow simply clears the infield on the leg side by simply chipping to the right of mid on and the ball races down to the boundary. Smart batting.

FOUR! Morris digs in short and Bairstow is ready for it. Pulls fierecely to deep mid-wicket fence

SRH’s opening stands in this IPL:

v KKR : 118

v RR : 110

v RCB : 185

After 3 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 20/0 ( David Warner 3 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 17)

Iyer trusts Lamichhane’s excitement and perhaps a desperation for the wicket as they use a DRS for a leg before shout against Warner the ball tracking showed the googly had pitched way outside leg stump and Delhi Capitals lose their review. A six and four off the first two balls allowed them to take 13 runs.

FOUR! Bairstow goes after the googly andwho picked the googly and despite not middling it as he hit it from the inside half of the bat it had enough to send it to wide long on fence

SIX! Ohh Jonny Bairstow! That made such a sweet sound on impact. Bludgeonded it high and long over the long on boundary.

After 2 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 7/0 ( David Warner 1 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 6)

Spin for both ends. Iyer knows the only way to win is by getting the wickets of Bairstow and Warner. There was a chance in the over but Patel is unable to saffle it. He was in some discomfort after that as he recieved some medical attention. One run from his first over.

Bairstow dropped on five by Axar Patel off his own bowling

DROPPED! Bairstow comes down the track and doesn’t middle his shot down the ground and hits it traight to Axar Patel, who does get two hands to it but isn’t able to hold on. Big miss early on for the Delhi Capitals.

SRH have not lost any wicket in PP overs in this season of IPL.

After 1 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 6/0 ( David Warner 1 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 5)

Warner doesn’t require any sighters it seem as he goes for the reverse sweep right off the ball one, however, he is misses, the ball bobs off his pads to first slip, where Dhawan was alert to hit the stumps. However Warner was aware too as he made his ground. Warner gets off the mark with a single off the fourth ball while Bairstow starts off with a boundary.

FOUR! If Warner starts with the reverse sweep, Bairstow attempts the conventional sweep and does it better than the Aussie as he connects it well and earns a boundary to long leg fence.

David Warner and Jonny Bairstow with three century partnership under their belt walk out to bat with 130 runs to win off 120 balls. The pitch, though might force the batsmen to check their strokeplay. Sandeep Lamichhane will open the bowling for Delhi. One slip in place.

How decisive will those two blows be by Axar Patel. The Sunrisers however will be elated with this bowling performance.. All the bowlers were outstanding led by Mohammad Nabi up front. They assessed the pitch and bowled a perfect line with plenty of slower balls. The Capitals bowlers will learn from watching the Sunrisers bowlers, but at the same time there batsmen will know exactly what they need.

SRH need 130 to win!

After 20 overs,Delhi Capitals 129/8 ( Axar Patel 23 , Ishant Sharma 0)

Last over blitz by Axar with two late sixes help DC add 14 in the final over to reach 129/8. Siddarth Kaul also got the wicket of Rabada in the over.

This is the first time in 14 IPL matches that Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken more than one wicket.

SIX! Powerful shot down the ground. Another slower one by SK, picked well by Axar as he slammed it over the bowler’s head

SIX! Excellent shot by Axar. Slow length ball on his pads as he flicked it over wide long-on

WICKET! Rabada had to go for the big shot but SK did well. Kept it wide as the top-edge went to short third man.

Rabada c Bhuvneshwar b S Kaul 3(4). DC: 115/8.

After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 115/7 ( Axar Patel 9 , Kagiso Rabada 3)

DC lose Morris now. They just haven’t read the pitch today. Another slower one by Bhuvi which hardly bounced. Morris didn’t get under the shot well and lofted it for Nabi to take the catch. Rabada’s shot is dropped at mid-wicket by Sandeep and Axar finishes the over with four through extra-cover. 10 off the over.

FOUR! Lovely shot. Not very short but width on offer as Axar slammed it through extra-cover

DROPPED! Rabada went for a big shot to mid-wicket but Sandeep put down a sitter

OUT! Morris departs! Another slower ball and another wicket. It was slightly full and outside off but lack of pace made it tough to clear the circle as Morris found Nabi at cover.

Chris Morris c Nabi b Bhuvneshwar 17(15). DC: 107/7.

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 105/6 ( Chris Morris 17 , Axar Patel 3)

Morris goes for the biggie! Poor bowling by Sandeep, he has used the slower delivery well tonight but this one was short as well and Morris clobbered it over deep square leg. Eight off the over.

Rashid Khan wipes out Delhi’s last hope in Shreyas Iyer. Three more overs to go and three different bowlers will deliver them. It is a smart tactic by the Sunrisers, It ensures the tail-enders continuously faces different type of bowlers. At 97-6. Delhi somehow to scramble a score of 130 otherwise this game will be dusted.

SIX! Not the ball to bowl to Morris. Sandeep went slow and short as Morris smoked it over deep square leg

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 97/6 ( Chris Morris 10 , Axar Patel 2)

Rashid Khan strikes first ball to remove the set batsman Iyer, who went for a slog sweep. It was a googly and there to be hit but Iyer failed to make the connect as stump lights came on. Axar comes out to bat. Four off the over.

DC in death overs this IPL:

v MI : 82/3
v CSK : 29/4
v KKR : 45/4
v KXIP : 24/7

OUT! Iyer falls for 43! DC lose the captain and the set batsman. Went for a slog sweep against the googly of Rashid but failed to make the connect as the ball crashed into the timber.

Shreyas Iyer b Rashid Khan 43(41). DC: 93/6.

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 93/5 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 43 , Chris Morris 8)

A treble of doubles as DC add nine in the over. Iyer has now moved into 40s. There aren’t many big-hitters waiting but DC needs to up the ante to get to a fighting total.

After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 85/5 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 38 , Chris Morris 5)

15 overs up and DC are 85/5. Huge appeal for LBW against Morris as he’s hit on his back thigh trying to sweep Rashid. Not out given by umpire forcing SRH to take DRS but replays showed it was spinning away from off stump. Iyer got a boundary in the over with a straight drive over the bowler’s head. Five off the over.

FOUR! Clobbered down the ground by Iyer. Hardly any spin on it from Rashid as Iyer went strong and straight

REVIEW AND NOT OUT! Morris is hit on back thigh as he went for a sweep off Rashid. SRH take DRS but replays show it was spinning away from off stump.

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 80/5 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 34 , Chris Morris 5)

DC have been largely responsible for their own downfall today but this time a terrific piece of fielding helped SRH take a wicket. Ingram went hard against SK to cut him through backward point but Manish Pandey did exceptionally well at backward point to take a forward diving catch before the ball could drop in front of him. Morris gets off the mark with a cut shot behind point for a four. Eight off the over.

FOUR! Not a bad ball but Morris did quite well to create room by shimming down and cutting the length ball through point

OUT! Ingram falls! Hard slash as Ingram went for a cut through backward point but Manish Pandey put in a great dive to take the catch that felt like would fall in front of him.

 Ingram c Manish Pandey b S Kaul 5(8). DC: 75/5.

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 72/4 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 33 , Colin Ingram 4)

A good over for DC! So many wickets have fallen that we forgot Iyer is still at the crease. He reminds everyone as he pulls the short one from Sandeep over mid-wicket for a boundary. Seven off the over.

FOUR! Excellent shot by Iyer! Back of the length delivery by Sandeep with no pace on it as Iyer whips the pull shot over mid-wicket

Mohammad Nabi – 2-21 today on the back of 4-11 the other night against RCB. Great tactical decision by the Sunrisers. Difficult to understand why Tewatia was promoted ahead of Colin Ingram. If anything he could be tried at No.3, but now Ingram, who was one of the most expensive players at the auction will get limited time. Rashid Khan still has two overs to bowl and all the three fast bowlers of Sunrisers have that knuckle ball which is so difficult to pick.

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 65/4 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 28 , Colin Ingram 2)

Colin Ingram has joined Iyer in the middle. The big-hitter needs to bat against his nature here. Partnership needed. Four off Rashid Khan’s over.

After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 61/4 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 26 , Colin Ingram 0)

Tewatia plays an exquisite drive for a four and then falls. Makes room for himself to punch the length ball through mid-off for a boundary. Sandeep Sharma replies with a knuckle ball as an outfoxed Tewatia keeps his bat hanging to sky the ball in air for a catch.

WICKET! Tewatia gone! Sandeep fools Tewatia with the knuckle ball. The lack of pace outfoxed him as Tewatia kept the bat out in the middle only to sky the ball up for a catch

Rahul Tewatia c Nabi b Sandeep Sharma 5(7). DC: 61/4.

FOUR! Lovely shot by Tewatia. Length ball from Sandeep as Tewatia back tracks to make space and drive it through mid-off

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 56/3 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 25 , Rahul Tewatia 1)

Nabi recalled into attack and strikes again. Another wicket after strategic timeout. Pant goes for an expansive inside-out drive on first ball, checks it at end and gives away a catch at long-off. Another LBW appeal against Tewatia as umpire gives not out. SRH take a review and umpire’s call saves him. It was just hitting leg stump.

Seven out of nine IPL wickets of Mohammad Nabi are of left-handers now.

REVIEW AND NOT OUT! Nabi’s slider skids and crashes into Tewatia’s pads. Not out given but SRH take a review. Umpire’s call and Tewatia survives

Delhi might to reassess their target score after each over now. A score around 150-160 might be sufficient. It will be difficult to score 10-12 runs an over on this pitch. Both of these batsmen need to ensure there no dot balls. A lot depends on Iyer and Ingram, the Delhi lower order has been virtually non-exsistant. Fair to say another poor shot by Pant, he needs to learnt the art of scoring at a strike-rate of 100 by hitting the ball along the carpet. Sunrisers completely on top in this match.

OUT! Pant falls for five! Nabi strikes again. Beautiful bowled slower offspinner as Pant went inside-out. Looked to target the cover but went much straighter as Hooda took the catch at long-off.

 Pant c Hooda b Nabi 5(7). DC: 52/3.

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 52/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 23 , Rishabh Pant (W) 5)

Another bowling change for SRH. Sandeep Sharma given the ball, who starts off by giving five singles. A knuckle ball in that as well that hardly bounced and beat a driving Pant. Time for strategic break.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 47/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 21 , Rishabh Pant (W) 2)

Important thing on this wicket is to make most of the bad deliveries. Rashid Khan bowled a full toss first up and Iyer wasted little time to whack it through cover. Good comeback by Rashid as he beats Iyer after drawing him forward with a leg-spinner. A double added by Iyer with a flick to mid-wicket.

Rashid Khan has conceded 45 runs off 30 balls against Pant in IPL while dismissing him once.

Pant against SRH in IPL: 39*, 32, 0, 34, 18, 128*

Will he get a big one tonight?

FOUR! Iyer decides to cut loose and welcomes Rashid Khan with a four! Full toss, outside off creamed through cover

Rishabh Pant has scored six fifty-plus scores in his last six out of 10 IPL innings while batting first. His scores: 25, 78*, 64, 38, 61, 128*, 18, 69, 0, 85

After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 41/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 15 , Rishabh Pant (W) 2)

Pant has joined skipper Iyer in the middle. DC need partnerships here to build a solid total. Five off SK’s second over. Five singles and a dot ball.

Fantastic effort by Mohammad Nabi to conceed only 18 in his first three overs during the powerplay. Nabi is the now the most economical bowler in IPL2019. T20 cricket is all about match-up and with Shikar Dhawan at the top of the order, Nabi was always going to open the bowling. Surprised Delhi haven’t taken him on, this might be pitch where scoring will get difficult at the back end of the innings.

After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 36/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 12 , )

This is bad batting from DC. On a slow pitch you need your batsmen to be responsible. Dhawan got a four off Nabi with a sweep shot to fine leg. Went for another sweep and top-edged it to the short fine fine leg. The length wasn’t full enough for the shot. Nine off the over and DC in deep trouble.

Shreyas Iyer against SRH in IPL:

60, 0, 50*, 33, 44, 3

WICKET! Dhawan departs! Dhawan got too greedy, after a sweep-shot four went for another one but it wasn’t there to be swept. Not full enough as he top-edged it to the short fine leg fielder.

Dhawan c Sandeep Sharma b Nabi 12(14). DC: 36/2.

FOUR! Sweep shot behind the wicket by Dhawan off Nabi. Played really fine as he beat the deep backward square leg fielder

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 27/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 5 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 10)

Pacer Siddharth Kaul has replaced Bhuvi who is slammed for a six by Iyer. Lovely shot that! Goes completely straight down the leg-side. Smart choice to play vertical on the slow pitch. Eight off the over.

Important innings for Shreyas Iyer. He has looked good in the IPL, but is yet to post a big score. Iyer’s scores so far in the IPL 28, 43, 18 and 16. He should look to bat through the innings and help Delhi post a score around 170 + on this pitch, especially with the dew factor.

Mohammad Nabi has played six IPL matches for SRH and they have won each of those games.

Mohammad Nabi has played six IPL matches for SRH and they have won each of those games.

SIX! FIRST MAXIMUM OF THE NIGHT! Excellent shot as Iyer went straight with the bat down the leg-side. Safe way to play on a slow pitch

After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 19/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 4 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 3)

Iyer flicks the flat delivery from Nabi to mid-wicket for a single. Takes another single with a bunt to cover after a leg bye and Dhawan adds another with a glance to square leg. Four off the over. The run rate which is under 5 is a clear sign of how the pitch is going to behave.

After 3 overs,Delhi Capitals 15/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 3 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 1)

Excellent over from Bhuvi as he finally takes a wicket in this edition! The slower delivery did the trick for him, the off-cutter held up a bit as Shaw went for a whip pull and lost his off stump. Shreyas Iyer has now joined Dhawan. Just one off the over. Excellent start for SRH.

Team have learnt very quickly to bowl at Prithvi Shaw’s stumps and not give him any width. This is also a taylor made pitch to bowl at the stumps, it is skidding and lots of ball already hitting on the bottom of the bat. Important wicket for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he hasn’t had the best of starts in the IPL so far.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar against DC in IPL: (Before today)

Wickets : 5
Average : 74.2
Eco. rate : 7.73

WICKET! Shaw OUT! Off-cutter and a slower one from Bhuvi which holds up a bit as Shaw goes for a flashy cut and loses his stump

 Prithvi Shaw b Bhuvneshwar 11(11). DC: 14/1.

After 2 overs,Delhi Capitals 14/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 11 , Shikhar Dhawan 3)

Time for spin as Mohammad Nabi is called into attack. No risk taken there as Dhawa-Shaw opt for rotating strike. Six singles and six off the over.

After 1 overs,Delhi Capitals 8/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 8 , Shikhar Dhawan 0)

Shaw gets off the mark with a back-foot four of first ball. Bhuvi goes outside off on length but Shaw gets back to punch it through covers. Bhuvi succeeds in finding the outside edge later but there’s no slip fielder and it runs down to the boundary. Eight off the over.

FOUR! A bit fuller length this time by Bhuvi as he finds the outside edge of Shaw. No slip fielder and it runs down to third man fence

This is the first time that Shikhar Dhawan is playing against SRH in IPL.

FOUR! WHAT A START! Crunched off back-foot by Shaw as Bhuvneshwar bowls a length ball outside off

Alright, time for live action!

Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw have come out to start DC’s innings. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over for SRH. Shaw on strike.

Both captain mentioning at the toss it is a dry track. Important for the Delhi batsmen to get off to a good start to ensure Rashid Khan is under pressure when he is introduced. Sunrises have played all there matches on relatively placid pitches and will need to adjust their game tonight.

SRH have only won one of their last six IPL matches outside Hyderabad.

Delhi Capitals 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 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

Shreyas Iyer: We wanted to bowl first as well, irrespective of what happened the other night. This looks like a dry surface and it might spin more in the second half. So, banking on that.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: We are gonna bowl first. It’s a dry wicket but keeping the way we’ve batted in the last few games, we want to chase. No change in our side.

Delhi Capitals make three changes — Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel and Rahul Tewatia come in.

TOSS: Bhuvneshwar Kumar wins the toss and Sunrisers Hyderabad will be bowling first. Hyderabad are unchanged as Kane Williamson misses out.

Head to Head in IPL:

Matches played – 12

DC won – 4

SRH Won – 8

At Delhi, DC have a 1-3 record against SRH in IPL.

Pitch report: “There’s no grass at all on the pitch. The Super Over game saw a 180-plus match and the average first innings score at Kotla has been 177. The pitch generally is skiddy in the first 10 overs before it starts slowing down. Spin could be the key, especially for DC if they are to restrict the Warner-Bairstow pair,” says Michael Slater.

Also, the race for the Orange cap and Purple Cap is heating up. Click here for the Orange cap list and here for the Purple cap list.

Still some time to go for the toss. Time to take a final look at the IPL table before the match. Click here to check the table.

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody was all praise for star opener David Warner, who has returned to IPL with scores of 85, 69 and 100* in the three IPL games he has played so far. Moody believes Warner is hungry and after missing out on top-flight cricket (due to the 12-month ban), barring few games in Bangladesh and Candian T20 leagues, ‘resilient’ Warner has preparing himself mentally since last six months.

After suffering their first defeat in this year’s IPL, MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings, have lost their position atop of points table, with a win today, Hyderabad can claim the spot. Click here to check out the entire points table .

With slow overrates and matches completing post midnight becoming an increasingly troublesome issue, Delhi Capitals’ assistant coach Mohammad Kaif believes it is to do with teams consuming a lot of time in strategising during the game. He also said that teams have been misusing the provision of subsitute fielders by making agile fielders field replacing players with poor fielding skills. Kaif has asked umpires to take a note of teams practicing that and said their team will not hesistate to raise the issue if they see it happen.  Read more about it here

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