IPL 2020 Highlights, DC vs SRH Match, Full Cricket Score: Hyderabad beat Delhi by 15 runs, collect first points

Rashid Khan is the Man of the Match for his 3 for 14.

Rashid: I think I don’t put pressure of performing in mind. I try to focus on things I can do. I decided it might take three balls to realise what is the right pace on this track. He (Warner) tells me you know better what to do. He gives me confidence. Something does not go right, you ask the captain. That’s what we discuss. I think tough one and half years for me. Lost my dad and then my mom. Has been tough to come back. Mom was biggest fan of IPL and she enjoyed it and used to talk to me after the match.

SRH beat DC by 15 runs

After 20 overs,Delhi Capitals 147/7 ( Kagiso Rabada 15 , Anrich Nortje 3)

The team from Hyderabad clinch their first win of IPL 2020 by beating the table-toppers. Rabada blasted the last ball for a six over wide of long off but it has come very late for DC and it has been such because of some great death bowling by SRH.

OUT! Axar b Khaleel Ahmed 5(6)

Khaleel breaks the stumps of Axar. In fact it ricocheted of the bat as Axar attempted a whip off the fuller delivery. This has been some very good death bowling by SRH.

After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 135/6 ( Axar Patel 5 , Kagiso Rabada 6)

Nine from the penultimate over with Bhuvi bowling yorkers regularly. Rabada added boundary with a slice shot over cover as he was offered a full toss. 28 needed from last over.

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 126/6 ( Axar Patel 3 , )

What an over by Natarajan. In the death, he gets his execution almost perfect. Yorker after yorker and low full tosses. And eventually the wicket of Stoinis. The pressure was building and Stoinis had to do something. He went across to play the flick shot but got trapped in front of the wickets on the yorker. 37 needed now.

Best bowling figures for Rashid Khan in IPL:

3/14 v DC, Abu Dhabi, 2020*
3/19 v GL, Hyderabad, 2017
3/19 v KXIP, Hyderabad, 2018
3/19 v KKR, Kolkata, 2018

OUT! Stoinis lbw b T Natarajan 11(9)

Brilliant yorker in the death by Natarajan. Stoinis wanted to flick it on leg but missed the ball and had to leave. He took a review to try his luck but to no avail.

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 119/5 ( Marcus Stoinis 6 , Axar Patel 1)

What a big over by Rashid. Just five runs from it and a wicket. A crucial wicket of Pant. Rashid tossed up the ball on leg and Pant was already in the mood for a slog sweep but didn’t get the distance as the catch was taken at backward square leg. Axar Patel is the new batsman. Rashid finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-14-3. 44 needed from here.

OUT! Pant c Garg b Rashid Khan 32

Call Rashid if you need a wicket. The leg-spinner comes back into the attack and strikes again. This time for the crucial wicket of Pant. There was pressure to find a boundary, Pant shuffled across for the slog sweep but didn’t put enough in the shot and the catch was taken at deep backward square leg.

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 114/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 27 , Marcus Stoinis 4)

The wide of off strategy against Hetmyer has worked. Bhuvi bowled it slower also as the batsman went reaching for it, he could only place the shot to wide of long off where Pandey wobbled once before taking the catch. Man in form, Stoinis comes out and cuts the short ball on off for a boundary. Pant finishes the over with another boundary. 49 needed now. 

Marcus Stoinis’ SR in death overs in IPL is 163.6 while this year, he is striking at 220.0 in death overs. (Stat by Umang Pabari)

OUT! Hetmyer c Manish Pandey b Bhuvneshwar 21(12) 

Bhuvi sticks with the wide of off strategy for Hetmyer as he reaches for the ball for the slice shot. Places it wide of long off where Pandey takes the catch despite a fumble.

After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 104/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 22 , Shimron Hetmyer 21)

Khaleel’s plan was to bowl short and wide or a yorker to Hetmyer. For a while it looked like it was working as only three came from first two balls including a wide but when Khaleel missed the mark, Hetmyer smoked the full toss over cow corner for a six. The short delivery outside off was then given the same treatment with a slice shot over sweeper cover. 16 from the over. 59 needed from here.

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 88/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 22 , Shimron Hetmyer 6)

Four byes from a full toss on leg is not what SRH need here. Natarajan and the bowlers need to be disciplined. The required rate may be over 12 but with Pant and Hetmyer in the middle, nothing looks far fetched.10 from the over as the pacer makes a good comeback. 75 needed from here.

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 78/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 20 , Shimron Hetmyer 3)

Pant played a slap shot back to the bowler but Shrama dropped him and then paid by conceding two sixes on the next two deliveries. The first was a slog sweep over cow corner and the second one was a drive over long off. 15 from the over. 85 needed from here.

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 63/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 7 , Shimron Hetmyer 1)

Big, big wicket for Rashid. Dhawan out for 34. On a pitch where batting is looking like an exercise, DC needed someone to do the hard work. They have a lot of stroke-makers but who is going to play that ugly innings. Dhawan was set and could have continued but got out trying an ugly heave. The googly took the faint edge to the keeper. S Ravi turned the appeal down but the review helped the umpire make the right decision. Shimron Hetmyer comes out to the middle. 100 needed in last eight overs.

OUT! Dhawan c Bairstow b Rashid Khan 34(31)

Another big wicket for Rashid. Googly does the job this time as Dhawan went for the heave, and edged it to the keeper. It was a very faint edge that umpire S Ravi didn’t catch but the review saved the day for him.

After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 60/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 33 , Rishabh Pant (W) 6)

Sharma continues quietly. DC batsmen are trying to manufacture shots here as it clearly not easy to time the shots. Dhawan tried out a reverse sweep and it went just over the short third man. Another top-edge for Dhawan on last ball but it was away from the same short third man fielder. Six off the over.

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 54/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 29 , Rishabh Pant (W) 4)

Even the best can miss the mark, so after two dot balls when Rashid pitched it uppishly on leg, Dhawan was quick to grab the opportunity as he played the sweep shot excellently to the backward square leg fence. Six off the over.

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 48/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 24 , Rishabh Pant (W) 3)

Chip shot on the first ball by Dhawan off Sharma but it drops ahead of long off. Pant drives the next ball for a double. And two more singles are added on last two balls. It’s good bowling by Sharma. he is hitting length and trying to keep the ball on middle and off. Time for a strategic break.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 43/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 22 , Rishabh Pant (W) 0)

Rashid Khan is the strike bowler and that’s what he does in his first over. Removes Iyer on the second delivery after beating his outside edge on the first. Iyer went for the big slice on off after spotting the flight but didn’t connect well and holed out at deep cover. Rishabh Pant is the new batsman. Just one from the over.

OUT! Shreyas Iyer c Abdul Samad b Rashid Khan 17(21) 

Rashid Khan strikes in his first over. A loop delivery outside off and Iyer wanted to slice it over the fence but failed to time his shot and ended up giving a catch to deep cover.

After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 42/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 21 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 17)

Bowling change. Left-arm spinner Abhishek Sharma into the attack. Eight runs off the over with a bye and wide. There could have been a wicket after Dhawan lost his composure and came out to attack, the flighted delivery was away from the batsman and he somehow managed an inside-edge for a single.

After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 34/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 18 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 14)

The highlight of the over was the beautiful punch down the ground by Iyer as Natarajan pitched it up. The batsman followed up the boundary with a single. Dhawan was offered a full toss but he could only manage a single off it. Seven from the over.

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 27/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 17 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 8)

Execution had been pretty good by SRH bowlers so far but Khaleel, in this over, missed his mark regularly and was made to pay for it. The long hop was cut to sweeper cover fence by Dhawan for a boundary. The leg side delivery was tickled to fine leg fence by Iyer. And three came on last ball with a cover drive by Iyer.12 in total from the over.

After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 15/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 12 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 1)

T Natarajan comes into the attack. A good start for the left-arm pacer as well. Five from it with a boundary for Dhawan, who again steps out and drags the fuller delivery from off to the long on fence. Retains the strike with a single.