IPL 2020 Highlights, DC vs SRH Qualifier 2, Full Cricket Score: Delhi Capitals enter final after 17-run win over Sunrisers

Marcus Stoinis: “Have done it in the BBL for a couple of seasons (opening the batting) so it was nice to get an opportunity. There was swing early on. So had a bit of a look at it before having a crack. Have played quite a bit of IPL, but this is my first final. It’s been hard with quarantine but a bit of silverware is good motivation. MI are a very good team. Have played consistently. But they’re due an off game. Our best cricket should be good enough to win.”

Shreyas Iyer: “Best feeling ever. Journey has been a rollercoaster, end of the day we stuck together as a family. Very happy with the effort every individual has put in. Lot of responsibility comes with being a captain. But have been getting support from coaches and support staff. On top of that the team has been so special. Really fortunate to have such an amazing team. Hoping that in the next game as well, against MI the biggest team, we’re able to play freely.”

Marcus Stoinis is the Man of the Match!

David Warner: “First and foremost, no one gave us a chance at the start. Everyone talked of the big three: Mumbai, DC and RCB. So I am really proud of our campaign. You can’t win tournaments if you keep dropping catches and missing chances. I am proud to get where we are today as no one gave us a chance.”

Most wickets in an IPL season:

32 – Dwayne Bravo, 2013
29 – Kagiso Rabada, 2020*
28 – Lasith Malinga, 2011
28 – James Faulkner, 2013

Most four-wicket hauls in IPL:

7 : Sunil Narine, Lasith Malinga 
4 : Andrew Tye, L Balaji, Amit Mishra, Ravindran Jadeja, Kagiso Rabada*

After 20 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 172/8 ( Shahbaz Nadeem 2 , Sandeep Sharma 2)

Delhi Capitals have beaten Sunrisers Hyderabad by 17 runs and they have reached the final for the first time in the tournament. The top two sides on the points table to play the final. It is Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, folks, on the 10th, when it matters the most. 

Iyer and Co with a professional show today. Batting first they put on a good total and they defended it excellently with their match-winner bowlers stepping up yet again, on the big night. 

Again, MI vs DC, in the final of IPL 2020, on the 10th of November.

After 19 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 168/8 ( Shahbaz Nadeem 0 , Sandeep Sharma 0)

Rabada comes back on to finish his spell and he finished this chase as well, well almost. Two wickets on back to back deliveries, removing the two danger men Samad and Rashid. And then Goswami on the penultimate ball. A wide between the first two and third, else he could have a hat-trick for himself. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 22 runs in 6 balls.

OUT! And one more wicket for Rabada, short and slower, Goswami, the new man in, hoicks it and finds the fielder in the deep on the on side, gone for another duck is Goswami. Goswami c Stoinis b Rabada 0(1)

OUT! Rabada gets two wickets on back to back balls. Terrific delivery from Rabada, fuller and Rashid hits it long on where Axar completes a fine catch. Rashid Khan c Axar b Rabada 11(7)

OUT! Six and out, Samad gets a full length delivery this time and hits it long off where substitute Keemp Paul takes a very good catch diving on front, with the both hands.Abdul Samad c (sub)Keemo Paul b Rabada 33(16)

SIX! And there is the full toss from Rabada, Samad connects it well and clears the deep mid-wicket for six

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 160/5 ( Abdul Samad 27 , Rashid Khan 10)

Rashid, the new man in, survives a run out scare. And then he hits a six and four to make it 12 from the over. Ashwin was intelligent enough to pull things back on last two balls of the over. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 30 runs in 12 balls.

FOUR! Now a boundary, Rashid makes room and hits it over extra cover region for a boundary

SIX! An old fashioned slog from Rashid, he got the ball in his slot and he smashed it for six over cow corner

After 17 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 148/5 ( Abdul Samad 26 , Rashid Khan 0)

Stoinis returns to the attack. And he has almost sealed the game for DC with that wicket of Kane Williamson. Samad is the man now for SRH. Rabada with a sensational effort in the deep to stop the boundary earlier and then a very good catch to dismiss Kane. Iyer seemed to have injured his right shoulder while fielding in the deep. But he stays on the field. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 42 runs in 18 balls.

OUT! Rabada takes the big catch, big catch this this is because it has removed Kane Williamson, fuller and wider from Stoinis and Kane sliced it but the ball wen straight to Rabada at deep extra cover. Williamson c Rabada b Stoinis 67(45)

FOUR! Lovely from Williamson, opens the face of the bat last moment to fetch a four at cover point.

After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 139/4 ( Kane Williamson 62 , Abdul Samad 22)

Ashwin back on. Two off the first ball courtesy an outside edge. One off the second ball. DC need to bowl some economical overs and that’s it, they will be home. But this isn’t that over. 10 off it. And we go into time out. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 51 runs in 24 balls

FOUR! Kane Williamson finds gap on the off side again and he collects another boundary.

After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 129/4 ( Kane Williamson 56 , Abdul Samad 18)

Lucky Williamson on the first ball of the Nortje over. Slower delivery, and Kane wanted to hoick it, inside edge hit his boots and went to point, single taken. Samad takes over from there, hits a six and then two back to back fours to keep Hyderabad afloat in this chase. Just the over Hyderabad wanted. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 61 runs in 30 balls.

FOUR! Another boundary, Samad gets one full, wide and he puts bat on ball, gets a one bounce four at third man.

FOUR! Another slower and it was wide as well, Samad jumped on it, guided it for four to deep backward point.

SIX! Slightly short from Nortje and Samad pulls it away for six, that was a pwoerful shit from the young man.

After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 113/4 ( Kane Williamson 55 , Abdul Samad 3)

Axar continues. You rarely see an upset Williamson on the field and he was not happy with Samad turning down the second. There was an easy second in there. Williamson reaches fifty two balls later. Axar finishes his spell with one wicket for 33. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 77 runs in 36 balls.

FOUR! Edge off the bat, flies quickly from right of Pant, was very close to him but these are very difficult to grab, runs away for four runs for Williamson

After 13 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 104/4 ( Kane Williamson 48 , Abdul Samad 1)

This is batsmanship at its best. Kane Williamson showing his class. Six off the first ball. Stoinis returns well after being hit for nine off the first three. He bowls two dots back to back and concedes a single on the last. Williamson two away from a half century. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 86 runs in 42 balls.

SIX! Williamson shuffles across and hits it over fine leg boundary for six, sitting on one knee

After 12 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 95/4 ( Kane Williamson 40 , Abdul Samad 0)

Just eight off the last over and Williamson needed to make up for that, he starts the new over with a stunning shot, for six. But Williamson is running out of partners, as Holder has been dismissed in the over as well. DC have broken the partnership. Abdul Samad, right handed bat, has joined Kane in the middle, who continues to fight hard, hits a boundary and collects a single on last two balls. 12 off it and a wicket.

**FOUR!**Slightly shot and Williamson waits for it and plays it very late to fetch four runs at sweeper cover

OUT! Jason Holder is gone, steps out against Axar but does not get the connection right and the ball is caught by the man at deep mid-wicket. SRH lose their fourth. Holder c Praveen Dubey b Axar 11(15)

SIX! Lovely again from Williamson, Axar flights it, and Williamson steps out and smashes him over the straight boundary for a maximum.

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 83/3 ( Kane Williamson 28 , Jason Holder 11)

Rabada back on. Good ploy from Iyer, it looks like Williamson is trying to up the ante, he has brought Rabada on. He hits him on the box on the first ball and then almost a repeat of the first ball. Three dots before a wide and then on the fifth, Williamson clears the deep mid-wicket boundary again. Single to finish the over. Eight off it.

SIX! Williamson gets one length ball, comes in and he slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum

After 10 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 75/3 ( Kane Williamson 21 , Jason Holder 11)

Time out over. Dubey continues.Superb fielding from Nortje at long off, good slide and throw. Williamson takes on the leggie and succeeds in hitting him for a six in the over. SRH need to score at 11 and a half and they have collected 11 off it. Need to do the this good work consistently. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 115 runs in 60 balls.

SIX! That will help SRH! Williamson steps down against Dubey and hits him over long on for a maximum.

After 9 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 64/3 ( Kane Williamson 12 , Jason Holder 9)

Axar continues and Williamson plays a fine scoop to collecta  boundary at fine leg. Axar comes back well after being hit for that four off the first ball. Top save from Dubey in the deep. Nine off the over. Time for a strategic time out.

FOUR! Lovely shot, Williamson plays it with soft hands to fine leg, with a scoop off Axar.

After 8 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 55/3 ( Kane Williamson 6 , Jason Holder 6)

Alright, for the first time in IPL 2020, Praveen Dubey, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Lovely action, slightly like Rashid, quicker round arm one. But it will take some doing to reach that benchmark. He has started well. Just 3 off his first over.

After 7 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 52/3 ( Kane Williamson 4 , Jason Holder 5)

Axar Patel, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack now. Holder took a risky single with a tap to mid-wicket where a lousy Hetmyer messed it up. Could have been close had he collected it quickly. Three off the over, all singles.

Rabada has now taken 26 wickets this IPL – the most for a DC/DD bowler in an IPL season, going past 25 by Morne Morkel in 2019 and 25 by Kagiso Rabada himself in 2019.

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 49/3 ( Kane Williamson 2 , Jason Holder 4)

Nortje comes back on. Holder joins Williamson in the middle. This pair did the job for Hyderabad in the last game. Can they do it repeat their excellence again tonight is the question. There is no dearth of self belief in the middle with these two around but they need a strong partnership and quick one too. Holder plays a lovely cut to show he has the ability. Five off the over. Powerplay ends.

FOUR! Ah, lovely, just beautiful, Holder gets room, goes on back foot and with beautiful hands cuts it for four. Lovely really.

After 5 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 44/3 ( Kane Williamson 1 , )

Marcus Stoinis, right-arm medium, comes into the attack. Gets hit for a boundary on the second ball and then bowls a wide down leg. Bad start to the over and that is why he was all fired up when he cleaned up Garg. On last ball of the over, the ball nipped in a bit more than Pandey expected and that resulted ina fault shot, leading to his fall. Two wickets in the over. DC on top. Not all lost yet as calm and sensible Kane Williamson, right hand bat, has already come out to bat. He needs someone to bat with him for a long time. Eight off the over and two wickets.

OUT! Second wicket for Stoinis as Pandey hits it directly to the man at mid on on last ball of the over. SRH struggling as they lose their third wicket, two in the same over. Stoinis doing the damage. 
Manish Pandey c Nortje b Stoinis

OUT! Stoinis removes Garg with a fuller one, almost a yorker, swinging in and Garg completely missed it while playing a drive and the ball castles the stumps. SRH lose their second. Priyam Garg b Stoinis 17(12)

FOUR! Top shot from Pandey, angled short ball and Pandey dismisses it for four through a pull

After 4 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 36/1 ( Priyam Garg 16 , Manish Pandey 16)

Rabada continues. Two off the first ball, single off the next two. Rabada knocked Garg’s bat out, if not the batsman on the third ball of the over, it hit the top of the bat and Garg lost it. Two off the next ball at deep backward point and Ashwin did not look a fit cricketer there fielding, jogging really to collect the ball. Does not seem he is absolutely fine. Eight off the over. This is still a good start for Hyderabad.

After 3 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 28/1 ( Priyam Garg 14 , Manish Pandey 10)

Anrich Nortje, right-arm fast, comes into the attack and gets hit for four runs off the first ball. Pandey with a lovely hit through the line shot over the bowler’s head and it was a beautiful sight. He takes a single off the next. Huge LBW against Garg two balls later, he survives and Iyer goes against the use of review on that one. Next ball, he hits a six and then gets beaten on the last ball. A mixed bag over for both Nortje and Garg. 11 off it.

SIX! Did not come off the middle off the bat but he still got the six Garg. Short and fast from Nortje and Garh pulled it away for six over fine leg.

FOUR! You will scream ‘OH SHOT!’ watching this shot, pitched up by Nortje and Pandey plays it with a straight bat for four runs over the bowler’s head. Always a pretty sight.

After 2 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 17/1 ( Priyam Garg 8 , Manish Pandey 5)

Rabada gets the big fish Warner on just the first ball of the spell and pushes Hyderabad on back foot straightaway. He is swinging it big Rabada and this is a warning for Hyderabad batsmen. A good night for Rabada pretty much means a good night for Capitals. Just five off the over and a wicket.

FOUR! Rabada pitches it full to Manish Pandey, the new man in and he drives it past the bowler for four to get off the mark.

OUT! Rabada has done his magic, on just the first ball of the spell, a screaming yorker, curves back to Warner, he tried to get the feet out of the way, but the ball hit his pads and then struck the stumps, bails came off. SRH lose first wicket.  Warner b Rabada 2(3)

After 1 over, Sunrisers Hyderabad 12/0 ( Priyam Garg 8 , David Warner (C) 2)

Ashwin bowls the first over and almost a wicket on the first ball with Garg’s leading edge landing inches in front of Hetmyer at point. Two balls later, he smashes Ashwin for a six. Ashwin bowls a couple of wides. 12 off the first over. Good start from SRH openers.

SIX! Garg shows his intentions and hits Ashwin with the spin over deep mid-wicket for a six via a slow sweep.

Alright then, back with the chase. A new opening pair for SRH too. Warner (LHB) and Priyam Garg (RHB) open the innings for SRH. R Ashwin, right arm off break, bowls the first over.

Highest targets successfully chased in this IPL so far:

224 – RR v KXIP, Sharjah 
196 – RR v MI, Abu Dhabi 

Can SRH provide the third instance of a team successfully chasing 190-plus target this IPL today?

After 20 overs,Delhi Capitals 189/3 ( Shimron Hetmyer 42 , Rishabh Pant (W) 2)

Good final over from T Natarajan. Finally gets his yorkers right and he concedes just seven runs. At one point, Delhi were looking set to make a 200-plus total but now SRH need 190 to win this game and book a spot in the final. Can they do it? Tough but not impossible. David Warner needs to play a special knock today. Delhi’s bowlers have been performing good this season so Shreyas Iyer and Ricky Ponting will be feeling optimistic.

After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 182/3 ( Shimron Hetmyer 38 , Rishabh Pant (W) 1)

Terrible day for SRH. There’s a catching chance in the first ball, Dhawan hits one straight to Rashid at deep mid-wicket but the fielder drops an absolute sitter. A ball later, Dhawan falls to a LBW decision, but the replay shows the impact is outside the stumps. Dhawan should’ve reviewed that. Six runs from Sandeep Sharma’s over and a wicket. One over to go, can Delhi touch the 200-run mark?

Most wickets in death overs (16-20) this IPL:

16 : Kagiso Rabada
14 : Jasprit Bumrah 
12 : T Natarajan*

Shikhar Dhawan has now scored 600-plus runs in this season of IPL.

LBW!

Dhawan departs after a superb knock. Tries the reverse sweep against a full-toss from Sandeep but misses his shot. Umpire raises the finger. Dhawan lbw b Sandeep Sharma 78(50)

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 176/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 77 , Shimron Hetmyer 34)

Holder had such a great tournament until this day. Crucial match and he goes for 50 runs in his four overs, the last one being a 18-run over. Four boundaries. He can make amends when he comes out to bat today or maybe not.

Short, Hetmyer pulls and the ball is in the gap between long-on and deep mid-wicket fielder.

Third boundary of the over. Low full-toss, Dhawan walks across and finds the boundary in the fine-leg region.

This time, Holder goes full and wide. Hetmyer opens the face of the bat and the ball goes in the air towards backward point fielder. Nadeem tries but fails to grab the chance.

Hetmyer smashes this one against Holder straight down the ground.

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 158/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 72 , Shimron Hetmyer 21)

T Natarajan has the ball now and he starts off with a single followed by a terrific six from Hetmyer. Four balls in and no yorker from the yorker specialist. He’s trying but the balls are ending up being low full-tosses. 13 off the over. Three overs remaining.

What a hit! Hetmyer swings his bat hard to a outside off ball from Natarajan and he clears deep point fielder.

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 145/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 71 , Shimron Hetmyer 10)

Rashid for his final over of the night. No big risk taken by both the batsmen. They know that they will have four overs to go hard after this. Six singles in this over. 26 runs from his four overs plus a wicket.

After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 139/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 68 , Shimron Hetmyer 7)

Nadeem for his final over of the night. What was Grag doing with that kind of fielding?  He’s sliding to try and stop the ball when he could have easily picked it up. Now he has twisted his ankle off the field for treatment. A boundary, three doubles and a single from the over. Oh it’s a no-ball, Nadeem oversteps in the final over but not too costly. Just a single. Four over for 48 runs and no wicket for the left-arm spinner. He would like to forget this day if SRH don’t end up as the winning side.

First boundary to Hetmyer. Hits it over covers against Nadeem.

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 126/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 63 , Shimron Hetmyer 0)

Holder is back into the attack. Two costly overs from the experience pacer so he needs a good one now. Starts off with two singles and then bowls a good bouncer to Shreyas. The fourth ball is a slower one, Shreyas goes for the slog but doesn’t time it. Two runs for the Delhi skipper. Shreyas then makes room and tries to beat the cover fielder, Williamson does extremely well to dive and get his fingers to the ball. Saves two runs. Shreyas then goes for the big hit again, but this time he finds the fielder. Shimron Hetmyer is the new batsman.

Holder strikes! 

Shreyas hits the ball straight to Manish Pandey at mid-off. Shreyas Iyer c Manish Pandey b Holder 21(20)

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 120/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 62 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 16)

Nadeem to Dhawan and he starts off with a yorker from over the wicket. Shreyas also tries for the big hit but doesn’t get the elevation, one bounce to the fielder at long-on. It could’ve been a good over but a boundary off the fifth ball spoils it for Nadeem. Eight runs off it and we have timeout.

Round-arm from Nadeem, Shreyas hits the ball right down the middle of long-on and deep mid-wicket fielders.

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 112/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 60 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 10)

T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, a dot off the first ball and the next ball is a wide. Dhawan and Shreyas are showing intent but not finding the boundary in this over. The last ball is on the pads, Shreyas flicks and the ball drops just short of mid-wicket fielder. Five off the over.

Most wickets in middle-overs (7-15) in an IPL season:

24 : Imran Tahir, 2019 

19 : Harbhajan Singh, 2013

19 : Rashid Khan, 2020*

17 : Kuldeep Yadav, 2018

After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 107/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 58 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 8)

Rashid for this third over. Warner is desperate for a wicket. Shreyas and Dhawan are watchful, they don’t want to give away another wicket to the leg-spinner. Just five singles from this one.

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 102/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 56 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 5)

Dhawan goes past the 50-run mark with his trademark sweep shot for a maximum. He can make a big one here and we have seen that before in this tournament. Poor bowling from Nadeem, full-toss to Dhawan who hits it in the gap on the leg-side but good work by Samad in the outfield saves two runs. 100 also up for Delhi inside 10 overs. 13 off the over.

Nadeem comes back and Dhawan greets him with a six over deep mid-wicket.

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 89/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 45 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 3)

Rashid Khan needed to come up with something special and he did exactly that. A brilliant ball to dismiss the dangerous Marcus Stoinis. Nevertheless, Delhi have done the damage. Shreyas Iyer is now in the middle and he’s off the mark with a double. And Rashid beats Dhawan with another beauty but no wicket to show this time. Superb over from a world-class bowler. Four runs and a wicket.

BOWLED!

Magnificent from Rashid! The ball turns just enough to beat Stoinis and hit the top off off-stump. Stoinis b Rashid Khan 38(27)

This is now Shikhar Dhawan’s best IPL ever. He goes past 569 runs that he scored in IPL 2012.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 85/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 38 , Shikhar Dhawan 44)

T Natarajan comes into the attack. He starts off with a back of a length delivery, Stoinis opens the face and steers it to backward point where Manish Pandey dives to his left to make a good save. Three runs saved. Another over where Delhi manage to score at least a boundary. Nine off the over. Runs are coming very easily for Dhawan and Stoinis.

Pitched up from Natarajan. Dhawan’s slog through deep mid-wicket is in the gap.

Rashid Khan v DC in league matches this IPL:

Overs – 8
Runs conceded – 21
Wickets – 6
ER – 2.62

After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 76/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 36 , Shikhar Dhawan 38)

Warner calls for Rashid Khan’s help. His first over of the night. Delhi’s openers have to be careful now because the leg-spinner’s form has been outstanding against them. Three singles off the first three balls. The fourth ball is short, Dhawan pulls but there’s a fielder at the boundary so two runs. Oh wait, there’s a overthrow from Rashid and the ball runs to the boundary. What are you doing, Rashid? Not needed at all. So a two-run delivery now resulted in six runs. 11 from the over. All-round poor stuff from Hyderabad.

Rashid Khan has taken 18 wickets in middle-overs in this IPL – the most by any bowler.

After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 65/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 33 , Shikhar Dhawan 30)

There was a lot of talk about Delhi’s top-order and looks like they have answered their critics. The idea to open the batting with Stoinis is doing wonders for them and Dhawan is also back in form. Shahbaz Nadeem’s first over goes for 15 runs and we have a timeout now. Maybe a break will work for SRH.

No ball boundary. The ball is too high as Dhawan hits it in the gap in the fine-leg region.

Sweep and Dhawan connects it beautifully. Nadeem’s first ball goes for a maximum.

Marucs Stoinis had a batting SR of 101.5 in PP overs in IPL before today.

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 50/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 31 , Shikhar Dhawan 19)

Commentators are calling it raining boundaries and we agree with them. Another over on the costlier side, 11 from Sandeep Sharma’s third of the night. And to go with that, there’s was a bad fielding effort from T Natarajan at short fine-leg. SRH need to break this partnership.

Poor from Natarajan as the ball goes through his legs. Another boundary for Dhawan.

Width from Sandeep. Dhawan’s one knee goes down and he plays a solid cut to beat the off-side field.

After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 39/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 30 , Shikhar Dhawan 9)

After the first-ball four, Holder bowls a beauty. Seams away from a perfect line just outside off and beats the batsman. But that’s that when it comes to good deliveries. Stoinis then smashes two boundaries and a six. 18 runs from the over. That drop is proving to be very costly.

This time Stoinis cuts and beats the short third-man fielder. Another boundary.

WOW!

Slower ball and Holder is punished. Stoinis clears the deep mid-wicket region.

Short again from Holder. Stoinis bangs this one to the left of mid-on fielder.

Short of length from Holder. Stoinis pulls towards the deep mid-wicket region.

After 2 overs,Delhi Capitals 11/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 3 , Shikhar Dhawan 8)

Sandeep Sharma continues. Keeper has come up and Dhawan takes a single off the first ball. Oh chance gone! Really tough for Holder at short mid-on as Stoinis hits to his right and the ball doesn’t stick. Then Stoinis hits two boundaries to make it worse for Sandeep Sharma and SRH. Stoinis can play game-changing knock so we’ll see how costly the drop will be.

Again on the leg, this time Stoinis finds the gap in the deep square-leg region.

Lovely! Pitched up from Sandeep, Stoinis flicks and the ball races away to the rope.

Dhawan has an average of 13.86 and a SR of 96.04 in IPL knockout/play-off matches.

After 2 overs,Delhi Capitals 11/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 3 , Shikhar Dhawan 8)

Jason Holder bowls the second over. First ball is on-the-body length, Stoinis takes one run. Good shot from Dhawan in the next ball, bit width on offer and he cuts to collect two runs. The next one is even better, this time fetching him a boundary. Holder comes back well after the four, offering no width at all for two dots. A single to end the over.

First boundary of the night. Down the track and Dhawan cuts it away for a four against Holder.

Marcus Stoinis as an opener in BBL:

Innings – 39
Runs – 1413
Average – 42.81
SR – 128.22
6s – 38

After 1 overs,Delhi Capitals 3/0 ( Marcus Stoinis 2 , Shikhar Dhawan 1)

Sandeep to Stoinis, full in-swing first up, good block from the batsman. The next one is on the pads, Stoinis hits it to the fielder on the leg-side. Similar third delivery, in-swinging and Stoinis flicks and collects a single. Sandeep to Dhawan, outswing to the left-hander, well left by the batsman. Dhawan then is off the mark with a quick single. Last ball coming up and it’s another single from Stoinis. Just three from the first over.

Right then, time for some cricketing action under lights at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Marcus Stoinis is the new opening partner of Shikhar Dhawan and he’s on strike. Sandeep Sharma has the new ball.

SRH have won each of their last four IPL matches this year. 

DC have lost five of their last six IPL matches this year. 

DC are yet to play an IPL final – the only team among eight original teams who have not featured in a final yet. 

Teams chasing have won eight of the last nine IPL games at Abu Dhabi. 

DC have lost six of their seven knockout games in IPL. 

David Warner has scored 500-plus runs in each of his last six IPL seasons. 

DC have a 6-11 win/loss record against SRH in IPL.

Delhi Capitals playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.

Prithvi Shaw and Daniel Sams are out.

Sunrisers Hyderabad playing XI: David Warner (c), Shreevats Goswami (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.

Two changes for Delhi Capitals

Praveen Dubey and Shimron Hetymer are in. 

No changes for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Toss update

Delhi Capitals win the toss and Shreyas Iyer opts to bat first

Shreyas Iyer vs David Warner

A big game coming up from Abu Dhabi as @ShreyasIyer15 led #DelhiCapitals will take on @davidwarner31 led #SRH in #Qualifier2 at #Dream11IPL.

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 8, 2020

Sanjay Bangar feels Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson will play key roles in DC-SRH Qualifier

Speaking exclusively on Star Sports show Game Plan, Bangar said, “He’s (Dhawan) a big match player… World Cup, ICC Championship, whenever he is required he has always fired for the team which he has played for.

“He knows the Sunrisers Hyderabad in and out, because he has played for them, he knows how to tackle Rashid Khan and he goes after him. So, I believe, Dhawan is going to be a brilliant brilliant player, if Delhi Capitals have to win this game.”

On Kane Williamson

“He’s going to be equally important for Sunrisers Hyderabad… how a David Warner is important right at the top, but you saw in the previous game, his temperament, the ability to soak-in pressure and then put the pressure back on the opponent is a crucial quality, which not many people have. So, I believe, he’s going to be a crucial element, if SRH have to continue their march of winning five games in a row. So, he is going to be critical.”

Rashid Khan, always a threat! 

.@rashidkhan_19 🆚 DC in #IPL2020 🤯🤯#DCvSRH #OrangeArmy #KeepRising pic.twitter.com/4wRDRSs2ZL

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 8, 2020

Delhi Capitals’ Marcus Stoinis ahead of Qualifier 2

“The thought of some silverware, and a trophy for the Delhi Capitals’ franchise is all the motivation we need. So like I said, there’s only two games left in the IPL – it’s been a long tournament, we’ve been away from family and friends, but this is what we play for – this is what every professional cricketer plays for – to win big competitions like the IPL, so motivation is always there.

“They (Delhi Capitals) have been in good form this season. They’ve finished the season really well, raced into the playoffs, and they won last night obviously. They’re a strong team, and have got some really good batters, some in-form players, some dangerous bowlers as well, so it’s going to be a good game. 

“I think Rashid Khan is obviously a great bowler – everyone knows that. He’s going to be dangerous and important for them. Then you’ve got David Warner at the top of the order and then Kane Williamson, who has been really organised and has steadied the ship for them a few times. So like I said, they’re a dangerous team, but I think if we play some good cricket then we’re good enough to win.”

SRH will most probably not make any changes in the XI. We think if Saha is fit, he will be back, to open the innings in place of Shreevats Goswami. DC, on the other hand, may drop Prithvi Shaw who has been struggling for a long time and get Rahane to open, also getting Hetmyer for pacer Sams. 

Take a look at the two squads:

SRH: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav

DC: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Daniel Sams, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Anrich Nortje, Rishabh Pant, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande.

DC boys look in good spirit ahead of the key clash against SRH!

Nothing to see here, just #SkipperShreyas impersonating @MStoinis 😝

DC boys are upbeat ahead of #DCvSRH, what about you? 😎#Dream11IPL #YehHaiNayiDilli @ShreyasIyer15 @Address_Hotels pic.twitter.com/JXXtSCNltu

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) November 8, 2020

A place in the IPL 2020 final against the Mumbai Indians is up for grabs when Delhi Capitals take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2.

Here are a few key player battles that could decide the outcome of the match.

Do you agree?

DC should open with Rishabh pant. Play Harshal Patel and Hetmayer.

— Madan Lal (@MadanLal1983) November 8, 2020

Peaking at the right time and with all their boxes ticked, Sunrisers Hyderabad are certain to hold sway over a dishevelled Delhi Capitals in the second Indian Premier League qualifier on Sunday.

Click here to read the preview.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2020 between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

This is the penultimate match of the season and the fight is on for the spot in the final. Winner of the match will play Mumbai Indians for the title on 10 November. 

David Warner’s SRH have form on their side, winning their last four matches while Shreyas Iyer’s Delhi Capitals have not been the most consistent side of the tournament but they did enough to finish the league stage on second spot. They lost their previous match against Mumbai so now they have a second chance to qualify for the final. 

Expect the match to be a cracker so stay tuned for the updates.