IPL 2020 Highlights, SRH vs DC Match, Full Cricket Score: Rashid Khan's magical spell powers Hyderabad to 88-run win over Delhi

David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper, speaks after the match:

The game that came before was very disappointing, with that chase. Tonight, as I said at the toss, I was looking to bat first to apply some pressure on DC and back ourselves to defend, which we did in the last game against them. We knew up front that they had two world-class bowlers in Nortje and Rabada and we just felt that we had to take the game on, and that’s what we achieved.

I did my best to open up my legs and try to clear these boundaries, they’re quite large. And I love running between the wickets.

I feel a sense of responsibility at the top of the order and as captain. I felt like on these kind of wickets, they’re getting a bit slow and it’s all about improvising and taking it to the bowlers. It’s a bit tough for an Australian to come on a slow wicket and play convincingly so you gotta think outside the box.

Look, it was a very tough call to leave Bairstow out. It was almost going to be that same scenario against Kolkata, where I would bat fourth and Bairstow would open. An experienced guy like Kane Williamson coming in and batting at four, we thought that would be a good idea. What a show Wriddhiman Saha put on, he did the same last year against KXIP. He played an incredible knock, an important knock which can help us go up in the points table. His stroke play in the powerplay overs is great. Unfortunately, the poor fella has hurt himself, I hope it’s not too bad. He’s got a bit of a niggle in the groin.

No news on Vijay Shankar, so for us, we’re in the wars here, in Dubai. 

Look, what can you say about Rashid Khan? It shows the amount of respect that people have for the guy, to not go after him. He hits that mark all the time. For the ball that’s getting a bit of dew on it, he has an incredible ability to take wickets and not to get hit.

Largest wins for SRH in IPL:

118 v RCB, Hyderabad, 2019
88 v DC, Dubai, 2020*
85 v MI, Vizag, 2016

Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 88 runs!

Natarajan to bowl his final over, and with Deshpande and Nortje at the crease, he’ll be looking for an easy wicket. His over starts with a single, before Deshpande hammers a boundary over him, straight down the pitch. Natarajan does get his wicket though, with Nortje’s miscued shot soaring into the air and falling into the welcoming hands of Garg. It’s a good catch, that ball was really moving around. DC are done here, stick a fork in them. SRH, on the other hand, will take great heart from this imperious performance. They came into this match struggling, but their response has been wonderful. There’s still a way to go if they are to secure a playoff spot, but for now, they’ll celebrate having won by 88 runs, a massive margin

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 125/9 ( Tushar Deshpande 15 , )

Sunrisers Hyderabad have played excellently as a unit tonight, but Jason Holder’s performance has been sub-par. In a match where his teammates have taken wicket after wicket, he’s been hit for 46 runs in his four overs, but he does manage to get a wicket on the final ball of his final over, as Ashwin’s shot finds the fielder at the very edge of the deep midwicket boundary line. To be honest, a smidge more power on that would have meant a six, but Holder doesn’t care, he’s celebrating.

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 110/8 ( Ravichandran Ashwin 5 , Tushar Deshpande 2)

Sandeep Sharma is on for his final over. He’s bowled really well tonight, can he get himself another wicket. It appears he can! His first delivery was dipping away wide, but Pant swung a bat at it, and there was a huge sound as it carried to Goswami. The umpire says it’s wide, but David Warner really wants to review this. Okay wait, on second viewing, maybe that was just the bat hitting the ground. It took a long, long time for the third umpire to come to a decision, but ultimately, they confirm that the ball did get a big edge on it’s way past Pant. Pant is outta here, and the day goes from bad to worse for Delhi. The rest of the over is good enough, three singles and a four from R Ashwin come off it. Not sure if it’s worth mentioning but the required run rate has crossed 36.

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 103/7 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 36 , )

Thangarasu Natarajan to bowl his third over, and he begins by being hit for a boundary. Rishabh Pant is actually putting together a fairly decent knock for himself here, even as his team has a bit of a meltdown. Pant runs a double, before being dropped by Abhishek Sharma. That was a really tough catch though, it was swerving away from Sharma and he couldn’t read it in time. Natarajan will feel a bit let down there, he could have gotten a wicket. Never mind, he gets a wicket anyway. He bowls a venomous yorker into the base of off stump, and there’s no one who would appreciate it more than the guy whose wicket he just got, one Kagiso Rabada.

After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 96/6 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 29 , Kagiso Rabada 3)

Jason Holder is back after that expensive second over. It’s a slightly more expensive over than we’ve become accustomed to seeing in the last half an hour or so, 9 runs come off it, and no wickets. DC need 124 runs from 30 balls.

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 87/6 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 23 , Kagiso Rabada 1)

Rishabh Pant is Delhi’s best hope here. If he can do well and get Delhi to a high enough score, they could still manage to come away relatively unscathed in terms of Net Run Rate. They don’t want it to plummet too much, because if they do lose their next match as well, it could be the factor that rules them out of a playoff spot. Natarajan bowls this over, and it’s fairly non-eventful, just four runs come from it. The Required Run Rate is an eye-watering 22.16 now.

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 83/6 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 20 , Kagiso Rabada 0)

Final over for Rashid Khan, the spinner has performed brilliantly yet again. What an impact he’s had on the IPL in these past couple of years. Can he make his night even more special with another wicket? He also has a chance to record the best four-over spell in this edition of the IPL tonight? He just needs a few dot balls. HE GETS A WICKET! It’s Axar Patel, who tries to go big, but hits it straight down the throat of Garg at deep midwicket. A dot to finish it off, and Rashid ends his night with figures of 4-0-7-3. We head into a strategic timeout now.

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 82/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 19 , Axar Patel 1)

Delhi Capitals now need 144 runs from 54 balls. It’s not impossible, but it is very very difficult. Rishabh Pant looks up to the challenge, but Shreyas Iyer has begun way too slowly. Can they up the intensity in this over? It’s Shankar bowling, first couple of deliveries are singles, before he gets a big wicket in the shape of Delhi captain Iyer. Iyer tried to work something out of nothing, but his attempted shot is taken easily by a back-peddling Williamson at extra cover. A third defeat in three matches looks inevitable now. Two more singles off the over, before Vijay Shankar pulls up injured. It appears to be a hamstring issue, will he be okay to continue? Warner can afford to take him off, this match is almost wrapped up honestly. And it’s Warner who will bowl the final ball of the over, this is a welcome sight. It’s a wide, he’ll go again. Second attempt is fine, and he almost gets a wicket here! Pant hammers a shot straight back at him, but there’s too much power on it for Warner to take the catch.

After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 76/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 16 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 6)

More Rashid Khan for us to enjoy now, he’s a sight to behold when he’s bowling like this! Dot, single, dot, single, dot, single. The required run rate is 16.0. Rashid is 2-6 in three overs. This is incredible pressure from Hyderabad, they are dismantling Delhi.

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 73/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 15 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 4)

Vijay Shankar to bowl the next over, what can he bring to this party? A nice, economical over is what. He gives away just 7 runs, 4 of which come from a boundary which is drilled past the bowler by Rishabh Pant.

Pant v Rashid Khan in IPL:

Runs : 59
Balls : 52
Dismissals : 2

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 66/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 10 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 2)

Rashid Khan is back for a second over, if it’s even half as good as his first, DC will be sweating. No wickets come off it, but just two singles mean that it’s a bad. bad over for DC. The required run rate is now 14.0, and we head into a strategic timeout.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 64/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 9 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 1)

Natarajan gets a go with the ball, and why not, really? DC are on the ropes here and Warner is licking his lips, he wants to get this over with as quick as possible. First three balls are good, just two runs of them, before Rishabh Pant gets down quickly and sweeps over square leg for a six! This is promising, but DC have a long, long way yet to go. 9 runs off the over.

After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 55/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 1 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 0)

Rashid Khan has been brought into the attack by David Warner in an attempt to stem DC’s tide, and he does just that, with a wicket on his very first delivery! It’s a gorgeous leggy, and it takes Shimron Hetmyer’s bails off! The next three balls are quite good, just a single off it, before Rashid gets yet another wicket, this one’s lbw and it’s a quick googly! It’s Ajinkya Rahane who is out, he looks like he’s going to review the decision, but after a quick chat with Pant, he decides to walk. Game-changing over this, just how good is Rashid Khan?!

After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 54/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 26 , Shimron Hetmyer 16)

Expensive over from Jason Holder this, 20 runs off it! 9 of those come from Shimron Hetmyer, who hits two rocket fours, and 7 off the bat of Rahane, who hits a big big six. 4 leg byes on the final ball. DC could be building something big.

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 34/2 ( Ajinkya Rahane 19 , Shimron Hetmyer 7)

Sandeep Sharma continues his assault on the DC batting. He’s been quite good so far, and he starts the over by giving away a single. The next one’s hit for four by Rahane, it’s hammered past left of cover. A single follows, before Hetmyer gets in on the hitting as well, that was walloped past mid-off. DC need more of this!