Expecting Rashid Khan to bowl, DC despatched Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan. Pant discovered the boundary as soon as, by means of a reverse scoop over brief third man. The sport got here all the way down to 1 off 1, which DC managed to get. If not for the one brief, the sport would have gone into one other Super Over.
Main match report
Prithvi Shaw’s (53) half century helped Delhi Capitals rating 159/4 wickets in 20 overs, whereas Kane Williamson’s unbeaten 66 took SRH to the identical rating.
Shaw put up a gap partnership of 81 runs with Shikhar Dhawan (28) after which captain Rishabh Pant (37) and Steve Smith (34 not out) scored 58 runs for the third wicket. Smith hit a six and a 4 in the final over to take DC near the 160-run mark.
Opting to bat, DC obtained off to an ideal begin with Shaw smashing Khaleel Ahmed for 3 consecutive boundaries. The 12 runs they scored was the best in the primary over in this 12 months’s IPL up to now.
Shikhar Dhawan, dropped on 0 by Kedar Jadhav off Siddharth Kaul, performed second fiddle to Shaw who was in an attacking temper. He used the Power Play to good impact, taking DC previous 50 inside six overs. The duo added 81 for the opening wicket earlier than Dhawan was bowled by Rashid Khan in the eleventh over. In the subsequent over, Shaw was run out making an attempt to steal a single after Jonny Bairstow had missed a stumping probability off Rishabh Pant.
At 84 for two, DC wanted stability they usually obtained that with Steve Smith becoming a member of Pant. While Smith knocked it round, Pant was the aggressor.
SRH saved DC in test however their poor catching value them. They dropped Pant and Smith, and Khaleel Ahmed’s final over value 14 runs as DC set a goal of 160.
SRH’s chase began with a bang, with Jonny Bairstow going berserk. At the opposite finish although, they misplaced David Warner run out on the lookout for a fast single in the fourth over. That didn’t cease Bairstow from going all weapons blazing; he smacked 38 off 18 earlier than falling caught at mid on, trying to hit Avesh Khan in the ultimate over of Power Play.
SRH managed 56 for two in the Power Play – a very good base however on the value of their two star batsmen. The different star batsman – Kane Williamson – saved then going by means of the center overs in typical model.
Williamson’s accomplice, Virat Singh, struggled large time for a 4-ball 14 earlier than he too fell to Avesh. His exit was adopted quickly by Kedar Jadhav’s, the batsman making 9 off 9 earlier than being stumped off Amit Mishra.
At that stage, the equation was 56 off 34. It got here all the way down to 43 off 24, with Williamson crossing his 50 off 42 balls. It was inside SRH’s attain however Axar Patel obtained Abhishek Sharma and Rashid Khan lbw in successive balls to kill the chase. 39 off 18 grew to become 28 off 12. SRH misplaced Vijay Shankar however J Suchith, taking part in his first sport this 12 months, smashed a six and a 4 to make it 16 off 6.
Kagiso Rabada would have defended that on most days, however Williamson scooped a boundary and Suchith smacked an enormous six to take the sport deep. With 2 wanted off 1 ball, SRH sneaked a single and took it to the Super Over.
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