Delhi Capitals’ David Warner performs a shot throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals on the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal in Hyderabad on Monday, April 24, 2023.
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Washington Sundar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar shared 5 wickets between to expose Delhi Capitals’ batting frailties as Sunrisers Hyderabad restricted the guests to a below-par 144 for 9 within the IPL, in Hyderabad on Monday.
Off-spin allrounder Sundar (4-0-28-3) ended his six-match wicketless run in type to take three wickets in 5 balls to break the again of Delhi Capitals’ batting line-up after they opted to bat.
Then Bhuvneswhar got here up with a parsimonious spell of 4-0-11-2, which included the important thing wickets of Phil Salt (0) and Akshar Patel (34) to rattle Delhi additional.
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Delhi Capitals slipped from 57 for two to 62 for five after the powerplay, and had their backs firmly pressed towards the wall.
Axar Patel (34) and Manish Pandey (34) saved some blushes for the misfiring facet which has misplaced 5 out of six matches whereas languishing on the backside within the factors desk.
The affiliation between Pandey and Patel started within the ninth over after Delhi Capitals had been left tottering by Sundar.
The two Indian batters took time to discover their toes, which meant that Delhi Capitals had to bat out a couple of overs earlier than they may assault once more.
The pair did properly to add 69 runs for the sixth wicket from 59 balls as their partnership took Delhi Capitals previous the 100-run mark and prevented a complete collapse.
Patel hit a run-a-ball 34 with 4 hits to the fence whereas Pandey was run out following a superb throw from deep midwicket by Sundar quickly after, for a 27-ball 34 (2x4s).
If the poor present by the specialist batters underlined Delhi’s hapless state as soon as once more, a few run outs within the again finish made it much more embarrassing.
The tone was set earlier by Bhuvaneshwar who struck on the third supply to get Salt caught behind by Heinrich Klaasen and stored David Warner silent for almost all of his opening spell.
The Delhi captain, who broke the shackles to get a 4 and a six off Sundar within the fourth over, perished proper after the powerplay with the spin bowling all-rounder working by means of the middle-order within the eighth over.
It was actually not a memorable return to Hyderabad for Warner, who perished for a 20-ball 21, caught at deep sq. leg by Harry Brook on the second ball whereas making an attempt to sweep.
Delhi sunk additional as comeback batter Sarfaraz Khan (10) was the subsequent to fall to the sweep shot, on the fourth supply from Sundar, caught by Bhuvneshwar at deep backward sq. leg.
Aman Khan struck a first-ball 4 however obtained a high edge off Sundar on the ultimate supply.
DC’s No 3 Mitchell Marsh started with 4 boundaries off Marco Jansen within the second over, which obtained them 19 runs however he was deceived by a slower supply from T. Natarajan, who had the batter trapped leg-before for a 15-ball 25 (4x4s).
Teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (c), Abhishek Sharma, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Umran Malik.
Delhi Capitals: David Warner (c), Philip Salt (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Ripal Patel, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav and Ishant Sharma.
