Chasing a target of 145 runs in Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad could only manage 137 for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. This is the Delhi team’s second win of the season. Delhi won by Mukesh Kumar, who defended 12 runs in the last over. Norkya and Axar took two wickets each and Ishant and Kuldeep took one wicket each for the Capitals.
After winning the toss and batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 144 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. After an early batting collapse, only Manish Pandey and Axar Patel, who scored 34 runs each, struggled. Wicket-keeper Philip Salt Dolden was dismissed for Dhaka, David Warner for 21, Mitchell Marsh for 25, Aman Hakeem Khan for four, Ripal Patel for five, Antrich Norkya for two, Kuldeep Yadav with four runs and Ishant Sharma with one run remained unbeaten. The Pandey-Axar partnership broke up after bringing Delhi to 131 runs, which was 62-5 at one point.
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers have put up a great performance. Washington Sundar took three wickets for 28 in four overs, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets for just 11 runs in four overs and T Natarajan took one wicket for 21 in three overs. Bhuvi’s economy was 2.80. Except for Marco Jansen who conceded 27 runs in two overs, all six bowlers bowled at an economy of less than 9. In the reply batting during the powerplay, the team score remained at 31, but Harry Brook (7 off 14 balls) was bowled by Antich Norkya, but Mayank Agarwal kept his feet on one side of the crease. Mayank and impact player Rahul Tripathi took the team past 60 in the 11th over. Then Mukesh dropped Mayank to Mitchell Marsh’s ball. But Mayank did not live long. Axar Patel was dismissed after taking 49 off 39 balls. Aman Hakeem Khan took the catch. With the return of impact player Tripathi (15 off 21 balls) off Ishant Sharma and youngster Abhishek Sharma (5 off 5 balls) off Kuldeep Yadav, Sunrisers are 79-4 in 13.3 overs.
Delhi took control of the match after Axar Patel dismissed captain Aiden Markram (3 off 5 balls). After this, Heinrich Klaasen-Washington Sundar’s firework partnership became a threat to Delhi. Sundar (24* off 15 balls) and Marco Jansen (2* off 3 balls) failed to reach Mukesh Kumar’s winning target of 13 runs in the last over of Mukesh Kumar while Norkya broke Klaasen’s (31 off 19 balls) back.
