IPL 2019, Eliminator: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Statistical Highlights

Delhi Capitals (DC) has reached the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2019 after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Eliminator of IPL 2019 on Wednesday (8th May) night at Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (Visakhapatnam).

After DC forced SRH to bat first, the Hyderabad franchise managed to score 162/8 (20 overs). In reply, DC successfully surpassed that target in 19.5 overs after losing eight wickets.

Brief Scores: SRH – 162/8 in 20 overs (Martin Guptill 36, Manish Pandey 30; Keemo Paul 3/32)

DC – 165/8 in 19.5 overs (Prithvi Shaw 56, Rishabh Pant 49; Rashid Khan 2/15)

Result – DC won by two wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

Teams’ stats

DC

i) This victory was the first-ever victory for the Delhi franchise in any playoff/knockout match.

Players’ stats

SRH

i) Bhuvneshwar Kumar is now the most-capped IPL player for SRH after playing his 86th IPL match for this side. During this match, he surpassed Shikhar Dhawan’s 85 IPL matches record for SRH.

ii) The right-arm pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is now the leading wicket-taker for SRH against the Delhi franchise. While he has taken 11 T20 wickets for SRH against the Delhi franchise, their former pacer Dale Steyn is in the second position with nine wickets against this same side.

iii) Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed becomes the leading wicket-taker for SRH as the left-arm bowler. By the end of this match, he has picked up 19 T20 wickets for this side. Their former left-arm pace bowlers Ashish Nehra and Mustafizur Rahman are jointly in the next position with 17 T20 wickets for SRH.

DC

i) Leggie Amit Mishra becomes the first bowler to take 100 T20 wickets for the Delhi franchise. By the end of this match, he has picked up 100 T20 wickets for DC.

ii) The left-arm Kiwi pacer Trent Boult becomes the joint leading IPL wicket-taker for the Delhi franchise as the left-arm overseas bowler. He has taken 22 IPL wickets for this side which is the equal record of their former left-arm pacer Dirk Nannes (22 IPL wickets).

iii) By the end of this match, the opener Shikhar Dhawan has scored 503 runs in IPL 2019. After Gautam Gambhir (534 runs in IPL 2008) and Rishabh Pant (684 runs in IPL 2018), Shikhar Dhawan becomes the third batsman for the Delhi franchise to score 500+ runs in an IPL season.

iv) Amit Mishra became the second batsman in IPL history to be dismissed through obstructing the field. The first batsman to face this same unusual dismissal in IPL history was Yusuf Pathan (for Kolkata Knight Riders against Pune Warriors India on 15th May 2013 at Ranchi.