IPL 2019, Eliminator: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Statistical Preview

Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face each other in the Eliminator of IPL 2019 on Wednesday (8th May) night at Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (Visakhapatnam). The winner of Eliminator will qualify for the Qualifier 2 while the loser of Eliminator will end their IPL 2019 journey.

DC (18 points) and SRH (12 points) finished in the third and fourth position respectively in the IPL 2019 points table.

Let’s look at some vital statistical preview of the upcoming Eliminator of IPL 2019.

Teams’ Stats

DC

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest) – Won, Won, Won, Lost and Won

SRH

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest) – Lost, Lost, Won, Lost and Lost

Head-to-Head records

Overall (14 matches): DC won 5 matches; SRH won 9 matches

In IPL (14 matches): DC won 5 matches; SRH won 9 matches

At Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam (1 match): DC won 1 match

In playoffs/knockouts: Never met in past

In the last five matches: DC won 2 matches; SRH won 3 matches

• In IPL 2019, DC and SRH have already met twice and both won their away matches. SRH beat DC by five wickets at Delhi and later, DC beat SRH by 39 runs at Hyderabad (Deccan).

Players’ stats

(DC)

Amit Mishra

i) The leg-spinner Amit Mishra (99 wickets) is one wicket away to complete his 100 T20 wickets for the Delhi franchise. Till the date, no other bowlers have achieved this feat for this franchise.

ii) Meanwhile, Amit Mishra (95 wickets) will complete his 100 IPL wickets for the Delhi franchise with five more wickets.

iii) Amit Mishra (245 wickets) is five wickets away to complete 250 T20 wickets.

Shikhar Dhawan

i) The left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (486 runs) needs to score 14 more runs to complete his 500 runs in IPL 2019.

Shreyas Iyer

i) On the other hand, the DC captain Shreyas Iyer (442 runs) needs to score 58 more runs to complete his 500 runs in IPL 2019.

(SRH)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

i) The Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the most-capped IPL player for SRH when he will play his 86th IPL match for this team on Wednesday night. Their former star Shikhar Dhawan will stand in the second place who played 85 IPL matches for this side.

Kane Williamson

i) New Zealand cricketer Kane Williamson (44 sixes) needs to hit six more sixes to complete his 50 IPL sixes for SRH. After David Warner (123 sixes), Kane Williamson will be the second SRH batsman to hit 50 IPL sixes.  

Khaleel Ahmed

i) With one more wicket, the left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed (17 wickets) will become the most wicket-taker as a left-arm bowler for SRH in an IPL season. Their former left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman also took 17 wickets in IPL 2016.