IPL 2019, Match 16: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Statistical Highlights

On Thursday (4th April) night, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) clinched their third successive victories in this IPL season after beating the home team Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets (with nine balls remaining) at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi).

After winning the toss, the visiting captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar sent the host side to bat first. DC struggled from the beginning of their innings and managed to score 129/8 (20 overs)

In reply, the visiting team played powerfully during the mandatory powerplay round as they managed to score 62/0 in the first six overs. Though they lost few wickets in the middle overs, the Orange Army comfortably secured their victory in 18.3 overs after losing five wickets.

Brief Scores: DC – 129/8 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 43, Axar Patel 23*; Mohammad Nabi 2/21)

SRH – 131/5 in 18.3 overs (Jonny Bairstow 48, Mohammad Nabi 17*; Ishant Sharma 1/5)

Result – SRH won by five wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

(Teams’ stats)

DC

i) The home team DC scored 129/8 (20 overs) in the first innings. Only twice the Delhi franchise scored lesser runs against SRH.

The lowest completed totals for the Delhi franchise against SRH

SRH

i) SRH won the match by five wickets with nine balls to spare. Only once they won against the Delhi franchise with the higher balls remaining in their successful chase. On 4th May 2013, SRH beat the Delhi franchise by six wickets with 37 balls to spare.

(Players’ stats)    

DC

i) Leg-spinner Rahul Tewatia had the bowling figures of 3-0-10-1 with the economy rate of 3.33. It is the best economy rate in an innings for a DC bowler against SRH when a bowler bowled minimum 12 balls in an innings. The previous record holder was the left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem with the economy rate of 3.50 (2-0-7-0) at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 4th May 2013.

SRH

i) Off-spinner Mohammad Nabi had the bowling figures 4-0-21-2. Only once an SRH spinner produced the better bowling figures against the Delhi franchise than this one. On 9th May 2015, the leg-spinner Karn Sharma had the bowling figures of 3-0-12-2 at Raipur on 9th May 2015.

ii) The wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow scored 48 runs. No other SRH wicketkeeper-batsman has scored these many runs in an innings against the Delhi franchise. The previous record holder was Kumar Sangakkara with 28 runs at Delhi on 12th April 2013.