Sunrisers Hyderabad made light work of Delhi Capitals, beating them by 5 wickets to register their third win of the season in four games.
Fresh off scoring 231 in their previous game, Sunrisers Hyderabad came out all guns blazing in pursuit of a modest 130. Their openers Jonny Bairstow and David Warner shared a fifty-plus stand for the fourth game in a row this season. Bairstow, who had scored 114 in the previous game, took the attack to Delhi while Warner, who too had scored a ton in the last game, played the second fiddle.
Fourth consecutive 50-run partnership between @jbairstow21 & @davidwarner31 ?? pic.twitter.com/elzLAbHrht
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 4, 2019
Any chances of Delhi’s comeback was very much over by the time the powerplay ended. At the end of the 6th over, Sunrisers Hyderabad had raced away to 62 for no loss with Bairstow scoring 47 of those runs.
Delhi Capitals then removed both the openers in quick succession to reduce the visitors to 68 for 2 from 64 for no loss. However, with not much on the scoreboard, Sunrisers eventually chased down the total inside 19 overs.
Earlier in the game, Delhi Capitals’ exciting batting lineup came a cropper against the formidable attack of Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Shreyas Iyer-led side could manage to score just 129 for 8 in the allotted 20 overs. Asked to bat first, Delhi never looked like putting up a good total. They lost wickets at regular intervals and were eventually restricted to a paltry total. Prithvi Shaw started off well by hitting two boundaries before Bhuvneshwar Kumar sent him back.
Innings Break!
Clinical bowling from @SunRisers as they restrict the Delhi Capitals to a total of 129/8 in 20 overs.
Scorecard – https://t.co/eCgmofbt5n #DCvSRH pic.twitter.com/lWNnGRYBEJ
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 4, 2019
Shikhar Dhawan’s lean patch continued as he too departed cheaply, leaving Delhi Capitals reeling at 36 for 2. Captain Shreyas Iyer held firm from one end, scoring 43 but found little support from the other end. Rishabh Pant, Rahul Tewatia and Colin Ingram all departed after scoring 5 each as Delhi found themselves reeling at 75 for 5 in the fourteenth over. Chris Morris (17) and Axar Patel (23*) then came up with handy cameos to guide Delhi to a respectable total.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:
75/5. Why is DC behaving like RCB ? #DCvSRH
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 4, 2019
Delhi Capitals scored 129 to stop Jonny Bairstow from scoring century. Now that he was on 48, they stopped him for half-century as well. So unfair ?? #DCvSRH #SRHvDC
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 4, 2019
150 will be a really good score here but #DelhiCapitals have to give themselves the opportunity to get there
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 4, 2019
Yesterday Mumbai Indians came back to play their cricket.
Today Delhi Capitals is playing their cricket.
They take so much time. Only RCB is playing their cricket from starting. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 4, 2019
Bairstow Express @ full throttle! Looks like this match will make up for several late finishes seen most nights this IPL
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 4, 2019
Delhi capitals supporters everytime pic.twitter.com/ta2cFjFY36
— diwakar (@DiwakarKothari_) April 4, 2019
" Jonny Jonny "
" Yes papa "" Scoring runs "?
" Yes papa "" Doing good wicket keeping"?
" Yes Papa "" Playing full IPL "?
" HAHAHAHAHA "#ipl2019— Sunil The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 4, 2019
Bairstow's red ball game has regressed a bit. However, his limited overs game has improved by leaps and bounds. SRH has the best opening pair in this IPL #DCvSRH
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) April 4, 2019
No matter how bad a pitch is, these players always generate quick runs :
1. David Warner
2. Andre Russell
3. Jaydev Unadkat
4. Jonny Bairstow— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 4, 2019
Kotla needs a revamp more badly than RCB's squad. Enough said. #IPL2019
— Manya (@CSKian716) April 4, 2019
With Warner-Bairstow in the opposition, Delhi need 180-something to be confident of defence. That will take some extraordinary batting from here. They have scintillating strokeplayers in Iyer, Pant and Ingram, but cameos won't be enough…
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 4, 2019
Hope Delhi Capitals have removed that banana skin that they keep slipping on.#DCvsSRH#StarSports
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) April 4, 2019