Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) has continued their winning form on Thursday (4th April) night as they beat the host side Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets (with nine balls remaining) at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi). After suffering a defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their season opener, the Hyderabad franchise has won three successive matches, including this match.
The Orange Army captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar decided to field first after winning the toss. The home side only managed to score 129/8 (20 overs) in the first innings. In reply, the visiting side chased down that target successfully 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) DC scored 129/8 in 20 overs.
- It was the second lowest completed T20 total for the Delhi franchise against SRH at Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi). Their lowest record is 114/8 (20 overs) on 12th April 2013.
- It was the third lowest completed T20 total for the Delhi franchise against SRH. Their lowest record is 80 (19.1 overs) at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 4th May 2013. Meanwhile, their second lowest completed T20 total was 114/8 (20 overs).
SRH
i) SRH won the match by five wickets with nine balls remaining.
- It was the second largest victory (by balls remaining in the second innings) for SRH against the Delhi franchise. Their record is winning by six wickets with 37 balls remaining at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 4th May 2013.
(Players’ stats)
Mohammad Nabi
i) SRH off-spinner Mohammad Nabi had the bowling figures of 4-0-21-2.
- It was the second best bowling figures by an SRH spinner against the Delhi franchise. The record is 3-0-12-2 by Karn Sharma at Raipur on 9th May 2015.
Jonny Bairstow
i) SRH wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow scored 48 runs.
- It is the highest individual score by an SRH wicketkeeper-batsman against the Delhi franchise. The previous record was 28 runs by Kumar Sangakkara at Delhi on 12th April 2013.