Rishabh Pant’s thrilling return did not turn out to be a dream playbook as Sunrisers Hyderabad stuck to their season template and consolidated with a 67-run win over Delhi Capitals in Saturday’s IPL match their position in the league standings. It was Travis Head’s 32-ball 89 and his partnership with Abhishek Sharma (46 off 12 balls) that ensured SRH finished the 20th over A total of 266 for 7 again won the match. A record score of 125/0 in the Powerplay set the stage for SRH, and at one point a 300-plus score for the first time in the IPL looked likely.
In reply, Jake-Fraser McGurk was equally aggressive and engaging with his 18-ball 65, which he shared with Abhishek Porrell for the third wicket Porel (42 runs off 22 balls) scored 84 runs in just five overs, raising hopes of an unlikely victory.
After the departure of Fraser McGurk, DC came out firing and they went all out to score 199 runs in 19.1 overs.
T Natarajan’s excellent use of the slower bouncers and figures of 4 for 19 went a long way to ensuring that SRH are currently 10 points behind Rajasthan Royals (12 points) in the points table.
Pant himself was not in his position as he struggled to find the right timing as he slogged for 44 off 35 balls, which did more harm than good to DC’s cause.
As DC began their chase, Prithvi Shaw (16 off 5 balls) hit an out-of-rhythm Washington Sundar for 4 boundaries before being dismissed softly, setting the tone for McGurk’s incredible opening drive.
The Australian debutant, who came on as a late substitute, made 15-ball 50 with minimal footwork, solid fundamentals and no predetermined position when shooting, but ultimately it wasn’t enough as the home side slowly but surely Will definitely slip out of the qualifying zone.
Earlier, on the track, Pant’s decision to bowl first was likely to be controversial for a long time to come as the IPL Powerplay score record of 125 runs set the tone for the total.
Capitals faced a tornado named Head and a cyclone named Abhishek, who scored 131 runs in just over 6 overs to raise eyebrows for the first time in IPL history He was looking forward to scoring a total of 300 runs as Head, and after scoring a hundred in the last game against RCB, he scored a sparkling 89.
He had Abhishek pace him with a 46-run knock, with both openers hitting six sixes.
Left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed, whose career has been plagued by inconsistency, helped Sunrisers take the ‘lead’ with a short ball that was sent swiftly to deep mid-wicket in the first over. Scored 19 points in one round.
On a track where they needed to bowl at full length, Delhi pacers bowled short as Head and Abhishek just stood deep in their crease and were happy.
More importantly, his decision to hand off the second ball to Lalit Yadav, whose off-ball during the Delhi Cricket Tour was dubbed a “useless right arm”, was More controversial.
Both Haider and Abhishek sent all the bowlers in search of leather. The always brave Kuldeep Yadav (4/55) provided air to the ball early on, but Abhishek repeatedly pushed him into the Kotla stand, forcing him to take a flatter trajectory.
He eliminated Abhishek, Aidan Markram and Hyde in consecutive overs, while Axar Patel (1/29 in 4 overs) stood tall among the rubble with the best economy rate, which A little bit paid off.
His dismissal of Heinrich Klaasen (15) also ensured that Kotla’s 30,000-strong crowd could not witness a total of over 300 spectators.
Kuldeep has the most dots among Delhi bowlers (eight), but he has also conceded the most “maximum” wickets – 7, a rare double by a bowler in the same match.
By the second half, Shahbaz Ahmed (59 not out off 29 balls) also scored 50 runs, but his innings was compared to the heavy artillery fired by Hyder and Abhishek in front. The numbers seem pale and feeble.
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