Rishabh Pant’s thrilling return did not turn out to be a dream script as Sunrisers Hyderabad followed the pattern of the season and ended the season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium ) defeated Delhi Capitals by 67 runs in the IPL 2024 held on Saturday to consolidate their position at the top of the league table. 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 Powerplay score of 125/0 set the stage for SRH, who at one point looked likely to score over 300 for the first time in the IPL.

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. Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings slipped to third and fourth spots respectively. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals remain firmly on top of the table.

DC’s heavy defeat saw them lose a spot, dropping them to seventh place. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have also benefited from this and moved up to sixth place.

Here is the updated points table for IPL 2024:

Virat Kohli continues to retain the Orange Cap status with 361 runs in 7 games. Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah also retained the purple cap with 13 wickets in 7 games.

(with PTI input)