Hyderabad beat Delhi by 88 runs, amazing Warner, Saha and Rashid

In the 47th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Capitals, who were among the toppers of the points table, by a big margin of 88 runs. Hyderabad scored 219 for 2 wickets thanks to the stormy batting of David Warner (66) and Saha (87). In response, Delhi batsmen looked helpless in front of Hyderabad’s bowling and could reach 131 runs on all wickets. For him, Rishabh Pant scored 36 runs in 35 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six, while Ajinkya Rahane scored 26 runs. For Hyderabad, Rashid took 3 wickets for just 7 runs.

With this victory, the Hyderabad team’s playoff hopes have come alive. With 12 wins in her 12 matches, she has reached 10 points and has reached number six in the table. On the other hand, Delhi has not made any difference despite the defeat and it remains at number two.

In response, Delhi Capitals got off to a bad start. On the third ball of the first over, Sandeep Sharma dismissed opener Shikhar Dhawan (0). While on the last ball of the second over, Nadeem dismissed Marcus Stoinis (5). Both these catches were caught by captain and birthday boy David Warner. Delhi got 14 runs for two wickets.

Opener Ajinkya Rahane and Shimron Hetmyer were trying to handle the innings that the charismatic spinner Rashid Khan, who came for the 7th over, dismissed both. Shimron Hetmyer (16) was bowled first, while Ajinkya Rahane (26) was dismissed LBW off the 5th ball of the over. The third wicket was 54, while the second wicket fell at 55 and the score was 55 for 4 wickets.

Captain Shreyas Iyer was dismissed as the 5th wicket. He was caught by Vijay Shankar at the hands of Kane Williamson on a personal score of 7 runs. After this, Rashid Khan came to his last over and, giving Akshar Patel a hand in the hands of Priyam Garg, gave Delhi the sixth blow. Characters could score a run. Rashid finished his quota with 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs. Vijay Shankar to Shreyas Iyer (7) and Sandeep Sharma to dismiss Rishabh Pant (36) also broke the expectations of Delhi. In the last, Tushar Deshpande (20 runs off 9 balls) made some good shots, but it was not enough to give the team victory.