Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 17 runs

In the second qualifier of the 13th season of IPL, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 17 runs. With this, Delhi have made it to the league finals for the first time. Where he will compete with defending champion Mumbai on 10 November.

While winning the toss in the match played in Abu Dhabi, Delhi gave Hyderabad a target of 190 runs. In reply, Hyderabad could only score 172 runs in 8 overs in 20 overs. Kane Williamson marked his 15th fifty in the league. He scored 67 runs. Abdul Samad scored 33 runs. Kagiso Rabada of Delhi took 4, Marcus Stoinis 3 and Akshar Patel took one wicket.

In the knockout, Williamson was the second Fifteenth Williamson (67) to make his 15th FIFT in the IPL. Stoinis catches him out at the hands of Rabada. Williamson is the first and overall 6th batsman of this season to have 2 fifties in the knockout (play-off). This was done by Dwayne Smith in 2013, Suresh Raina in 2014, Lendl Simmons in 2015, David Warner in 2016 and Shane Watson in 2019.

Hyderabad lost 3 wickets in 5 overs, Delhi did not start well. Captain David Warner, Priyam Garg and Manish Pandey continued to walk in the first 5 overs. Warner was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada on a personal score of 2 runs. After this, Priyam Garg (17) and Manish Pandey (21) were dismissed by Marcus Stoinis in the same over.

Delhi scored 189 for 3 wickets, Delhi scored 189 for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Shikhar Dhawan marked his 41st fifty in the league. This is their first 50+ score in league play-off matches. He scored the highest 78 runs. Shimron Hetmyer remained unbeaten on 42 runs. For Hyderabad, Sandeep Sharma, Jason Holder and Rashid Khan got 1-1 wickets.

Dhawan is the highest ranked Indian batsman to have a record of 41 FIFTs in IPL. After Dhawan, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has also put 39 fifties in the league. Hyderabad captain David Warner (48) holds the record for highest FIFTY. At the same time, Dhawan has more than 600 runs in the season, including 2 centuries.

Holder drops Stoinis catch in the third over; Jason Holder drops a catch from Marcus Stoinis in the third over. Stoinis was batting for 3 at the time. He then batted openly. In the second over of the holder, Stynes ​​hit 18 runs, including 3 fours and 2 sixes. He along with Dhawan added 65 runs in the power-play.

86-run opening partnership Huistoinis and Dhawan made 86-run opening partnership for the first wicket. Stoinis was out for 38 runs. He hit 5 fours and a six during his innings. He was bowled by a brilliant ball by Rashid Khan.

Captain Iyer did not bat, Captain Shreyas Iyer could not do anything special in this match and scored just 21 runs. During this time he played 20 balls and was able to hit only one four. He was dismissed by Jason Holder. Iyer could not even open his account in Qualifier-1.

2 changes in Delhi, no change in Hyderabad

Delhi team made 2 changes. In-form Prithvi Shaw and Daniel Symes were not included in the squad. He was replaced by Praveen Dubey and Shimron Hetmyer in the playing XI. At the same time, there was no change in Hyderabad.