Hyderabad won after 5 consecutive defeats from Delhi – third win of the season

DC vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi by 9 runs in the 40th match of Indian Premier League-16. This is Hyderabad's first win after 5 consecutive defeats on Delhi. The team defeated Delhi in its own home ground. This is Hyderabad's third win this season, while Delhi's sixth defeat. Batting first after winning the toss at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Hyderabad scored 197 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 198 runs, the Delhi batsmen could manage only 188 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.

First of all 3 turning points of the match...

Abhishek Sharma's innings went to bat first after winning the toss and Hyderabad had lost 2 wickets in the beginning. From here, Abhishek Sharma kept one end and took the team's score to 100 in 10 overs. He scored 67 runs in 36 balls with the help of 12 fours and a six.

Klaasen-Samad's partnership After the wicket of Abhishek in the 12th over, Heinrich Klaasen partnered with Abdul Samad. Both added 53 runs and took the team's score beyond 160. Klaasen stayed till the end, remaining not out on 53 and taking the team's score to 197.

Chasing the target of 198 runs on the wicket of Salt-Marsh, Delhi lost the wicket of David Warner in the very first over. From here, Mitchell Marsh and Phil Salt shared a 112-run partnership and scored runs at a rate of over 10. But in the 12th over, Mayank Markande took a brilliant catch on his own bowling and sent Salt to the pavilion. After Salt, Delhi kept losing wickets, Marsh was also dismissed in the 14th over and the team remained 9 runs away from the target.

This is how Delhi's wickets fell

First: Captain David Warner was bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the second ball of the first over.

Second: Mayank Markande caught and bowled Phil Salt on the second ball of the 12th over.

Third: Heinrich Klaasen stumped Manish Pandey on the ball of Abhishek Sharma.

Fourth: Akil Hussain got Marsh caught by Markram on the second ball of the 14th over.

Fifth: Mayank Markande bowled Priyam Garg on the fourth ball of the 16th over.

Sixth: Natarajan bowled Sarfaraz Khan on the 5th ball of the 17th over.

Strong Marsh-Salt partnership

After losing the wicket of David Warner in the very first over, Mitchell Marsh and Philip Salt took over Delhi's innings. Both made a partnership of 112 runs in 66 balls. Salt was dismissed after scoring 59 runs in 35 balls and this partnership was broken. Marsh was also dismissed after scoring 65 runs in 39 balls.

Salt scored Fifty on 29 balls

Phil Salt scored a half-century off 29 balls. This is Salt's first half-century in this league. He got out after scoring 59 runs in 35 balls.

Delhi lost Warner's wicket for zero, Marsh-Salt handled

Chasing a target of 198 runs, Delhi lost the wicket of captain David Warner at zero. From here, Mitchell Marsh and Phil Salt took over the team with a half-century partnership. Both scored 57 runs in 6 overs.

Abhishek and Klaasen's half-centuries, Hyderabad scored 197 runs

Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium and scored 197 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Abhishek Sharma scored 67 and Heinrich Klaasen scored 53 runs from his side. Ablul Samad contributed 28 runs. Mitchell Marsh took four wickets for Delhi.

Lost 2 wickets in powerplay

Electing to bat after winning the toss at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Hyderabad got the first blow in the third over itself. Mayank Agarwal became the victim of Ishant Sharma after scoring 5 runs. After him, Rahul Tripathi was also caught out by Mitchell Marsh in the 5th over itself. Opener Abhishek Sharma and captain Aiden Markram again did not let any other wicket go and took the team's score to 62 runs in 6 overs.

Fifty Partnership in Samad-Klassen

After getting a strong start from Abhishek Sharma (67 runs), Heinrich Klaasen and Abdul Samad took over for Hyderabad. Both added 53 runs off 33 balls. Klaasen remained not out after scoring 53 runs in 27 balls, while Samad scored 28 runs in 21 balls.

Marsh took 4 wickets

Mitchell Marsh got the maximum 4 wickets from Delhi. Apart from them, Ishant Sharma and Akshar Patel got 1-1 success. Mayank Agarwal 5, Rahul Tripathi 10, Aiden Markram 8, Harry Brook 0, Akil Hussain 28 and Akil Hussain scored 16 runs in the rest of the Hyderabad batsmen.

This is how the wickets of Hyderabad fell.

First: The third ball of the third over was bowled by Ishant Sharma. Mayank Agarwal was caught by the wicketkeeper. He scored 5 runs.

Second: Mitchell Marsh bowled the second ball of the fifth over fuller length. Rahul Tripathi caught at covers. He scored 10 runs off 6 balls.

Third: Mitchell Marsh bowled a short pitch in the second ball of the 10th over. Aiden Markram caught at deep mid-wicket, scored 8 runs.

Fourth: Marsh bowled the fourth ball of the 10th over back of length. Harry Brook was caught at mid-wicket, he could not even open his account.

Fifth: The third ball of the 12th over, Akshar Patel bowled a fuller length on the off stump. Abhishek Sharma was caught at long on, he scored 67 off 36 balls.

Sixth: The last ball of the 17th over, Mitchell Marsh bowled a slower short ball. Abdul Samad was caught behind the wicket, he scored 28 runs off 21 balls.

2 players made their debut

Priyam Garg made his debut for Delhi and Akil Hossain for Hyderabad.

Playing XI of both the teams...

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (Captain), Phil Salt (Wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Akshar Patel, Ripple Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortya, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh Kumar.

Impact Players: Lalit Yadav, Abhishek Porel, Khaleel Ahmed, Praveen Dubey and Sarfaraz Khan.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (Captain), Heinrich Klaasen (Wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Akil Hossain, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande and Umran Malik.

Impact Players: Vivrant Sharma, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, T Natarajan.