On Saturday night, the hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) snatched a 7-wicket thrilling victory (with the only ball to remaining) against Delhi Daredevils at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad).

Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bat first after winning the toss. Despite the good start, DD managed to put 163/5 on the board at the end of 20 overs. In reply, the hosts SRH chased down the target in 19.5 overs after losing only 3 wickets.

Now, we will briefly talk about some important reasons for DD’s defeat in this game.

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Brief Scores: DD – 163/5 in 20 overs (Prithvi Shaw 65, Shreyas Iyer 44, Rashid Khan 2/23)

SRH – 164/3 in 19.5 overs (Alex Hales 45, Shikhar Dhawan 33, Amit Mishra 2/19)

Result – SRH won by 7 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) SRH leg-spinner Rashid Khan played his 100^th T20 game.

ii) DD opener Prithvi Shaw completed his half-century in just 25 balls.

• The second fastest IPL half-century by a DD batsman against SRH. The record holder is Kedar Jadhav who had completed his half-century against SRH in just 24 balls at Raipur on May 9, 2015.

iii) DD opener Prithvi Shaw scored 65 runs.

• The second highest IPL knock by a DD batsman against SRH. The record is 83* by Kedar Jadhav at Raipur on May 20, 2016.  

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iv) DD batsmen Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer put 86-run partnership for the second wicket.

• Third highest IPL partnership for DD against KXIP for any wicket.

Top IPL partnerships for DD against KXIP

v) DD skipper Shreyas Iyer scored 44 runs.

• The second highest IPL knock by the DD skipper against SRH. The record holder is former DD skipper JP Duminy with 54 runs knock at Visakhapatnam on April 18, 2015.

vi) DD managed to score 163/5 in 20 overs.

• The second highest IPL total for DD against SRH at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad). The record is 176/5 in 20 overs on April 19, 2017.

vii) SRH successfully chased down the 164 runs target (164/3) in 19.5 overs.

• Highest successful IPL chase for SRH at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad). Their previous record was successfully chasing 161 runs (161/3 in 19.4 overs) against RCB on May 20, 2014.