In the 42nd game of IPL 2018, the hosts Delhi Daredevils (DD) will take on in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi) on Thursday night. In the latest points table (updated till May 9), SRH is on top with 16 points while DD is at the bottom (eighth-placed) with just 6 points.
Both teams have played 10 games in this season where SRH has won 8 matches and DD has won only 3 games. The Thursday game will be the fourth home game for DD and fifth away game for SRH in this season.
Earlier in this season, they met once at Hyderabad (Deccan) on May 5 where SRH won by 7 wickets (with one ball to spare).
DD is struggling since the beginning of this tournament while in-form SRH has won their all last five matches.
Before the beginning of the game, we are looking at some important stats of DD and SRH, which are related to the upcoming match.
Also read: Match 42 (DD vs SRH) – X-Factors of the Game!
Form in the IPL 2018
DD (in last five matches) – Lost, Won, Lost, Won and Lost
SRH (in last five matches) – Won, Won, Won, Won and Won
Early meeting in this season: SRH won by 7 wickets (with 1 ball to spare) at Hyderabad (Deccan) on May 5.
(Teams’ run-rate in the different phases)
(Notes: *excluded the over-reduction innings. For DD: excluded their away and the home game against Rajasthan Royals.)
(Total wickets taken with different bowling styles) 
(Men in-form)
Head-to-head IPL records between DD and SRH
Important IPL stats at Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi)
Also read: Match 42 (DD vs SRH) – 5 Players to look out for
Important IPL stats between DD and SRH
(Team Stats)
(Individual stats)
Other important stats
- DD leg-spinner Amit Mishra (992 dot balls) needs to bowl 8 more dot balls to complete 1,000 dot balls in his IPL career. Mishra will become the fifth player in IPL history to bowl 1,000 dot balls.
- DD cricketer Rishabh Pant (957 runs) needs to score 43 more runs to complete 1,000 IPL runs for DD. He will be seventh DD batsman to achieve this feat.
- SRH cricketer Shakib Al Hasan (15,978 runs) needs to score 22 more runs to complete 16,000 runs in his professional career.
