After a five-day layoff, Sunrisers Hyderabad played a game against Delhi Capitals in their own den. Kane Williamson came back to lead the side and immediately the coin fell in his favour. Delhi came to bat and Prithvi Shaw took no time in going back to the pavilion. Shikhar Dhawan soon followed him after scoring just seven runs. Khaleed Ahmed was the man with both wickets in his comeback game. Playing his first game of IPL 2019, Colin Munro played a good hand before getting out for 40 runs off just 24 balls, where he hit four fours and three sixes. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant steadied Delhi’s ship but once they got out, DC found it hard to score big runs in final overs. They eventually ended at 155/7 in 20 overs.
SRH came with all guns blazing in their quest to chase down the target of 156 runs. Jonny Bairstow was hitting the bowlers for cleaners while David Warner played the role second fiddle. Bairstow fell to Keemo Paul after scoring 41 runs off 31 balls, where he hit five fours and one six. Kane Williamson’s stay at the crease cut short by Paul in just eight balls. Warner was kept the one end tight to score another fifty in IPL 2019. But once he got out it opened the floodgates for Delhi bowlers. Kagiso Rabada registered a four-fer as Hyderabad lost their last seven wickets for just 15 runs as Delhi came victorious by 39 runs.
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Colin Munro (DC)
Kiwi batsman came in place of Colin Ingram and showed his skills immediately. Colin Munro was hitting the ball hard from the very beginning. He played his signature flick shot to hit the first six of the innings. Abhishek Sharma removed him but till then he smashed 40 runs off 24 balls, which includes four fours and three sixes.
Khaleel Ahmed (SRH)
Left-arm pacer was playing his first game of IPL 2019 but didn’t look rusted by any manner. Khaleel Ahmed jolted Delhi Capitals’ innings in his first two overs as he dismissed Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan inside the powerplay. He came back to bowl the 17th over and managed to pull off Rishabh Pant’s wicket as well. Khaleel finished the match with figures of 3/30 in his four overs.
David Warner (SRH)
Hyderabad batsman David Warner has been in sensational form in the Indian Premier League 2019. He notched up yet another fifty in IPL 2019 against Delhi Capitals. He got out after scoring a slow-paced 51 runs in 47 balls, where he managed to hit three boundaries and one six.
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Keemo Paul (DC)
Young West Indian pacer bowled really well against a star-studded Hyderabad bowling lineup. He was the man who gave Delhi their first three breakthroughs. First, he broke the stubborn Bairstow-Warner partnership and quickly removed Kane Williamson as well. Ricky Bhui was his third victim, which opened the floodgates for Delhi. He finished the match with figures of 3/17 in four overs.
