DC vs SRH Match Result 2023: Delhi Capitals Beat Sunrisers Hyderabad at Home – In the Indian Premier League (IPL) match played on 24th April 2023 at Hyderabad, the Delhi Capitals (DC) won the toss and decided to bat first. The DC team played brilliantly, and despite the challenge posed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), they defended their score of 144/9, winning the match by seven runs.
Throughout the match, the Sunrisers Hyderabad team seemed to be in control. Washington Sundar picked up three wickets in one over, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar also had a good spell, giving away just eleven runs in four overs. Mayank Agarwal played a steady knock for the Sunrisers and provided a strong foundation for their chase.
However, the match came down to the last over, with Sunrisers needing thirteen runs to win. Washington and Marco Jansen were at the crease, but Mukesh Kumar held his nerve, bowling with precision, and giving away just five runs in the over. This sealed the match for the Delhi Capitals, with the team successfully defending their total of 144/9.
This was the lowest total the Delhi franchise had ever defended in the IPL, making the victory all the more impressive. The Capitals’ spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, also played a crucial role, combining for figures of 8-0-43-3 and stifling the Sunrisers’ chase.
Heinrich Klaasen, the South African batsman, showcased his power-hitting skills, taking on fellow countryman Anrich Nortje. Klaasen went from 9 runs off 8 balls to 31 off 18, smashing a six over deep midwicket and hitting two fours off Mukesh in the 18th over.
Washington also played well and tried to take his team over the finish line. He ramped Nortje through deep third and played a tumbling scoop off Mukesh, before heaving Nortje through deep midwicket. However, the Sunrisers could not keep up the momentum, and Washington was unable to get the big hits required in the final over.
The Sunrisers got off to a slow start after changing their opening combination once again. Harry Brook fell for seven off 14 balls, while Agarwal made a relatively slow start. The team only managed to score 36 runs in the powerplay.
Rahul Tripathi was brought in as the Impact Player for T Natarajan and tried everything he could, but couldn’t put the ball away. The runs came at a premium, and their 38-run partnership for the second wicket ended when Agarwal fell for 49 off 39 balls.
Agarwal has had a difficult time facing Axar in the IPL, managing to score only 43 runs off 54 balls. Tripathi was caught behind off Ishant Sharma, and Abhishek Sharma was deceived by Kuldeep in the following over.
Axar had Aiden Markram chopping on in the 15th over, and in the middle overs (7-16), the Sunrisers could only muster 58 runs and lost four wickets. In the corresponding phase, the Capitals had managed 64 for 3.
Washington Sundar, the Indian cricketer, played a crucial role for the Capitals, taking three wickets in one over. Prior to the match, he had gone wicketless in 13.4 overs in the IPL. However, his first over against the Sunrisers went for 13 runs, with David Warner hitting a four and a six.
Washington stepped up in his next over, the eighth of the innings, putting the brakes on the Sunrisers. Warner went for a slog-sweep and was caught. He picked up two more wickets in the same over to derail the DC innings. Afterwards DC couldn’t recover and finished at 144/9.
In conclusion, the Delhi Capitals managed to defend their total of 144 runs against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League. Despite a strong start from Sunrisers’ Mayank Agarwal, Capitals’ spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel stifled the opposition, leaving them needing 51 runs off the last four overs.
Heinrich Klaasen and Washington Sundar brought Sunrisers close, but ultimately Capitals’ Mukesh Kumar’s calmness under pressure sealed the victory. Capitals’ captain David Warner was fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the match. This was Capitals’ second successive win, but they remain at the bottom of the standings due to their net run rate.
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