Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) tasted their first victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 after defeating the table-toppers Delhi Capitals (DC) by 15 runs, on Tuesday (September 29).
DC skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and invited the op👍ponents to bat first at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The opening pair of Jonny Bairstow and David Warner provided a cracking start to the Sunrisers. They gracefully endured the rusty phaꦺse, predominantly relied on singles and doubles, and opened their arms occasionally to keep the run-rate ticking.
Warner scored 45 off 33 before getting dismissed in the tenth over off Amit Mishra.
Bairstow looked far from ominous as he struggled to accelerate the innings at a pace he is usually known for. He made 48-ball 53 before Kagiso Rabada got the better out of him.
Kane Williamson, playing his first match of the season, put on a stellar performance that must have reminded SRH of wh♊at they missed in their first two games.
Williamson made a quickfire 41 to propel his team to a challengi🥂ng t𝓰otal of 162/4 in twenty overs.
Chasing the target, DC didn’t have the best of the starts as they lost Prithvi Shaw in the very first over.
Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer struggled to get going on a slow and spin-friendly pitch where Rashid Khan wreaked havoc with the ball. Both Iyer and Dhawan fell prey to the Afghan’s maestro.
Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer tried their best to bring DC back in the game. The pair combined for 62 runs before the latter handed an easy catch to Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
For SRH, Rashid was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up three crucial wickets an♔d conceded just 14 runs from his quota of four overs.
In the end, DC could only make as many as 147/7 in twenty overs, falling 15 🔥short of clinching their third consecutive victory.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Terrific performance tonight by …especially the bowling effort 👏🏻👏🏻
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar)
Delighted for Natarajan. Excellent execution of yorkers at the end. Rashid was sensational as well. Great now that all the teams are off the mark.
The fun continues. Om Tewatia Namah— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Rashid Khan registered his best bowling figures in IPL and with that H🌠yderabad off the 💫mark in this IPL. Great for the tournament!
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
Woooooohhhhhoooooooooo a victory for us 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 a very good display of our strength i.e BOWLING… brought his best today such lovely death over bowling by and overall a great team effort 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Sai Dharam Tej (@IamSaiDharamTej)
Well played my favourite .. bowled superb 👌👌
— Aamir Ali (@ali_aamir)
The most impressive thing about SRH bowling today was use of Yorkers in death overs. They are alway bowling heavy side and today Bhuvi and proved why reputation 𝓡matters.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
This is what you want from your꧅ international star. Brilliant from . Everytime he came on, he created an opportunity for his team
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
That’s how you bowl at 🌸the back end of an innings ! Outstanding Natarajan
— @BrettLee_58 (@BrettLee_58)
First time we have seen the get back to their DNA…. bowlers plus the opening batsmen getting the job done …
Can't see them being able to do this consistently but its damn good to see if you're a fan— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
Good game. SPICE too HOT for the Capital
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc)
get their first win of the tournament.
Just the 11th game of the tournament and eཧach team has won at least🐟 one match. at bottom of the points table.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
The Man of the Match for tonight's magical 🎩 spell is 🧡
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
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Kaviya Maran 😍
— Kumar Sourav (@AdamDhoni1)