betvisa liveIPL 2023 [Twitter reactions]: Sunrisers Hyderabad survive Mitchell Marsh scare to beat Delhi Capitals in a thriller

In a thrilling encounter, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) emerged victorious against Delhi Capitals (DC) by 9 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

Batting first, SRH posted a massive total of 197/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Abhishek Sharma was the standout performer with the bat for the 2016 champions, scoring 67 runs off 36 deliveries, including 12 fours and 1 six.

Apart from Abhishek, Heinrich Klaasen also played a crucial knock, scoring 53 runs off just 27 deliveries, which featured 2 fours and 4 sixes. For the Capitals, Mitchell Marsh was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4 wickets for 27 runs in his 4 overs.

Chasing a daunting target of 198 runs, DC got off to a disastrous start, losing skipper David Warner for a duck in the very first over. However, Philip Salt and Marsh steadied the ship with some good batting performances.

Salt scored 59 runs off 35 deliveries, while Marsh played a brilliant innings of 63 runs off 39 deliveries, including 1 four and 6 sixes. However, despite their efforts, the Capitals fell short of the target, managing to score 188/6 in their 20 overs and losing the contest by 9 runs. For SRH, Mayank Markande and Abhishek took 2 wickets each.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

The Delhi Capitals came close to the target but it's who emerge victorious in Delhi 👏🏻👏🏻 register a 9-run victory over 👌🏻👌🏻
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)

Great to see back in form with this win!🙌🏼 Classy knocks from & Heinrich Klaasen . Superb bowling from . What an all-round show it was from Mitchell Marsh. played well but hard luck today.
— Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)

We win.
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)

Playing Thakur and Weise as pure batters…Axar batting at 7. Very interesting day at the
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)

24 Apr – DC beat SRH by 7 runs
29 Apr – SRH beat DC by 9 runs
Both SRH and DC haven't played any match in between.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)

Hard to understand why Axar Patel finds himself so far down the order, one inform batter in XI??
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)

SRH vs DC in the last 5 matches in IPL:
DC won
DC won
DC won
DC won
SRH won
The Streak has been broken & SRH back on track.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)

Sunrisers Hyderabad have defeated Delhi Capitals in Delhi.
The streak of 5 consecutive wins by DC over SRH ends!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)

We fought hard, but it ends in defeat at 💔
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)

The boundaries hit after 40 matches…
in – 1117 fours, 587 sixes
in – 1172 fours, 622 sixes
That's 55 fours, and 35 sixes more!
The record boundaries hit last season in 74 games was 2017 fours, 1062 sixes!
How many boundaries will be hit this season?
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)

Delhi Capitals lost and Mumbai Indians came down two spot to number 9. DC misusing their power of being at bottom. 😭
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)

Yuvraj Singh finally have company.
50+ runs & 4+ wkts in a defeat (IPL)
Yuvraj 66 & 4/29 PWI v DC 2011
Yuvraj 83 & 4/35 RCB v RR 2014
Mitchell Marsh 63 & 4/27 today
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)