Our first venue in the double header on Sunday is from Visakapatnam, a venue that gives an equal opportunity to both batters and bowlers if they stay deciplined.
Sadly, Sunrisers Hyderabad lacked discipline in their batting , the only player turning up Aniket Varma, who made 74 , whilst the rest of the batters struggled to come to terms with state of the art seam bowling by Mitchell Starc who took his best IPL figures of 5 for 32 , whilst support came in the spin department from ever reliable Kuldeep Yadav who scalped 3 for 22 , with the pair bowling out Sunrisers Hyderabad in 18.4 overs for a below par score of 163.
Travis Head could have converted his 22 to a bigger score. Henrich Klassan looked in fine touch, but an out of the box catch by Vipraj Nigam at extra cover restricted the South African to 32 , dismissed whilst on a recovery period in which he stiched a vital partnership of 74 runs with Aniket Varma, hence his departure was the turning point.
The ground fielding and catching by Delhi Capitals was exceptional with Frazer Mcgurk , Axer Patel, and Fa du Duplessis taking spectacular catches.
Sad Sunrisers Hyderabad did not rise to the occasion but was bowled out in 18.4 overs a below par score of 163.
Delhi Capitals came to bat with a positive attitude, knowing that their bowlers had executed a sterling job.
Fa Du Plessis and Frazer Mcgurk were conscious of the power play overs by not losing a wicket but stitched an opening partnership of 81 runs , giving indications of an inevitable Delhi Capitals win very early in the game.
Axer Patel led Delhi Capitals reached the target with ease in the 16th over , Faf Duplessis 50 , Mcgurk 38 , Stubbs unbeaten on 34 along with Porrel on 21.
Debutant for SRH off spinner Zeeshan Ansari took 3 for 42
Mitchell Starc adjudicated as man of the match for his 5 for 32.