In match 11 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020), opener Jonny Bairstow's sublime fifty was complemented by a stellar bowling effort from Rashid Khan as Sunrisers Hyderabad outplayed Delhi Capitals by 15 runs to open its account IPL 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Put in to bat, Bairstow (53 off 48) scored his second fifty of the tournament, while David Warner (45 off 33) and Kane Williamson (41 off 26) also came up with valuable contributions, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad post a competitive 162 for four.
Defending the total, leg-spinner Rashid (3/14) returned with three crucial wickets, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/25) scalped two and T Natarajan and Khaleel Ahmed (1/43) claimed too chipped in to restrict Delhi to 147 for 7 in 2 for a deserving win.
Rashid got into the act straightaway, dismissing Iyer with his second ball and then returned to remove Dhawan with a wrong'un in the 12th over as DC slipped to 63 for three.
Rishabh Pant then smashed two sixes on both sides of the wicket in the 13th over to ease the pressure. Shimron Hetmyer (21) also joined the party, launching Khaleel Ahmed for successive sixes in the 15th over.
DC vs SRH playing 11: Sunrisers Hyderabad made two changes, with Kane Williamson, who had missed the first two matches due to an injury, replacing Mohammed Nabi while all-rounder Abdul Samad was named in place of Wriddhiman Saha for his IPL debut. While Ishant Sharma finds a place in DC playing 11.
Who hold orange and purple cap this season? Check Here Playing 11 of both the teams: DC playing 11: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Anrich Nortje
SRH playing 11: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan.
Check 2020 IPL latest news and live score updates from 7:30 pm onwards here IPL 2020: DC vs SRH scorecard Percentage of runs in boundaries scored by all 8 teams in IPL 2020 so far: . | . | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Total runs | |
CSK | Runs | 166 | 200 | 131 | 497 | 56.34 |
Boundaries | 94 | 132 | 54 | 280 |
MI | Runs | 162 | 195 | 201 | 558 | 56.27 |
Boundaries | 84 | 106 | 124 | 314 |
DC | Runs | 157 | 175 | 147 | 479 | 51.36 |
Boundaries | 88 | 88 | 70 | 246 |
KXIP | Runs | 157 | 206 | 223 | 586 | 60.75 |
Boundaries | 84 | 126 | 146 | 356 |
RCB | Runs | 163 | 109 | 201 | 473 | 55.39 |
Boundaries | 76 | 58 | 128 | 262 |
SRH | Runs | 153 | 142 | 162 | 457 | 43.33 |
Boundaries | 74 | 56 | 68 | 198 |
KKR | Runs | 146 | 145 | TBP | 291 | 59.79 |
Boundaries | 94 | 80 | TBP | 174 |
RR | Runs | 216 | 226 | TBP | 442 | 68.33 |
Boundaries | 138 | 164 | TBP | 302 |