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It was an absolute thriller from Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday as they once again posted a mammoth total before defending it with ease to record their fifth win of IPL 2024. After posting 266/7, SRH bowled out DC for 199 to record an impressive 67-run win.
Put in to bat first, SRH, for the third time this season, posted in excess of 250 runs. Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma provided a blistering start as the two stitched a partnership of 131 in mere 6.2 overs.
Both Head and Abhishek put up a show for the spectators with their clean striking all around the park as they hit as many as 11 sixes and 13 fours in the powerplay itself.
The very first over of the innings, bowled by Khaleel Ahmed went for 19 which set the tone. The second and third overs were duly smashed for 21 and 22 respectively while the fourth for 21 making it an aggregate of 83 in the first four overs.
The two continued with their ruthless approach and added 42 more in the final two overs of the Powerplay for a record total of 125/0 – the highest in the phase in all of Men’s T20 cricket.
nailbiting match
SRH got to the 100-run mark in just five overs which is fastest by a team in T20s
Moreover, Head’s score of 84 in the powerplay is now the second-highest for anyone in this phase of a men’s T20 innings while he notched up a fifty in just 16 balls which is the joint-fastest for the Sunrisers in IPL. He equalled the record set by Abhishek against MI earlier in the season.
DC finally managed to get the breakthrough in the 7th over after Kuldeep Yadav got two in the same over. He first sent back Abhishek (46 off 12) who was caught at extra cover with Aiden Markram (1 off 3) following soon.
Kuldeep continued with his wicket-taking act and removed Head on the final delivery of the 9th over. Head blasted 89 off 32, an innings decorated with 11 fours and six sixes. The left-handed batter was caught by Tristan Stubbs who took a stunner running in from long-on.
A ball later, Axar Patel cleaned up Heinrich Klaasen for 15 off 8. Klaasen’s departure brought some hope of normalcy in DC dug-out despite the team score being 154/4 in 9.1 overs. But Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed had some other plans and capitalised on the foundation laid by the openers, stitching a stand of 67 for the fifth wicket.
Capitals lose the plot sadly
While Fraser-McGurk and Porel were out there in the middle, DC looked in control of the chase but once the duo exited, the boundaries dried up and it eventually put pressure on the upcoming batters.
DC captain Rishabh Pant, who had come out to bat at number 6, looked at sea and struggled to score runs quickly even as the asking rate kept rising. The left-handed batter tried to play some innovative strokes but failed to execute them.
T Natarajan provided the finishing touches and scalped three wickets in the penultimate over to finish with a four-fer as DC were bowled out for 199 in 19.1 over.
IPL 2024 : interestingly
DC’s return to their home arena, Arun Jaitley Stadium, was not at all sweet and was memorable for all the wrong reasons. Right from ball one, opener Head-Abhishek smashed fours and sixes left and right, irrespective of the bowler. After demolishing Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) with 250-plus totals of 277 and 287 runs respectively, which went on to become the highest score in IPL history, the Aussie-Indian pair laid down foundation for yet another big score. SRH ended with 266/7 in their 20 overs.
Head and Abhishek amassed 125 runs in just six overs of their powerplay, the highest-ever powerplay total in IPL history. They broke the record of 105/0 put up by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) against RCB in the IPL 2017. This is also the highest powerplay score in the history of T20 cricket.
Travis ended the powerplay at 84 in just 26 balls, making it the highest powerplay score for SRH in the IPL by a single player, outdoing David Warner’s 62 in 23 balls against KKR in Hyderabad back in 2019.
DC vs SRH: Dismal show from Rishabh Pant
It seems like Rishabh Pant never even walked on to the crease. The batter who is popularly known for his explosiveness has been an absolute no-show since he stepped on to the crease, which further highlights the miserable situation of DC in this match in ipl2024 .
An overall dull fare comes to an end with SRH thrashing DC by 67 runs in New Delhi. Apart from Jake Fraser McGurk’s brilliant 65(18) and Abishek Porel’s 42(22) knock, none of the DC batters could even make a stand for their side in the runchase of the mammoth total set by SRH. T Natarajan was simply phenomenal in this match, grabbing his best IPL and T20 figures in his 4/19 spell . Travis Head’s spectacular 89 propels Sunrisers Hyderabad to ..
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