Rashid Khan’s outstanding performance gives Sunrisers Hyderabad the first win of the tournament. In the third match of their campaign SRH beat Delhi Capitals by 15 runs and bag 2 vital points.
In a slow turning pitch, SRH scored 162/4 after batted first. David Warner and Jhonny Bairstow give good start to SRH. Skipper Warner scored 45 while Bairstow hit his second half century of the tournament in a crucial match. There was few changes in SRH squad. Kane Williamson played his first match of IPL 2020 and proved again why he is an integral part of this team. He scored 41 of 26 deliveries with the help of 5 fours. It was also the debut match of Abdul Samad who comes from Jammu and Kashmir. He became third cricketer to play IPL from J&K.
In the response Delhi lost inform batsman Prithvi Shaw in the beginning of innings. Shikhar Dhawan (34) scored the highest run today by any DC batsmen. Skipper Shreyas Iyer scored 17. Rishabh Pant (28) was the last life line of the match for Delhi but he also failed in slow wicket. Shimron Hetmyer and Marcus Stoinis scored 21 and 11 respectively.
Player of the match Rashid Khan played vital role by taking 3 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar opens up his wicket tally of IPL 2020 by taking 2 wickets. Khaleel Ahmed and T Natrajan took one wicket each.
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May 06, 2021 22:47 [IST]