Delhi 5th consecutive win over Hyderabad: won the match by 7 runs

Delhi 5th consecutive win over Hyderabad: won the match by 7 runs

Delhi Capitals have registered their 5th consecutive win over Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. The team defeated Sunrisers by 7 runs at their home ground in the 34th match of the season on Monday. This is the second win in the current season, before which the team had lost 5 matches in a row. With this victory, Delhi has come at number 10 in the points table.

Batting after winning the toss, Delhi scored 144 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In response, the Hyderabad batsmen could only manage 137 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Turning points

• Manish-Akshar partnershipelecting to bat first after winning the toss, lost 5 wickets in the 8th over after Washington Sundar's fatal bowling. Here Akshar Patel and Manish Pandey shared a 69-run partnership to take the team's score beyond 140.

• Wicket of Klaasen Heinrich Klaasen got out after scoring 31 runs. He was caught by Enrique Nortya at the hands of Aman Khan. Before Klaasen's dismissal, it looked like the score would be an easy chase.

• Accurate bowling by Mukesh Mukesh Kumar saved 13 runs in the last over. He bowled accurately and allowed Hyderabad Marco Jansen and Washington Sundar to score only 5 runs.

Hyderabad slow start

Also lost a wicket Chasing a target of 145 runs, Hyderabad got off to a slow start. The team also lost a wicket in scoring 36 runs in 6 overs. Harry Brook, who scored the first century of this season, was bowled by fast bowler Anrich Nortya.

Manish Pandey and Akshar Patel half-century partnership, score 144/9

Batting after winning the toss, Delhi scored 144 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

Akshar Patel and Manish Pandey played struggling innings of 34-34 runs from the team. Both added 69 runs on 59 balls. Earlier, Mitchell Marsh contributed 25 and David Warner contributed 21 runs. Washington Sundar took three and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets. T Natarajan got a wicket.