DC beat SRH by 7 runs in IPL 2023.© BCCI/IPL
david warnerDelhi Capitals on Monday won an IPL 2023 game against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring thriller at their home ground. off-spin all-rounder Sundar (4-0-28-3) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4-0-11-2) exposed Delhi Capitals’ batting weaknesses in the first half of the game and restricted them to 144/9 after David Warner opted to bat. But an inexplicable batting approach that SRH never looked to dominate led to their downfall as they were restricted to 137/6. Despite this win, DC are still at the bottom of the 10-team league with four points (NRR -0.961) from seven matches. SRH are above them with four points (NRR -0.725) from seven matches. Chennai Super Kings are on top of the points table with 10 points (NRR +0.662) from seven matches.
Orange Cap, Purple Cap
Royal Challengers Bangalore Faf Du Plessis Leads the list of highest run-scorers with a tally of 405 in seven matches. DC skipper David Warner is third with 306 runs in seven matches. RCB’s among the highest wicket takers Mohammed Siraj And Arshdeep Singh of Punjab Kings has the joint-highest tally – 13.
Talking about the game, led SRH’s recovery after losing half their team for 85 runs in 14.1 overs Heinrich Klaasen (31; 19b, 3×4, 1×6) and Sundar who scored 24 not out (3x4s) in 15 balls.
but it didn’t prove to be enough Enrique Nortje (4-0-33-2) first dismissed his South African teammate Mukesh Kumar Bowled a brilliant last over to defend 13 runs, handing Delhi their second consecutive win of the season.
Delhi Capitals gradually tightened their grip on the game by taking four wickets__ Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi (15) Abhishek Sharma (5) and Aiden Markam (3) were quick in the middle overs, and allowed just three fours between overs 5 and 15 which highlighted SRH’s plight.
with PTI inputs
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