Here’s how Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje helped DC Edge Past SRH in Low-Scoring thriller on Monday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Delhi Capitals defeated SunRisers Hyderabad narrowly. Washington Sundar’s all-round show — 3/28 and 15-ball 24 not out — was not enough as DC strangulated SRH batters to eke out a narrow seven-run win, their second in a row. Nortje and Patel picked two wickets as DC restricted opponents in a chase of 145.
Off-spin allrounder Sundar (4-0-28-3) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4-0-11-2) exposed the batting frailties of Delhi Capitals’ in the first half of the game to restrict them to 144/9 after David Warner opted to bat.
Ishant Sharma’ fine spell of 3-0-18-1 and Mukesh Kumar defending 13 runs in the final over was praised by DC captain. Despite adding 57 runs in the powerplay, the DC batters stuttered in the middle overs. A 69-run stand between Manish Pandey and Axar Patel fuelled the Delhi innings for a while but it was all gloomy for the visitors after that. They lost 4 wickets in a span of 8 runs, piling up just 144 for 9 in 20 overs.
At the points table, DC are still at the bottom of the 10-team league with four points (NRR -0.961) in seven games. SRH are just above them with four points (NRR -0.725) in seven games. Chennai Super Kings lead the points table with 10 points (NRR +0.662) from seven games.