Delhi Capitals held its nerves to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven runs in an exciting IPL 2023 match on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Monday.
Washington Sundar’s cameo with the bat went in useless as Mukesh Kumar efficiently defended 13 runs within the ultimate over to assist the Capitals pocket their second win of the season.
Hyderabad wanted 9 runs from two balls with Washington on strike. However, Mukesh cramped the batsmen and did the job for his facet at hand SRH its fifth lack of the season.
Henrich Klassen and Washington resurrected the run chase with a 41-run partnership after a middle-order collapse which had left it reeling at 85 for 5.
But Anrich Nortje eradicating Klassen turned out to be the turning level.
SRH discovered itself in a well-recognized scenario because it was as soon as once more the batting that got here a cropper with the top-order failing to offer begin and the middle-order batters responsible of not making use of themselves and stitching partnerships.
The opening pair of Mayank Agarwal and Harry Brook didn’t set the PowerPlay on fireplace because the latter departed early. The fall of Brook noticed Rahul Tripathi strolling in as an Impact Player instead of T. Natarajan.
-V.S. Aravind
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Source: sportstar.thehindu.com