The venue of the Indian Premier League may have changed, but Sunrisers Hyderabad’s fate remained the same when they suffered an 8-wicket loss in their first match at the hands of Delhi Capitals in Dubai. IPL UAE phase of 2021. Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat, but it backfired as David Warner struggled with the bat and was dismissed for naught. Just when it looked like Kane Williamson and Wriddhiman Saha had stabilized the ship for SRH, the Indian wicketkeeper gave his wicket to Kagiso Rabada.
Kane Williamson said after the match, “We didn’t start well, didn’t register a good partnership but never got any momentum, there were some good scores in the back-end but 25-30 runs short.”
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“They put us in a difficult position, maybe if we hadn’t lost the early wickets, we could have done differently, but Delhi were excellent and played some smart cricket,” he said.
The 29-run partnership for the second wicket between Williamson-Saha and the 31-run partnership for the third wicket between Manish Pandey and the SRH captain were the only two notable partnerships in the match by the SRH batsmen. There was only a 20-plus run partnership between Rashid Khan and Abdul Samad as Delhi Capitals bowlers combined force to keep Sunrisers Hyderabad down to 134/9 in 20 overs.
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Praising Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Nortje, Kane Williamson said, “They were excellent, they are both quality internationals, two of the best fast bowlers running at the moment and they put us under pressure.”
Shikhar Dhawan also praised his team’s express bowlers, saying, “Rabada and Nortje are our gun bowlers. Rabada always gets us wickets. Nortje has a quick pace and his game has also improved, so he is troubled by the batsmen. “
Chasing 135, Delhi got off to a good start but Prithvi Shaw’s wicket fell in the third over. Just when it looked like SRH might be back in the match, Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer formed a crucial partnership to take control of the match, with Rishabh joining the latter as the two put DC on the line.
“We bowled well, we have defended modest scores in the past but that was not to happen today which was a bit of a shame. It has been a tough campaign so far but we need to enjoy our cricket and not put ourselves under pressure,” said the SRH skipper.
With this win, Delhi have moved up to the top of the points table with 14 points from 8 matches, while Sunrisers Hyderabad are at the bottom of the pile with two points after 8 matches. Mathematically, the Hyderabad-based franchise is still alive, but will need to win every match remaining to play and require favorable results from the other teams.
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