After nearly two months of relentless cricket and some heart stopping action on November 11 four-time IPL Champions Mumbai Indians will face first time finalist Delhi Capitals at Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the IPL 2020 title.
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Marcus Stoinis: Have done it in the BBL for a couple of seasons (opening the batting) so it was nice to get an opportunity. Never know what it's going to be like early. There was swing early on. So had a bit of a look at it before having a crack. Have played quite a bit of IPL, but this is my first final. It's been hard with quarantine but a bit of silverware is good motivation. MI are a very good team. Have played consistently. But they're due an off game. Our best cricket should be good enough to win. Was a really nice wicket.
Player of the Match
Marcus Stoinis wins the Player of the Match award. Stoinis got quick 38 opening the batting for DC and then picked 3 wickets.
Shreyas Iyer: Best feeling ever. Journey has been a rollercoaster. End of the day we stuck together as a family. Very happy with the effort every individual has put in. Has taught me many things. Lot of responsibility comes with being a captain. But have been getting support from coaches and support staff. On top of that the team has been so special. Really fortunate to have such an amazing team. The emotions keep going high and low, so you can't have a same set of routines. Have to keep chopping and changing. Hoping that in the next game as well, against MI the biggest team, we're able to play freely. Were going at 10rpo, but we know Rashid can be lethal in the middle. Plan was to not give him wickets. Were lacking with the opening partnership. Needed a rocket start, We thought if he goes and plays maximum deliveries he can give us a good start.
David Warner: First and foremost, no one gave us a chance at the start. Mumbai has a great team, Delhi as well, and RCB, but I'm proud to be where we are today. Natarajan is a find of this IPL, and he's been outstanding. Rashid has been amazing, and so has Manish Pandey at No. 3. From an all-round perspective, it's been great. I'd like to thank all our supporters at home. The main thing is attitude in the field. You can't win if you don't take catches, so that, we'll have to do much better next time - that's what's let us down in this tournament - the attitude on the field. Key players like Saha and Bhuvi has been difficult, but the rest of them have been excellent in their roles to get us where we have gotten today. The fans are so loyal, I saw that photo of a bridge being lit up today. Hyderabad is our second home, and the franchise owners are like a family. Hopefully after this we can go and play the IPL in India next year.
So Delhi Capitals are through to the final. Sun has set on Sunrisers Hyderabad's exciting campaign.
Result
Delhi Capitals win by 17 runs.
SRH 172/8 after 20 overs.
Nortje to bowl the last over of the match. Sandeep has the strike.
19.1 Full ball and Sandeep plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
19.2 Good lenhth ball and Nadeem takes a single.
19.3 Full ball and Sandeep plays the ball to leg side for a single.
19.4 Full ball and Nadeem plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
19.5 Short ball and Sandeep ducks to let the ball go to the keeper.
19.6 Full ball and Sandeep hits the ball to off side.
SRH 168/8 after 19 overs.
Rabada to bowl. Rashid is on strike.
18.1 Full toss wide of off stump. Rashid hits the ball down to deep midwicket for a single.
18.2 SIX! Full toss and Samad hammers the ball over square-leg for a maximum.
18.3 WICKET! Abdul Samad c (sub)Keemo Paul b Rabada 33(16)
Full ball and Samad hits the ball down the ground. Keemo Paul takes a good catch in deep.
is the new batsman.
Shreevats Goswami is the new batsman.
18.4 WICKET! Rashid Khan c Axar b Rabada 11(7)
Full ball on middle stump. Rashid goes for a wild swing. The ball goes to long-on and Axar Patel takes a good catch.
Rabada is on a hat-trick!
18.4 WIDE! Short ball over the bastman's head.
18.5 WICKET! Goswami c Stoinis b Rabada 0(1)
Rabada bangs the ball short. Goswami swings his bat. The ball flies to deep midwicket and Marcus Stoini takes a good catch.
Sandeep Sharma is the new batsman.
18.6 Full ball and Sandeep looks for a scoop shot but misses. The ball misses the stumps and goes to the keeper.
SRH 160/5 after 18 overs.
Ashwin to bowl. Samad has the strike.
17.1 Full ball and Samad plays the ball to short fine for a quick single.
17.2 Short ball. Rashid goes for a slog but misses.
17.3 SIX! Short ball and Rashid plays a powerful slog to send the ball flying over long-on for a maximum.
17.4 FOUR! Short ball and Rashid smacks the ball over extra-cover for a boundary.
17.5 Yorker and Rashid digs the ball out.
17.6 1 Leg Bye! Full ball. The ball raps on the pads and goes to leg side. Rashid takes a single.
SRH 147/5 after 17 overs.
Stoinis to bowl his third over. Williamson is on strike.
16.1 Full ball wide of off stump. Williamson hits the ball to mid-off and takes a quick single.
16.2 Good length ball wide of off stump. Samad hits the ball through cover. Great work by Rabada stops a cretain boundary. Samad takes 2 runs.
16. 3 Good length ball on off stump. Samad hits the ball down to long-off. Iyer stops the ball. Samad takes a single.
Iyer seems to have hurt his shoulder while throwing the ball. He looks in discomfort.
16.4 FOUR! Great shot from the bat of Williamson. Good length ball on off stump. Williamson opens the face of his bat at the last second and sends the ball through deep point for a boundary.
16.5 WICKET! Williamson c Rabada b Stoinis 67(45)
Full ball wide of off stump. Williamson smacks the ball over cover. The ball is up in the air. Rabada at sweeper cover has eyes fixed on the ball and he takes the catch. Williamson departs and with him SRH's hopes for the final depart too.
Rashid Khan is the new batsman.
16.6 Good length ball and Samad plays the ball to leg side for a single.
SRH 139/4 after 16 overs.
Ashwin to bowl his second over. Samad is on strike.
15.1 Short ball outside off. Samad hits the ball down to third-man for 2 runs.
15.2 Full ball and Samad plays the ball down to deep midwicket for a single.
15.3 FOUR! Short and wide. Williamson throws his bat onto the ball. The ball takes the outside edge and the ball runs through backward point for a boundary.
15.4 Good length ball and Williamson plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
15.5 Short ball and Samad plays the ball to off side for a single.
15.6 Good length ball and Williamson plays the ball to long-on for a single.
SRH 129/4 after 15 overs.
Nortje to bowl. Williamson is on strike.
14.1 Slow ball on good length outside off. Williamson looks for a big shot. The ball takes the inside edge and hits his body. The ball goes to off side as Williamson takes a single.
14.2 SIX! Short ball outside offand Samad tonks the ball over square-leg for a maximum.
14.3 FOUR! Much needed boundaries for SRH. Short and wide. Samad hangs back in his crease and smashes the ball through backward point for a boundary.
14.4 FOUR! Expensive over for DC. Full ball wide of off stump. Samad throws his bat. The ball takes the outside edge and runs down to third-man for a boundary.
14.5 Full ball on middle stump. Samad plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
14.6 Good yorker. Williamson brings his bat down in time to block the ball.
SRH 113/4 after 14 overs.
Axar to bowl. Williamson is on strike.
13.1 Full ball and Williamson plays the ball to deep midwicket and takes a single.
13.2 Full ball and Samad plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
13.3 Good length ball and Williamson hits the ball down to long-off for a single.
13.4 Good length ball and Samad plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
13.5 FOUR! Short ball wide of off stump. Williamson gets a thick edge and the ball runs down to third-man for a boundary.
13.6 Good length ball and Williamson comes out of his crease and plays the ball down to third-man for a single.
SRH 103/4 after 13 overs.
Stoinis to bowl his second over. Williamson is on strike.
12.1 SIX! Full toss on middle and leg. Williamson goes on one knee and flicks the ball over backward square-leg boundary for a maximum.
12.2 Good length ball on off stump. Williamson hits the ball to deep midwicket and takes a single.
12.3 Good length ball on middle stump. Samad pushes the ball to cover and takes a quick single.
12.4 Good length ball on middle and leg. Williamson looks to play the ball to leg side but misses.
12.5 Low full toss outside off. Williamon tries to be clever and play a scoop shot but misses.
12.6 Full ball on middle and off. Williamson plays the ball to off side and takes a single.
SRH 95/4 after 12 overs.
Axar to bowl. Williamson is on strike.
11.1 SIX! Great shot from the bat of the Williamson. Full ball on middle. Williamson steps out ofhis crease and thumps the ball over the bowler's head for a maximum.
11.2 Short ball and Williamson plays the ball to cover.
11.3 Short ball and Williamson palys the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
11.4 WICKET! Holder c Praveen Dubey b Axar 11(15)
Good length ball on middle stump. Holder comes out of his crease to play a big shot. He doesn't go through with his shot. The ball lobs to deep midwicket where Praveen Dubey takes a good catch.
Abdul Samad is the new batsman.
11.5 FOUR! Short ball wide of off stump. Williamson hits the ball through cover for a boundary.
11.6 Short ball and Williamson hits the ball to long-off for a single.
SRH 83/3 after 11 overs.
Rabada to bowl his third over. Williamson has the strike.
10.1 Good length delivery on middle stump. Williamson looks to play the ball to leg side but misses.
10.2 Good length ball around off. The ball nips back in. The ball takes the inside edge and goes to off side.
10.3 Good length ball on off. Williamson plays the ball to mid-on.
10.4 WIDE! Short ball down the leg side.
10.4 Good length ball outside off. Williamson leaves the ball for the keeper.
10.5 SIX! Good length ball outside off. Williamson slogs the ball and sends the ball flying over square-leg for a maximum.
10.6 Good length ball around off. Williamson plays the ball down to third-man for a single.
SRH 75/3 after 10 overs.
Dubey to bowl his second over. Williamson is on strike.
9.1 Full ball and Williamson hits the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
9.2 Full ball and Holder hits the ball down to long-off for a single.
9.3 SIX! Full ball and Williamson dances down the track and smacks the ball over long-on for a maximum.
9.4 Full ball and Williamson drives the ball through cover for a single.
9.5 Full ball and Holder hits the ball down to long-off for a single.
9.6 Full ball and Williamson comes out of his crease to play the ball down to long-on for a single.
SRH 64/3 after 9 overs.
Axar to bowl. Williamson is on strike.
8.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery on off stump. Williamson plays a paddle sweep to send the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
8.2 Short ball and Williamson plays the ball to off side for a single.
8.3 Good length delivery and Holder hits the ball to short fine for a single.
8.4 Short ball and Williamson hits the to sweeper cover for a single.
8.5 Short ball. Holder looks to paddle the ball but the ball takes the inside edge and goes to mid-on.
8.6 Short ball and Holder smacks the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
SRH 55/3 after 8 overs.
Praveen Dubey to bowl. Williamson is on strike.
7.1 Full ball and Williamson guides the ball to long-on for a single.
7.2 Full ball. The ball hits the pads and goes to off side.
7.3 Full ball and Holder hits the ball down to deep midwicket for a single.
7.4 Full ball on off stump. Williamson pushes the ball to cover.
7.5 Full ball and Williamson comes out of his crease to push the ball. Dubey stops the ball.
7.6 Short ball and Williamson hits the ball through cover for a single.
SRH 52/3 after 7 overs.
Axar Patel to bowl. Williamson is on strike.
6.1 Short ball and Williamson hits the ball through cover for a single.
6.2 Short ball and Holder guides the ball to leg side for another single.
6.3 Full ball and Williamson pushes the ball to off side.
6.4 Short ball and Williamson plays the ball to leg side for a single.
6.5 Short ball wide of off stump. Holder looks to cut but misses.
6.6 Good length delivery on middle. Holder goes on backfoot and pushes the ball back to Axar.
SRH 49/3 after 6 overs.
Nortje to bowl his second over. Jason Holder is the new batsman. Williamson is on strike.
5.1 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Williamson plays the ball to off side.
5.2 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Williamson plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
5.3 Good length ball around off. Holder plays the ball to the fielder at backward point.
5.4 Good length ball wide of off stump. Holder looks to cut the ball but misses.
5.5 FOUR! Short and wide. Holder goes on backfoot and cuts the ball wide of Axar Patel at backward point for a boundary.
5.6 Good length ball on middle and off. Holder goes for a big shot. The ball takes the inside edge and hits his body.
SRH 443/3 after 5 overs.
Marucs Stoinis to bowl his first over. Garg is on strike.
4.1 Short ball on middle and off. Garg comes out of his crease and plays the ball to backward square-leg for a single.
4.2 FOUR! Short ball and Pandey pulls to send the ball to backward square-leg for a boundary.
4.3 WIDE! Full ball down the leg side.
4.4 Full ball wide of off stump. Pandey plays the ball to mid-on for a single.
4.4 WICKET! Priyam Garg b Stoinis 17(12)
Full ball on off stump. Garg looks to drive the ball. The ball comes back in with the angle. The ball goes through Garg defences and hits the stumps. Stoinis is pumped up!
Kane Williamson is the new batsman.
4.5 Good length ball wide of off stump. Williamsom plays the ball down to third-man for a single.
4.6 WICKET! Manish Pandey c Nortje b Stoinis 21(14)
Needless shot from Pandey. Full ball on off stump. The ball nips back in. Pandey looks for a big shot. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and flies straight into the hands of Anrich Nortje at mid-on.
SRH 36/1 after 4 overs.
Rabada to bowl his second over. Pandey has the strike.
3.1 Good length ball around off. Pandey plays the ball down to third-man for 2 runs.
3.2 Short ball wide of off stump. Pandey plays the ball down to third-man for a single.
3.3 Full ball wide of off stump. Garg plays the ball to leg side for a single.
3.4 Full ball wide of off stump. Pandey hits the ball down to third-man and gets 2 runs.
3.5 Full ball on middle and leg. Pandey plays the ball to mid-on and takes a single.
3.6 Good length ball on middle. Garg plays the ball to leg side and settles for a single.
SRH 28/1 after 3 overs.
Anrich Nortje to bowl. Manish Pandey is on strike.
2.1 FOUR! Full ball on off stump. Pandey lifts the ball with a straight bat over Nortje's head for a boundary.
2.2 Good length ball and Pandey gets an inside edge. The ball goes to off side and Pandey takes a single.
2.3 Good length ball and Garg plays the ball to off side.
2.4 Good length ball and Garg looks to play the ball to leg side. The ball hits the pads and there is a loud appeal for LBW. The umpire is not intrested.
2.5 SIX! Short ball and Garg pulls to send the ball flying over fine-leg for a maximum.
2.6 Good length ball on off. The ball swings a bit. Garg looks for a frontfoot drive and the ball goes past the edge of the bat.
SRH 17/1 after 2 overs.
Kagiso Rabada to bowl. Warner is on strike.
1.1 WICKET! Warner b Rabada 2(3)
What a gem of a ball from Rabada!!! Peach of a yorker fired on leg stump. Warner looks to play the ball to leg side. The ball hits the pads and hits the off stump. Warner looks stunned.
Manish Pandey is the new batsman.
1.2 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Pandey leaves the ball for the kreper.
1.3 FOUR! Full ball on off stump. Pandey hits the ball through mid-off for a boundary.
1.4 Good length ball around off. The ball swings a but as Pandey leaves the ball.
1.5 Good length ball wide of off stump. Pandey leaves the ball for the keeper.
1.6 Full ball and Pandey flicks the ball to midwicket and takes a single.
SRH 12/0 after 1 over.
R Ashiwn to bowl the first over. Garg is ob strike.
0.1 Full ball on off stump. Garg looks to play the ball to leg side. The ball gets a leading edge and falls short of Shimron Hetmyer at point. Garg takes a single.
0.2 Full ball on middle. Warner drives the ball to mid-on for a single.
0.3 SIX! Full ball on off stump. Garg sweeps and sends the ball flying over backward square-leg for a maximum.
0.4 WIDE! Poor ball by Ashwin as he bowls down the leg side.
0.4 Full ball on off stump. Garg plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
0.4 WIDE! Another delivery down the leg side.
0.5 Good length ball on middle stump. Warner plays the ball to leg side for a single.
0.6 Short ball. Garg gets an inside edge and the bal hits the pads.
The chase is about to begin. The two umpires are back on the field. Shreyas Iyer leads DC back to the field. David Warner and Priyam Garg make thier way to the middle to open the inning for SRH.
DC 189/3 after 20 overs.
Natrajan to bowl the last over of the inning. Hetmyer is on strike.
19.1 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Hetmyer plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
19.2 1 Leg Bye! Fuller delivery wide of off stump. Pant looks to play the ball to leg side. The ball hits his pads and goes to off side. Pant takes a single.
19.3 Full ball and Hetmyer plays the ball to leg side for a single.
19.4 Yorker and Pant mishits the ball. The ball goes around the corner and Pant takes a single.
19.5 Full ball wide of off stump. Hetmyer hits the ball through backward point for 2 runs.
19.6 1 Bye! Good yorker!!! Hetmyer swings his bat but fails to connect. The ball goes to the keeper as Hetmyer takes a single.
DC 182/3 after 19 overs.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl. Dhawan has the strike.
18.1 DROPPED! Full ball wide of off stump. Dhawan swings his bat and the ball flies to deep midwicket. Rashid Khan at deep midwicket drops an absoulte dolly. Dhawan takes a single.
18.2 Full ball wide of off stump. Hetmyer hits the ball to the man at sweeper cover for a single.
18.3 WICKET! Dhawan lbw b Sandeep Sharma 78(50)
Full toss on off stump. Dhawan looks to play a reverse sweep. He fails to connect his bat onto the ball and the ball hits flush on the pads. Sandeep appeals and the umpire rasies his finger.
Rishabh Pant is the new batsman.
18.4 Yorker wide of off stump. Pant plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
18.5 Low full toss. Hetmyer hits the ball down to deep midwicket and takes 2 runs.
18.6 Full ball wide of off stump. Hetmyer works the ball through backward point and takes a single.
DC 176/2 after 18 overs.
Holder to bowl his last over. Hetmyer has the strike.
17.1 FOUR! Full ball wide of off stump. Hetmyer thumps the ball down the ground for a boundary.
17.2 FOUR! Full and wide. Hetmyer swings his bat and sends the ball down to backward point. Nadeem at deep makes a mess of the chance and the ball goes for a boundary.
17.3 Wide full toss. Hetmyer mishits the ball down to long-on and takes a single.
17.4 FOUR! Poor ball from Holder. Full toss on middle stump. Dhawan walks across his stumps and swings his bat to send the ball to backward square-leg for a boundary.
17.5 Full ball. Dhawan blocks the ball. The ball stops in front of Dhawan as he takes a quick single.
17.6 FOUR! Short ball wide of off stump. Hetmyer pulls. The ball flies to deep midwicket and bounces just in front of the bounadry rope.
DC 158/2 after 17 overs.
Natrajan to bowl his third over. Dhawan is on strike.
16.1 Good length ball wide of off stump. Dhawan moves across his stumps and works the ball through backward square-leg for a single.
16.2 SIX! Short and wide. Hetmyer tonks the ball over backward point for a maximum.
16.3 Fuller delivery on middle and leg. Hetmyer hits the ball down to long-off and takes 2 runs.
16.4 WIDE! Natrajan tries a wide yorker but bowls way outside off stump.
16.4 Low full toss. Hetmyer hits the ball down to long-on for a couple of runs.
16.5 Low full toss wide of off stump. Hetmyer hits the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover for a single.
16.6 Yorker wide of off stump. Dhawan moves across his stumps and looks to play the ball to on side but misses.
DC 145/2 after 16 overs.
Rashid to bowl his last over. Hetmyer is on strike.
15.1 Full ball wide of off stump. Hetmyer drives the ball through cover for a single.
15.2 Short ball and Dhawan plays the ball to leg side for a single.
15.3 Full ball and Hetmyer hits the ball down to long-off for a single.
15.4 Full ball wide of off stump. Dhawan works the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover for a single.
15.5 Good length ball on middle and leg. Hetmyer plays the ball to leg side for a single.
15.6 Full ball and Dhawan slogs the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
DC 139/2 after 15 overs.
Nadeem to bowl his last over. Shimron Hetmyer is the new batsman. Dhawan has the strike.
14.1 Low full toss wide of off stump. Dhawan comes out of his crease and plays the ball down to deep midwicket. Priyam Garg stops the ball but in the process he has twisted his ankle.
14.2 Full ball on off stump. Dhawan hits the ball down the ground for 2 runs.
14.3 Low full toss wide of off stump. Dhawan slogs and the ball goes down to deep midwicket. Dhawan can only take a single.
14.4 FOUR! Nadeem tosses the ball up. The ball is outside off and Hetmyer hits the ball over cover for a boundary.
14.5 Full ball on off and middle. Hetmyer blocks the ball.
14.6 Full ball on middle stump. Hetmyer plays the ball to midwicket and takes 2 runs.
NO BALL!!!!!!!!! Nadeem has overstepped.
FREE HIT!
14.6 Low full toss wide of off stump. Hetmyer plays the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover and takes a single.
DC 126/2 after 14 overs.
Holder to bowl his third over. Iyer has the strike.
13.1 Full ball on off stump. Iyer plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
13.2 Low full toss on off stump. Dhawan plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
13.3 Good short bounder wide of off stump. Iyer looks to play the ball to leg side but misses.
13.4 Full ball wide of off stump. Iyer plays the ball down to deep midwicket and settler for a single.
13.5 Full ball on leg stump. Iyer moves aross and smashes the ball . Williamson at extra-cover puts in a stunning dive to stop the ball. Iyer gets 2 runs.
13.6 WICKET! Shreyas Iyer c Manish Pandey b Holder 21(20)
Short ball wide of off stump. Iyer smashes the ball straight to Manish Pandey at mid-off.
DC 120/1 after 13 overs.
Nadeem to bowl. Iyer is on strike.
12.1 Full ball wide of off stump. Dhawan hits the ball back to Nadeem.
12.2 Full toss wide of off stump. Dhawan slogs sweeps the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
12.3 Full ball on middle and leg. Iyer comes out of his crease and plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
12.4 Full ball around off. Dhawan plays the ball down to deep midwicket for a single.
12.5 FOUR! Full ball on off stump. Iyer flicks the ball through midwicket for a bounadry.
12.6 Full ball and Iyer plays the ball to leg side for a single.
DC 112/1 after 12 overs.
Natrajan to bowl his second over. Iyer is on strike.
11.1 Good length ball on middle stump. Iyer pushes the ball back to Natrajan.
11.2 WIDE! Poor ball by Natrajan as he bowls down the leg side.
11.2 Slow full ball on off stump. Iyer drives the ball down to long-off for a single.
11.3 Good length ball on off stump. Dhawan steps out of his crease and plays the ball on the off side for a single.
11.4 Good length ball on off stump. Iyer shuffles across and hits the ball through cover for another single.
11.5 Full ball on off stump. Dhawan hits the ball down to long-off for a single.
11.6 Full ball on middle and leg. Iyer flicks the ball to leg side and takes a single.
DC 107/1 after 11 overs.
Rashid to bowl his third over. Iyer has the strike.
10.1 Full ball and Iyer works the ball to off side and take a single.
10.2 Fuller delivery and Dhawan plays the ball down to fine-leg for another single.
10.3 Good length ball and Iyer plays the ball to leg side for another single.
10.4 Good length ball on middle. Dhawan plays a frontfoot defensive shot.
10.5 Good length ball on off stump. Dhawan plays the ball to off side and takes a single.
10.6 Full ball and Iyer plays the ball down to long-on for another single.
DC 102/1 after 10 overs.
Nadeem to bowl. Iyer has the strike.
9.1 Full ball on off and middle. Iyer plays the ball to leg side and settles for a single.
9.2 SIX! Full ball wide of off stump. Dhawan slogs and sends the ball over deep midwicket boundary for a maximum and get to his fifty.
9.3 Fuller delivery and Dhawan plays the ball to backward square-leg for 2 runs.
9.4 Full ball and Dhawan slogs the ball to deep midwicket. Good work by Abdul Samad in deep saves a boundary for SRH.
Jason Holder has indicated to his dug-out for some medical assistance for Samad.
9.5 Full ball drifting down leg. Dhawan plays the ball down to short fine and takes a single.
9.6 Good length ball on off. Iyer hits the ball down to long-off for a single.
DC 89/1 after 9 overs.
Rashid to bowl his second over. Dhawan has the strike.
8.1 Full delivery on leg stump. Dhawan plays the ball to leg side and takes a quick single.
8.2 WICKET! Stoinis b Rashid Khan 38(27)
Rashid always gets important wickets for SRH! Good length ball on off stump. The ball just turns a little bit to confuse Stoinis. Stoinis looks to play the ball on the on side but the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat and hits the off stump. Rashid is happy!!!
Shreyas Iyer is the new batsman.
8.3 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Iyer hits the ball through off side and takes 2 runs.
8.4 Short ball wide of off stump. Iyer looks to cut but the ball goes past the edge of the bat.
8.5 Full ball and Iyer plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
8.6 Good length ball wide of off stump. Dhawan looks to drive the ball through cover but is beaten.
DC 85/0 after 8 overs.
T Natrajan comes into the attack. Stoinis has the strike.
7.1 Short ball wide of off stump. Stoinis looks to work the ball down to third-man. The fielder at backward point puts in a good dive and stops the ball. Stoinis can only take a single.
7.2 Full ball around off. Dhawan plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
7.3 Full delivery on leg stump. Stoinis nudges the ball to leg side and takes a quick single.
7.4 WIDE! Natrajan bangs the ball short. Dhawan looks to work the ball down to third-man but misses.
7.4 Good length ball on middle and leg. Dhawan goes on the backfoot and works the ball around the corner.
7.5 FOUR! Natrajan bowls full and Dhawan sends the ball racing through midwicket for a boundary.
7.6 Good length ball outside off. Dhawan plays the ball through backward point for a single.
DC 76/0 after 7 overs.
Rashid Khan to bowl his first over. Stoinis has the strike.
6.1 Good length ball around off. Stoinis plays the ball down to long-on for a single.
6.2 Full ball on leg stump. Dhawan tracks the ball and plays the ball to leg side for a single.
6.3 Good length ball on middle and leg. Stoinis punches the ball down to long-on and takes another single.
6.4 Short ball wide of off stump. Dhawan pulls and sends the ball down to deep midwicket. The throw from the deep comes to Rashid and there is a needless throw from Rashid which goes for a boundary. DC get 6 runs from that ball.
6.5 Full ball and Dhawan plays the ball to leg side for a single.
6.6 Full ball and Stoinis hits the ball to long-on for a single.
DC 65/0 after 6 overs.
Shahbaz Nadeem to bowl. Dhawan is on strike.
5.1 SIX! Full ball wide of off stump. Dhawan slogs and the ball goes flying over deep midwicket boundary for a maximum.
5.2 FOUR! Full toss. Dhawan swings and the ball goes down to fine-leg for a boundary.
It is a NO BALL
FREE HIT!
5.2 Full ball. Dhawan plays the ball to leg side and takes a single.
5.3 Short ball on middle and leg. Stoinis goes on the backfoot and plays the ball back to Nadeem.
5.4 Good length ball wide of off stump. Stoinis plays the ball to off side and takes a single.
5.5 Low full toss around off. Dhawan works the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
5.6 Good length ball on leg stump. Stoinis works the ball to deep midwicket and takes a single.
DC 50/0 after 5 overs.
Sandeep to bowl his thirds over. Dhawan has the strike.
4.1 Good length ball on middle stump. Dhawan plays the ball to leg side and takes a single to give Stoinis the strike.
4.2 Good length ball around off. Stoinis plays the ball to leg side and takes a single.
4.3 FOUR! Slashed through backward point. Short and wide. Dhawan cuts and the ball goes wide of the fielder at backward point for a boundary.
4.4 FOUR! Poor work by Natrajan in the field. Full ball on middle and leg. Dhawan flicks the ball. Lazy bit of feilding by Natrajan at short fine gifts DC a boundary.
4.5 Good length ball and Dhawan plays the ball to off side for a single.
4.6 Full ball on off stump. Stoinis pushes the ball back to the bowler.
DC 39/0 after 4 overs.
Holder to bowl. Stoinis has the strike.
3.1 FOUR! Short ball wide of off stump. Stoinis pulls and the ball races through midwicket for a boundary.
3.2 BEATEN! Holder pitches the further ball. The ball moves a bit. Stoinis goes for a frontfoot drive but the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
3.3 FOUR! Good length ball on middle. Stoinis comes down the track and bangs the ball down the ground for a boundary.
3.4 Full ball on middle stump. Stoinis works the ball to midwicket.
3.5 SIX! Full ball on off stump. The ball is in Stoinis' arc and he swings his bat to send the ball flying over deep midwicket boundary for a maximum.
3.6 FOUR! Good length delivery wide of off stump. Stoinis goes on backfoot and cuts the ball through backward point for a boundary.
DC 21/0 after 3 overs.
Sandeep to bowl his second over. Dhawan is on strike.
2.1 Good length ball wide of off stump. Dhawan plays the ball to off side and takes a single.
2.2 Good length ball on off stump. The ball swings back in and Stoinis plays the ball with soft hands to off side.
2.3 DROPPED! Full and straight ball on middle stump. Stoinis flicks and Holders standing at catching short mid-on position drops a sitter.
2.4 FOUR! Pitched up on middle. Stoinis flicks the ball to deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
2.5 FOUR! Back to back boundaries for Stoinis. Full ball and Stoinis flicks the ball to deep backward square-leg for a boundary.
2.6 Slow full ball. Stoinis guides the ball to leg side and takes a single.
DC 11/0 after 2 overs.
Jason Holder to bowl from the other end. Stoinis has the strike.
1.1 Full ball on middle stump. Stoinis plays the ball to leg side and takes a run.
1.2 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Dhawan plays the ball thrrough backward point and gets 2 runs.
1.3 FOUR! Short and wide. Dhawan cuts the ball through point for the first boundary of the match.
1.4 Good length delivery on middle. Dhawan defends.
1.5 Slow full ball on middle. Dhawan plays the ball back to Holder.
1.6 Good length delivery on middle. Dhawan goes on the backfoot and works the ball to leg side and takes a single.
DC 3/0 after 1 over.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl the first over for SRH. Stoinis is on strike.
0.1 Full delivery on off. The ball swings back in and Stoinis presents full face of the bat to block the ball.
0.2 Full delivery on midlde and leg. Stoinis works the ball to leg side.
0.3 Full delivery on middle and leg. Stoinis plays the ball to mid-on and takes a single.
0.4 Good length ball wide of off stump. Dhawan leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.5 Good length ball on middle stump. Dhawan goes on the backfoot and plays the ball to off side and takes a single.
0.6 Good length ball on off stump. Stoinis pushes the ball down to long-on and takes a single.
The two umpires make their way to the middle. SRH players led by David Warner march to the middle too. And here is the move from DC. Along with Shikhar Dhawan Marcus Stoinis make his way to the middle to open the inning for DC.
DC Playing XI
Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
SRH Playing XI
David Warner(c), Shreevats Goswami(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
David Warner: We would have bowled first, so happy with the toss. You can see a few indentations on the pitch too and hopefully we can take some early wickets in the powerplay. We are supposed to win close games, and that was a kick in the backside to perform and we have performed well since then. Everyone knows their roles in the team.
Shreyas Iyer: We had two outings against SRH and I think this is a better outfield to bat against them. Putting on a good total would be a responsibility, and it's a good surface too. You have to take the positives, and do the homework right and I think we have done that well. Rashid is an amazing bowler who can change the game. We have to be aware of him and play smartly. Pravin Dube and Hetmyer come in. It's important to keep things simple, and it's only a matter of executing our plan today.
Toss
DC skipper Shreyas Iyer wins the toss and opts to bat.
Pitch Report
The pitch is hard. It is a good pitch to bat on. Fast bowlers should get some assistance early on. A total around 160 or above should be safe for the team batting first.
Deccan Herald’s Dream XI
David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, T Natarajan
Impact player for SRH
Rashid Khan:He has got 19 scalps so far. Among the season's 10 leading wicket-takers, his economy of 5.3 is the best. Rashid’s performance has also often changed the fortunes of the team.
Impact player for DC
Kagiso Rabada:He has slipped to the second spot in the Purple Cap list but he has been at forefront of DC's best performances this season. Rabada’s overs could be the game-changing moments in the match for DC.
Form Guide (last five matches)
Delhi Capitals:L-W-L-L-L
Sunrisers Hyderabad:W-W-W-W-L
Delhi Capitals top performers
Leading wicket taker: Kagiso Rabada (25 wickets)
Leading run scorer: Shikhar Dhawan (525 runs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad top performers
Leading wicket taker: Rashid Khan (19 wickets)
Leading run scorer: David Warner (546 runs)
Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Head to Head
Matches Played: 16
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 11
Delhi Capitals: 6
Matches played in the UAE: 3
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 3
Delhi Capitals: 0
What happened in their league phase clases?
Sunrisers Hyderabad has beaten Delhi Capitals in both the league matches this season.
Good evening and welcome to the coverage of Qualifier-II of the play-offs of Indian Premier League 2020. Tonight Delhi Capitals face Sunrisers Hyderabad as Sheik Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The winner goes through to the final and it will be the end of the road for the losing team. So will Delhi Capitals qualify for their first ever IPL final or will Sunrisers Hyderabad make a second appearance in IPL final in three years?
The SWOT for DC
Strengths:DC have a very good bowling attack but they need to deliver consistently. Kagiso Rabada is the season's second-highest wicket-taker with 25 scalps and Anrich Nortje has unleashed fiery pace to get 20 wickets. The spin duo of R Ashwin and Axar Patel have together snatched up 21 wickets. Marcus Stoinis has also been a decent bowling option.
Weaknesses:The batting is in complete disarray. Only three batsmen have got fifties in the last three matches. DC have lost 40 wickets in their last five matches with an average loss of eight wickets per match. The top order seems to have lost their form together.
Opportunities:Delhi have the chance to play in their first IPL final.
Threats: They are stuck in a rut and do not seem to know the way out. That could mean big trouble in a knockout match.
The SWOT for SRH
Strengths:The big players like David Warner, Jason Holder and Kane Williamson have stepped up at the right time. Add Rashid Khan into the mix and they have a good line-up of match-winners. This is their moment to shine.
Weaknesses:The injury to Wriddhiman Saha has caused an issue at the top of the order as his replacement Shreevats Goswami doesn't have enough matches under his belt. So, the burden of leading from the front will be on David Warner's shoulders.
Opportunities:They've won four matches in a row and they have a chance to reach their second final in three years. They should raise their game in each knockout to bag another title.
Threats:They've played a series of must-win matches one after another. Will they run out of steam soon?
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