Hyderabad: Delhi Capitals (DC) scored 144 for 9 with the help of a short but important innings by Akshar Patel and Manish Pandey after a top order failure in the 34th match of the IPL here on Monday. Delhi Capitals won by 7 runs.
The Sunrisers, who were on target, were restricted by the Delhi bowlers from the start and were unable to play openly due to this. Mayank Agarwal played a quick innings of 49 and Henrik Klaasen scored 34 runs in the final over. Apart from this, none could face the Delhi bowlers properly. Earlier, Delhi Capitals, who decided to bat after winning the toss, had a bad start and the opener Philip Salt was dismissed for zero runs in the first over. David Warner and Mitchell Marsh shared a quick partnership of 38 runs. Delhi suffered a major blow after Marshan dismissed Natraj as Washington Sundar took the wickets of Warner, Sarfaraz Khan and Aman Khan in a span of 5 runs. Akshar and Pandey then put on a partnership of 69 runs. Akshar and Pandey were dismissed with 34 runs each.