In the 34th match of IPL, Delhi Capitals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 runs. This is Delhi's second consecutive win. The match was played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
In this match, the visiting team won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, the Delhi team could score 144 runs in 20 overs. Chasing this easy-looking target, the Hyderabad batsmen batted at a slow pace for the first 15 overs, which resulted in a defeat for the team.
For Hyderabad, Mayank Agarwal played the maximum innings of 49 runs in 39 balls. Apart from him, he played a blistering inning of 31 runs off 19 balls. In the end, Washington Sundar kept the team's hopes alive by hitting some shots, however, the Delhi bowlers bowled brilliantly in the final overs.
Delhi bowlers did wonders
Hyderabad needed 13 runs in the last over. Mukesh Kumar bowled brilliantly in this over. He gave only 5 runs in the last over. Delhi won this match by 7 runs. Amazing performance by Delhi bowlers. Kuldeep took 1 wicket for 22 runs in four overs. Ishant Sharma took 1 wicket for 18 runs in 3 overs. Anrich Norkhiye took 2 wickets for 33 runs in four overs.
Makram looked unhappy with the team's performance
After the match was over, Hyderabad captain Aiden Makram said during the post-match presentation, "We have to play better cricket. We have good bowlers and batsmen but the performance was not good."
He further said that the players have to think about how to perform better. The bowlers took advantage of the conditions and did well.
