IPL 2021: Delhi Capitals Wins Against Sunrise Hyderabad

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals won yesterday's match against Sunrise Hyderabad in Dubai International Stadium by eight wickets fuelled by superlative performance by bowler Kagiso Rabada who took three wickets. Anrich Nortje and Axar Patel got two wickets each.

Sunrise Hyderabad scored 134 runs. Shikhar Dhawan led the chase for Delhi with 42 which was followed by Shreyas Iyer (47) and skipper Rishabh Pant (35). The took the team home in 17.5 overs with an unbeaten stand of 67 for the third wicket.

The SRH v/s DC match squad consisted of:

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Steven Smith, Sam Billings, Lukman Meriwala, Tom Curran, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammad Nabi, Jason Roy, Shahbaz Nadeem, Virat Singh, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Khaleel Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg, Sherfane Rutherford

Before the match started Sunrisers Hyderabad player T Natarajan had tested positive for COVID-19 at a scheduled RT-PCR test. The player was isolated from the rest of the squad. Other close contacts of the player were also placed under isolation including Vijay Shankar , Vijay Kumar - Team Manager, Shyam Sundar J - Physiotherapist, Anjana Vannan - Doctor, Tushar Khedkar - Logistics Manager,  Periyasamy Ganesan - Net Bowler. 

The IPL resumed Sunday in the United Arab Emirates after a five-month suspension due to high rise in cases of Covid-19 deaths in India.The teams participating in IPL, Dubai have been placed under strict bio bubbles. 

With this win Delhi Capitals have reached the top spot of the Indian Premier League.