Published 22:22 IST, October 27th 2020
David Warner, Saha take Dream11 IPL 2020's leading wicket-taker Rabada to the cleaners
Hyderabad openers David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha hammered the Delhi bowlers, especially in-form paceman Kagiso Rabada, during their 107-run opening stand.
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47th match of ongoing Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season went underway today at Dubai between David Warner-led Hyderab and Shreyas Iyer’s Delhi. While Delhi won toss and opted to field first, ir decision seems to have backfired as Hyderab batsmen batted with serious intent to rack up 219-2 off ir 20 overs. Skipper David Warner opened innings alongside dynamic wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha and duo pulled, drove and clobbered ir way to a 107-run opening stand.
Dream11 IPL 2020: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha punish high-flying Delhi bowlers
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IPL news: Hyderab openers take tournament’s leing paceman Kagiso Raba to cleaners
Delhi’s in-form paceman and Dream11 IPL 2020’s leing wicket-taker Kagiso Raba went wicket-less in his expensive four-over spell against Hyderab. speedster conceded 54 runs in innings, with David Warner hammering 22 of those in a single over. Facing Raba in sixth over, Warner blasted four boundaries and a massive six over long-on to provide his side ir best powerplay score (77-0 after six overs) this season.
Apart from David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha also terrorised Delhi bowlers with an imperial 87-run kck. dashing wicketkeeper was promoted to open ir innings in favour of Jonny Bairstow. Playing only his second match of season, Saha registered his seventh IPL fifty and his first this year. His boundary-len innings came off just 45 deliveries.
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Kagiso Raba’s wicket-less spell means that South African bowler will remain stuck at 23 wickets this season at least until Delhi face ir next opponents (Mumbai) on Saturday, October 31. In terms of number of Dream11 IPL 2020 wickets, he is followed by Punjab’s speed demon and yorker specialist Mohamm Shami with 20 wickets. Jofra Archer (17 wickets), Jasprit Bumrah (17 wickets) and Yuzvendra Chahal (16 wickets) round off top five wicket-takers list of season.
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At time of publishing, Delhi batsmen reached 66-4 in nine overs. Rishabh Pant and skipper Shreyas Iyer were batting at crease with ir side still 154 runs away from Hyderab’s colossal first-innings effort. Earlier, in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan departed for a first-ball duck and Marcus Stoinis also failed with bat, contributing just five runs in his side’s run-chase attempt. Hyderab’s spin sensation and Afghanistan’s T20 veteran Rashid Khan was pick of bowlers as he claimed two wickets for just three runs in his first couple of overs.
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22:21 IST, October 27th 2020