Published 08:41 IST, September 30th 2020

Dream11 IPL 2020: Shreyas Iyer fined Rs 12 lakhs for Delhi's slow over-rate vs Hyderabad

Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer was fined Rs 12 lakhs from his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the game against Hyderabad on Tuesday in the IPL 2020

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Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer was fined Rs 12 lakhs from his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in game against Hyderabad on Tuesday, as table-toppers collapsed to a 15-run defeat. Hyderabad opened ir account in IPL 2020 after kcking off Delhi at  Sheikh Zayed International Stadium with Rashid Khan picking three scalps to help his side pick up win. Shreyas Iyer becomes second skipper after Virat Kohli to be fined for maintaining slow over-rate as latter was penalised after Bangalore's game against Punjab.  

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Shreyas Iyer fined Rs 12 lakhs for slow over-rate

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Hyderabad grab first win of Dream11 IPL 2020

On ir way to victory, Hyderabad also ended Delhi's winning run and bagged ir first two points of IPL 2020. While Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson stood out with bat for Orange Army, Rashid Khan struck thrice ending his poor run in IPL so far as he troubled Delhi batsmen most. In response to Hyderabad's total, Delhi got off to a terrible start losing young Prithvi Shaw in very first over. Hyderabad mand to keep skipper Shreyas Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan from firing during powerplay. Hyderabad's spinmaster Rashid Khan bagged his first wicket in his very first over and continued to trouble Delhi as he sent back well-set Dhawan as well. 

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It was n Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer who rebuilt innings for Delhi. Despite a couple of big hits, Hetmyer could t sustain his wicket and was eventually dismissed by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Following Caribbean batsman, Pant was also dismissed by Rashid Khan. In-form Marcus Stoinis' stay was also cut short by T Natrajan who perfected yorkers and trapped him before wicket. Rashid Khan was pick of bowlers as he ended his spell with 3 wickets while giving away just 14 runs.

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Hyderabad set a target of 163

Winnings toss and choosing to field first, Delhi got off to a brilliant start as y stuck hard to ir lines and lengths depriving Hyderabad of boundaries in powerplay. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow found it difficult to get going initially, however, y found ir timing just as innings progressed. Warner was n dismissed by Amit Mishra's wrong-un while Bairstow went to register his half-century before falling to Kagiso Rabada in 18th over. Coming off an injury, Kane Williamson struck ball fine as he anchored Hyderabad innings. Kiwi skipper scored 41 runs off 26 deliveries taking Hyderabad to 162/4 at end of 20 overs. 

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08:41 IST, September 30th 2020