Published 23:34 IST, September 29th 2020
IPL 2020: Hyderabad end Delhi's 2-match winning streak, defeat Iyer & Co. by 15 runs
Registering their first victory of the season, Hyderabad defeated Delhi by 15 runs on Tuesday at the Sheikh Zayed International Stadium.
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Registering ir first victory of season, Hyderabad defeated Delhi by 15 runs on Tuesday at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium. 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.
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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23:28 IST, September 29th 2020