DC vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Delhi Capitals for third win of season

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Aiden Markram wins the toss and decides to bat first against Delhi Capitals.

Delhi Capitals - W W L L L | Sunrisers Hyderabad - L L L W W

It is the bowlers, who have looked more in sync as the spinners have complemented the seamers. If Bhuvneshwar Kumar was on the money with 2 for 11 the other day, spinner Washington Sundar was simply sensational, when he snapped three wickets in the 8th over to leave DC at 72 for five, and they will hope to dish out another good show with the ball.

SRH, on the other hand, looked like winning for a major part of their last match but things went down the hill quickly, as a slow start to the chase proved costly in the end. After his maiden IPL hundred, Harry Brook has struggled to get going in the powerplay. With scores of 13, 3, 9, 18 and 7, the England batter has failed to give SRH a start. Mayank Agarwal has two 40 plus scores so far, while Rahul Tripathi has faded since hitting a 74 not out against Punjab Kings. Abhishek Sharma, too, has struggled to score runs. Skipper Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen, too, have not been able to do much and SRH will have to strengthen their batting to have any hopes of a turnaround.

The batting, however let Delhi down in the clash against Sunrisers with Manish Pandey and Axar Patel managing to lift Capitals to 128 for five from 62 for five. While skipper David Warner has done the heavy lifting on most occasions, his innings lacked the usual finesse, as he faced the most number of dot balls in the powerplay this IPL. The fact that Delhi have struggled to get a steady opener at the other end has only extended his worry. The other day, Phil Salt was tried but he was out for a duck, while Mitchell Marsh looked good during his short stay against SRH, but 31 runs in five innings tells his story. Sarfaraz Khan and Aman Hakim Khan, too, have struggled and had it not been for Axar, things could have been embarrassing for Delhi in the IPL. The spin all-rounder has proved to be more than a handful with the bat and DC need to promote him up the order to fully utilise his skills.

Skipper David Warner marshalled his troops well against his former team the other day, using the spin of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav to strangle the chase with seamer Mukesh Kumar holding his own in the final over while defending 12 runs. While Ishant Sharma and Anrich Nortje too bowled well, the spin duo of Axar and Kuldeep gave away just 43 and snapped three wickets in the eight overs between them in the middle overs.

With back-to-back wins giving them some momentum, Delhi Capitals will hope their batters complement the bowling unit as they eye a season double against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a battle of laggards. The two teams are coming into the match following DC's nail-biting seven-run win on Monday and SRH will be eager to return the favour and snap their three-match losing streak.