IPL 2015: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Delhi Daredevils by 6 runs
Allrounder Moises Henriques struck a gritty fifty to lift SRH to 163 for four. (PTI Photo)
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NEW DELHI: Kedar Jadhav's brilliant half-century went in vain as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Daredevils by six runs to record their sixth win of the 2015 Indian Premier League season at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Saturday.
Scorecard
Chasing 164, Delhi Daredevils could only manage 157/4 in 20 overs.
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DD lost the wicket of opener Shreyas Iyer early with the scorecard reading 13/1 in 2.4 overs. However, Quinton de Kock struck a fine half-century and shared a 47-run stand with captain JP Duminy (12) for the second wicket to repair the early damage.
Three quick wickets in the space of six runs reduced them to 66/4 following which Jadhav and Saurabh Tiwary took over.
Jadhav remained unbeaten on 63 off 34 deliveries while Tiwary scored 26 not out. Together the duo added 91 runs for the fifth wicket.
Earlier, allrounder Moises Henriques struck a gritty fifty to lift SRH to 163 for four against a struggling Delhi Daredevils.
Henriques (74 not out) managed to stick around with a wobbly top-order to finally stitch a crucial 64-run unbeaten fifth wicket stand with Ravi Bopara (17 not out) and take SRH to a respectable total.
Veteran DD pacer Zaheer Khan (1/33) drew first blood after scalping Shikhar Dhawan (13) in the fourth over.
The left-hander tried to flick an incoming delivery from the left-arm pacer but mistimed the shot to lob an easy catch to Albie Morkel at midwicket
Nathan Coulter-Nile (2/25) struck in the very next over to send David Warner (17) back in the dugout, just when the skipper was looking dangerous.
Henriques and Eoin Morgan (22) then stitched a quiet 33-run partnership before Jayant Yadav (1/19), who opened the attack for DD, broke through in the 11th over.
Morgan tried to loft out a pitched up Yadav delivery to long-off but Coulter-Nile took a good catch as he got his hands under the dipping white ball.
Coulter-Nile continued to make his presence on the field as he broke through another partnership after getting Karn Sharma (16) back in the pavilion. It was now the turn of Yadav to return the favour as he picked a neat catch after Sharma mistimed a short ball to the point region.
After that it an Henriques show, who helped the side get 21 runs of the penultimate over post hitting Albie (0/35) for two big sixes.
The final over, bowled by Zaheer, also saw a six from Henriques as SRH managed 64 runs from the final 5 overs.
Skipper Jean-Paul Duminy, Amit Mishra and Albie went wicketless.
Scorecard
Chasing 164, Delhi Daredevils could only manage 157/4 in 20 overs.
Full coverage: Indian Premier League 2015
DD lost the wicket of opener Shreyas Iyer early with the scorecard reading 13/1 in 2.4 overs. However, Quinton de Kock struck a fine half-century and shared a 47-run stand with captain JP Duminy (12) for the second wicket to repair the early damage.
Three quick wickets in the space of six runs reduced them to 66/4 following which Jadhav and Saurabh Tiwary took over.
Jadhav remained unbeaten on 63 off 34 deliveries while Tiwary scored 26 not out. Together the duo added 91 runs for the fifth wicket.
Earlier, allrounder Moises Henriques struck a gritty fifty to lift SRH to 163 for four against a struggling Delhi Daredevils.
Henriques (74 not out) managed to stick around with a wobbly top-order to finally stitch a crucial 64-run unbeaten fifth wicket stand with Ravi Bopara (17 not out) and take SRH to a respectable total.
Veteran DD pacer Zaheer Khan (1/33) drew first blood after scalping Shikhar Dhawan (13) in the fourth over.
The left-hander tried to flick an incoming delivery from the left-arm pacer but mistimed the shot to lob an easy catch to Albie Morkel at midwicket
Nathan Coulter-Nile (2/25) struck in the very next over to send David Warner (17) back in the dugout, just when the skipper was looking dangerous.
Henriques and Eoin Morgan (22) then stitched a quiet 33-run partnership before Jayant Yadav (1/19), who opened the attack for DD, broke through in the 11th over.
Morgan tried to loft out a pitched up Yadav delivery to long-off but Coulter-Nile took a good catch as he got his hands under the dipping white ball.
Coulter-Nile continued to make his presence on the field as he broke through another partnership after getting Karn Sharma (16) back in the pavilion. It was now the turn of Yadav to return the favour as he picked a neat catch after Sharma mistimed a short ball to the point region.
After that it an Henriques show, who helped the side get 21 runs of the penultimate over post hitting Albie (0/35) for two big sixes.
The final over, bowled by Zaheer, also saw a six from Henriques as SRH managed 64 runs from the final 5 overs.
Skipper Jean-Paul Duminy, Amit Mishra and Albie went wicketless.
