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These two sides have shown an entertaining brand of cricket with almost equal records against each other .While Sunrisers Hyderabad managing to get an edge by winning 13 out of the 24 matches played between these two teams . We have witnessed some thrilling matches between these two sides ,one match which will be remembered was the super over match in the 2021 season where the winner was decided in the super over . Delhi Capitals won that match and Prithvi Shaw was awarded as the Man of the match . Players like David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan have played for both of these franchises and have scored a lot of runs for both the team and both the players feature in the all time top run scorers of IPL . We have also seen many individual brilliance in this contest . Rishabh Pant’s 128 against Sunrisers still remains the highest score by a Delhi Capitals batter . Travis Head’s 89 off just 32 balls helped Sunrisers Hyderabad to make the record of highest team total in the powerplay.
The little margin which separates the two teams is that SRH has one match while chasing and also batting first . Both teams looked comfortable while chasing as well as setting a target for the opposition . David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan have played for both the teams and have opened the innings for both the teams as well .David Warner have scored 2572 runs for the Delhi Capitals with a strike rate of 135.36 with two hundreds and 22 fifties. Whereas Shikhar Dhawan has scored 2066 runs for Delhi Capitals with a strike rate of 131 scoring two hundreds and 16 fifties.
When it comes to home advantage the SRH has not managed to make the most of it as Delhi Capitals have a good record at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium being an away team . Delhi Capitals have managed to win three out of the six matches which they played in Hyderabad . This shows that Delhi Capitals enjoy playing in Hyderabad with a win percentage of 50% . Ahead of the new season of TATA IPL both teams would be looking forward to getting an edge over each other . DC under the leadership of new captain Axar Patel will try to trap the dynamic trio of SRH (Travis Head , Abhishek Sharma , Ishan Kishan) in the spin web of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav . Rajiv Gandhi Stadium ,Hyderabad has a history of giving high scoring matches and Delhi Capitals have enjoyed the flat nature of the pitch in Hyderabad .
When it comes to home advantage for Delhi Capitals it is surprising to see that Sunrisers Hyderabad have won more matches in Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi than the home side Delhi Capitals . Sunrisers have won six out of their seven matches in Delhi . Nobody can forget the recent match between these two teams where SRH smashed 266 runs in their 20 overs kudos to Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma who scored highest ever score in powerplay.
Delhi Capitals will be looking to better their record at their home ground against the Sunrisers Hyderabad .With the addition of Mitchell Starc in their squad Delhi side would be confident as Starc have a good record against both SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma .
At the neutral venues Delhi has got better of SRH by winning seven out of eleven matches with a winning percentage of 63.64%.
In their last five outings Delhi Capitals have won three matches and Sunrisers Hyderabad have won two matches . Looks like SRH likes playing against DC in their home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi. In the last two matches played between these teams SRH has got the better of DC twice maintaining their good record at Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi . DC in the coming season would like to equal the head to head record against the Sunrisers as they have got better with their bowling attack with the likes of Mitchell Starc , Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav . On the other hand SRH would like to continue their domination against the Capitals and make a hat trick of wins against them on the 30th March.
The Top Runs Scorer in the DC vs SRH matches is none other than Shikhar Dhawan who has scored 575 runs while playing for both the teams . Shikhar Dhawan is also in the list of IPL’s all time highest runs scorers and it was not a shock to see him top the list of highest scorer in DC vs SRH matches .Playing for both the teams Shikhar has given many valuable contributions to both these franchises .
The Wicket Taker in the DC vs SRH matches is India’s Seasoned pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 17 wickets in this contest. Bhuvneshwar Kumar who served Sunrisers Hyderabad for 11 long years before moving to Royal Challengers Bangaluru this season has been a key performer for SRH since his inclusion and also Bhuvi tops the list highest wicket taker between this two sides .Delhi Capitals featured many great batters such as Shikhar Dhawan , David Warner , Prithvi Shaw , Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant , still Bhuvi being at the top show his class as great T20 bowler.
In the match no 35 of the TATA IPL 2024 Delhi Capitals faced Sunrisers Hyderabad on their home ground at Delhi. Rishabh Pant the captain of DC won the toss and elected to bowl first. But it was just a silence before the storm as the Sunrisers openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma set the ground on fire , they went all guns blazing from the first ball itself .Hammering the Capitals bowlers all around the park . They scored 125 runs in the powerplay that too without losing a single wicket .They also set the record of highest score in the powerplay of TATA IPL . Delhi’s captain and bowlers were clueless to attack by Sharma and Head .
It looked like every ball was going for a boundary . Travis Head scored 89 off just 32 balls with a destructive strike rate of 278 ,he was equally supported by Abhishek Sharma 46(12) and Shahbaz Ahmed 59*(29) setting up a huge target of 266 in 20 overs . In reply DC too had some power hitters in their lineup featuring Jake Fraser-McGurk, David Warner, Tristan Stubbs and Rishabh Pant but it was always going to be a huge task ahead of them . Sunrisers Hyderabad restricted the Delhi Capitals on 199-10(20). Jake Fraser-McGurk scored 65(18) and Rishabh Pant scored 44(35). Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match comfortably by a margin of 67 runs and Travis Head was adjourned as Player of the Match .
In the match no 42 of TATA IPL 2018 , Delhi Capitals (Delhi Daredevils) faced an in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Arun Jaitley Stadium ,Delhi . While Batting First the host did not get a good start as their openers were dismissed cheaply but after early three wickets Rishabh Pant entered the ground was started taking on the SRH bowlers and smashed a ton with his quick fire batting and he did not stop there ,he added more 28 runs after his century and scored unbeaten 128*(63) with a strike rate of 203 .Young Rishabh Pant was smashing one of the best bowling attacks at that time which featured Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Rashid Khan and Sandeep Sharma . Especially that reverse scoop over third man against Bhuvneshwar Kumar thrilled everyone .
DC on the back of Rishabh’s set up a total of 187-5(20). In reply the Sunrisers got of to fiery start kudos to the local boy Shikhar Dhawan who scored unbeaten 92*(50) and he was equally supported by his captain Kane Williamson who scored unbeaten 83*(53) .The Capitals were never in control in the second innings as they managed to get only a single wicket of SRH . Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson had a partnership 176*(102) which was at that time the highest partnership for SRH . On the other Rishabh Pant’s knock remains as the most runs in a losing cause of the match .The local boy Shikhar Dhawan was awarded the Player of the Match.
Match no 20 of TATA IPL 2021, during the covid era when matches were held on neutral venues Delhi Capitals faced Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai . While batting first Delhi Capitals got a good start with an opening partnership of 81 runs on a slow track . Prithvi Shaw looked in good touch but unfortunately got run out scoring 53(39) and cameos from skipper Rishabh Pant 37(27) and Aussie Star Steve Smith 34(25) the Capitals managed to put a target of 159-4(20). In reply the Orange Army had decent start ,Jonny Bairstow .
Got of to a flyer and scored 38(18) ,while Kane Williamson was playing a sensible knock it looked like it will be an easy chase of the Orange Army but Avesh Khan provided the break-through which were needed that time and game changing came from Axar Patel when he dismissed Abhishek Sharma and Rashid Khan on back to back deliveries . SRH needed 16 runs in the final over and Kagiso Rabada gave 15 runs. It was time for a super over now .
The SRH batted first Warner and Williamson were the two batters for SRH and Axar Patel bowled the super over for DC and he gave away just 7 runs in the super over ,DC had a easy target of 8 runs to chase in the super over .Two batters of DC were Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan while Rashid Khan was the bowler selected by SRH to bowl the super over and DC managed to win in the super over . Prithvi Shaw was given the Player of the Match award.
KL rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk , Karun Nair , Faf du Plessis , D Ferreira , Abishek Porel , T Stubbs ,Axar Patel(c) , Sameer Rizvi , Ashutosh Sharma , D Nalkande , Vipraj Nigam , Ajay Mandal , Manvanth Kumar , T Vijay , Madhav Tiwari , Mitchell Starc , T Natarajan , Mohit Sharma , Mukesh Kumar , Dushmantha Chameera , Kuldeep Yadav.
DC have lost their star player and captain Rishabh Pant , It will be a tough task for them to fill the shoes of Rishabh but they are heavily dependent on their top order.The addition of Kl Rahul and Faf have made their batting along with Sameer Rizvi , Ashutosh Sharma and JFM . In the bowling department a lot would rely on skipper Axar Patel , Kuldeep Yadav and Mitchell Starc .
Ishan Kishan , Atharva Taide , Abhinav Manohar , Aniket Verma , Sachin Baby , Heinrich Klaasen , Travis Head , Harshal Patel , Kamindu Mendis , Abhishek Sharma , Wiaan Mulder , Nitish Kumar Reddy , Pat Cummins (c) , M Shami , Adam Zampa , Rahul Chahar , Simarjeet Singh , Zeeshan Ansari , Jaydev Unadkat , Eshan Malinga
SRH on the back of successful season last year have retained their core batting lineup along with the captain Pat Cummins who will be looking forward to cross the finish line this time and win their second IPL title , Addition of Ishan Kishan to the batting order have made it much more destructive , teams need to watchout if SRH gets a flat track they can definitely achieve 300 total in this season . One weakness which can be spotted is the spin bowlers of SRH they are so well equipped in terms of their spinners and this could them on slow pitches like Chennai and Lucknow.
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