IPL 2021: Delhi Capitals rise, shine over Hyderabad

Delhi Capitals rode on a brilliant fast bowling performance from their South African duo Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada to pulverise wooden spooners Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets as they took a giant leap towards Indian Premier League playoffs on WednesdayCapitals produced topnotch performance in their first match of the second phase of this yearrsquos IPL to eke out the easy win in 175 overs in their pursuit of a modest 135run targetIt was only possible after fast furious Nortje bowled at 150 clicks to finish with 2 for 12 and was ably supported Rabada 337 and Axar Patel 221 in a brilliant bowling effortSRH all but outLast editionrsquos runnersup are now well and truly in contention for clinching a playoff berth with 14 points from nine games while SRH with two points are all but out of the competitionDC opener Shikhar DhawanDC started their chase on an aggressive note with Shikhar Dhawan and young Prithvi Shaw 11 off 8 adding 20 runs in 17 balls before the latter was caught by Kane Williamson off the bowlng of Khaleel Ahmed as the batsman went for an extravagant shot over midwicketOrange Cap Dhawan was unperturbed as he continued his attacking batting and slog swept Rashid Khan over deep midwicket for a maximum in the Afghan spinnerrsquos first overWhile SRH batsmen struggled Dhawan made batting look easy on the wicket as he then pulled a Jason Holder delivery on to the square leg fenceSwing bowler Sandeep Sharma was then taken to task by Dhawan as he hit the medium pacer for backtoback boundaries in the 10th over take DC to 69 for oneBut Dhawan paid the price for being too aggressive when he was holed out by Abdul Samad off the bowling of Rashid as the lefthander went for a slog sweep over deep square leg in search of a sixDhawanrsquos runs came off 37 balls and was laced with six boundaries and one hit over the fenceShreyas Iyer 47 not out off 41 who played the second fiddle when Dhawan was around then took the onus on himself and upped the ante hitting Sandeep Sharma for two consecutive fours in the 14th overIyer impressesIyer continued to bat freely and in the company of skipper Rishabh Pant 35 off 21 took DC home with 13 balls to spareWhile Khaleel Ahmed extracted some pace and bounce from the track none other SRH bowlers managed to trouble the DC batsmen as Iyer and Pant batted with consummate ease Iyer hit two fours and as many sixes during his knock while Pant decorated his innings with three boundaries and two lofty hits over the fenceCheck out all the latest news and updates on IPL 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever