Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals locked horns in the 34th match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League 2023. Both teams played this match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The visitors’ skipper David Warner won the flip of the coin and decided to bat first at the surface of RJI Stadium.
Batting first, DC managed to post a low total of 144 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the first 20 overs of the game. While chasing the target, they successfully defended this low total courtesy of brilliant bowling and registered the second consecutive win in the tournament. Delhi have also earned four points in the points table of the tournament.
The fans also came up with many interesting reactions following this thrilling finish and DC’s win in a low-scoring affair against Sunrisers Hyderabad. They took to Twitter to praise Delhi’s performance alongside a few critical remarks for the hosts’ SRH as they failed to cross the line in another match and faced their third consecutive defeat.
Here’s how fans reacted:
DC win.. defending low total
— ͏͏ ͏Anbuselvan™🔥 (@Raj_twetz) April 24, 2023
👌🤩🔥🔥
Warner revenge SRH 😂🔥#SRHvsDC
#SRHvsDC
— Jaisi Jiski Soch (@Jaisi_JiskiSoch) April 24, 2023
SRH fans Right now pic.twitter.com/9fdYOkXWfW
Warner be like
— . (@elontweets_69) April 24, 2023
To SRH
Thukra ke Mera pyaar Mera inteqaam dekhegi#SRHvsDC #Mukeshkumar
ponting today after DC win#SRHvsDC pic.twitter.com/M6Zyd7iiJg
— Mahesh Bhavsar (@imaheshbhavsar) April 24, 2023
Shameless team @SunRisers you dont deserve to be a franchise better back out
— siaaa (@becool2006) April 24, 2023
#SRH #IPL2023 #SRHvsDC
Another thriller!!🔥#SRHvsDC #IPL2O23
— Garry☁️🌈🐼🐾🦋 (@Garima190603) April 24, 2023
SRH Fans to Kavya akka : Players ni konadam rakapothe poi gadudhulu kaskondi @SunRisers
— #FireStormIsComing (@This_is_sonu) April 24, 2023
Kavya akka : Ade pani chesthuna#SRHvsDC pic.twitter.com/szlolMyjoo
Dayum who said it's Biryani vs Chole Bhature😭#SRHvsDC #Zomato #swiggy
— Supermanyam (@ShivRatna11) April 24, 2023
Talking about the entire action of the match, Manish Pandey and Axar Patel scored 34 runs each in the first innings to help Delhi Capitals reach a total of 144 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Besides Manish and Axar, Mitchell Marsh also played a crucial knock of 25 runs off just 15 deliveries with five boundaries to his name.
Washington Sundar scalped three wickets alongside one and two wickets respectively by T Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the Sunrisers.
While chasing the target, it was only Mayank Agarwal who showed some intent for SRH as he played a struggling knock of 49 runs with seven boundaries. DC’s bowlers eventually managed to restrict SRH to 137 runs by scalping their six wickets in the 20 overs. Axar Patel scalped two wickets at the cost of only 21 runs in his quota of four overs. Other than him, Anirch Nortje also scalped two wickets alongside one wicket each by Ishant Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav.
Eventually, Delhi Capitals won the match by 7 runs having Axar Patel as the ‘Player of the Match for his match-defining performance.