DC vs SRH, Match Preview, Player Stats and Playing XI Updated...

Important News

1. W Sunder ruled out from Whole IPL due to hamstring injury no replacement announce yet

2. Vivrant Sharma expected to play in place of injured W Sunder

3. H brook and A Sharma Open for SRH While D Warner and P Salt Open for DC

Pitch Reports

The average first innings score in the last three years here is 149. The teams batting first have won only 16.67% of the matches in this timeframe.

The temperatures are expected to be around 29°C, with no chance of rain during the match hours

Probable Playing XI

DC

David Warner (C), Philip Salt (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Ripal Patel, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma

SRH

Abhishek Sharma, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram (C), Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Marco Jansen, Abdul Samad, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

Delhi Capitals

David Warner has been a consistent scorer for Delhi Capitals this year, and he will be after a big knock against his former team. In the seven innings, the southpaw has 306 runs at an average of 43.71 and a strike rate of 119.53 in IPL 2023. This includes four half-centuries.

Phil Salt hasn’t been able to make an impression in the league so far. However, he is a quality batter and can fire against Sunrisers Hyderabad tonight.

Manish Pandey has played a couple of good knocks for DC so far. He has managed to arrest the collapse and chipped in with vital runs amidst a poor show from most of the other batters. Pandey has 131 runs at an average of 26.20 and a strike rate of 122.42 this season.

Axar Patel has been the best batter for Delhi Capitals this year. He has scored runs consistently in every game. Axar also won the Man of the Match award against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last match for his all-round show (34 runs & 2/21).

Kuldeep Yadav has impressed one and all with his spin bowling this season. Overall, Kuldeep has snared 12 wickets at a strike rate of 21.50 and an economy rate of 7.65 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. He will look to build on this record.

Anrich Nortje has not taken the big wickets, but he will be key at the death. However, he has got all the required ingredients to trouble the SRH batters. Expect him to bounce back strongly now.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Harry Brook has been mediocre throughout the season, barring a century against KKR. However, he has the ability to score on any surface in the world. Brook will be eager to start piling up runs again.

Mayank Agarwal enjoys batting against Delhi Capitals in the IPL. In 13 innings, Mayank has 407 runs at an average of 33.91 and a strike rate of 139.86. He has also made three half-centuries. He was the top scorer (49) for his team in the last game.

Rahul Tripathi has struggled to get going with the willow this season. He is an explosive batter who can race away with the game in no time. SRH would want him to fire from the top.

Aiden Markram has also underperformed in the season so far. But he is a quality player. Markram has to step up now with both bat and ball to keep his team’s hopes alive.

Markram in T20s 2023: 21 inns, 577 runs, avg. 33.94, SR 138.70.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bowled reasonably well this season. He has six wickets at a strike rate of 23 and an economy rate of 7.34 thus far. Bhuvneshwar snared two wickets while conceding only 11 runs against DC in the last game.

Other Stats and Facts

Head-to-head: Matches 22, DC 11, SRH 11.

Mayank Agarwal vs Axar Patel in the IPL: 43 runs, 54 balls, 79.62 SR & 2 dismissals. Axar also dismissed him in the last game.

Manish Pandey vs Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 22 runs, 22 balls, 100 SR & 4 dismissals.

Anrich Nortje requires one more wicket to complete 50 IPL scalps.

Markram (141.12) and Klaasen (145.3) both have a strike-rate above 140 in T20 cricket since the beginning of 2022.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has dismissed Manish Pandey four times in IPL, conceding only at a run-a-ball to him in the 22 deliveries.

Capitals have won their last four matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad, but in Delhi, Sunrisers have won four of the last five games between the two teams

Capitals (17) and Sunrisers (29) are at the bottom of the list of sixes hit in IPL 2023
David Warner's strike rate of 71 against Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the lowest among all bowlers he has faced at least 40 deliveries against in T20s

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