IPL 2023: SRH vs DC | Sundar, Bhuvneshwar restrict Delhi Capitals to 144/9

Delhi Capitals captain David Warner won the toss and elected to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, in Hyderabad on April 24.

Washington Sundar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar shared five wickets between to expose Delhi Capitals’ batting frailties as Sunrisers Hyderabad restricted the visitors to a below-par 144 for nine in the IPL, in Hyderabad on Monday.

Off-spin allrounder Sundar (4-0-28-3) ended his six-match wicketless run in style to take three wickets in five balls to break the back of Delhi Capitals’ batting line-up after they opted to bat.

Then Bhuvneswhar came up with a parsimonious spell of 4-0-11-2, which included the key wickets of Phil Salt (0) and Akshar Patel (34) to rattle Delhi further.

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Delhi Capitals slipped from 57 for 2 to 62 for 5 after the powerplay, and had their backs firmly pressed against the wall.

Axar Patel (34) and Manish Pandey (34) saved some blushes for the misfiring side which has lost five out of six matches while languishing at the bottom in the points table.

The association between Pandey and Patel began in the ninth over after Delhi Capitals were left tottering by Sundar.