Bowlers give Sunrisers Hyderabad first win

ABU DHABI: Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their first win in the 13th IPL on Tuesday night as they beat Delhi Capitals by 15 runs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Defending a modest total, SRH bowlers showed decipline bowling to restrict the opponent at 147 in allotted overs by taking 7 wickets. Leg spinner Rashid Khan was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets for 14 in 4 overs while seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 wickets for 25. Shikhar Dhawan and Rishav Pant contributed 34 and 28 respectively before became victims of Rashid. They needed 28 from the final over, but could score 12 only.

Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 162/4 in the allotted 20 overs. Openers David Warner (45) and Jonny Bairstow (53) put up 77 runs before the former gloved a delivery from Amit Mishra to wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant in the 10th over. The umpire had initially turned down the appeal from DC but had to eventually reverse the decision after the replays showed that he had got a glove to it.

Mishra then dismissed Manish Pandey (3) in his next over after which Kane Williamson (41), playing his first match of the season, took the attack to the opposition. He put up 52 for the third wicket with Bairstow and accounted for most of the runs in the partnership.

Bairstow fell after scratching his way to a half-century in the 18th over while Williamson was dismissed in the last over.

Brief scores: SRH 162/4 (Bairstow 53, Warner 45; Rabada 2/21) beat DC 147/7 in 20 overs ( Shikhar Dhawan 34, Rishav Pant 28, Rashid Khan 3/14, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/25). IANS

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