Journalism of Courage
David Warner sealed a win in his 50th Indian Premier League (IPL) match as captain after Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by 15 runs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and secured their first win of the ongoing season on Tuesday. (Source: IPL)
After electing to bowl in Abu Dhabi, DC kept SRH openers – Warner and Jonny Bairstow – in check, bowling some tight lines, and the approach almost gave them their first wicket in the fifth over after Bairstow was hit onto the pads. While DC opted for a review, Bairstow as the on-field decision of not-out stayed. (Source: IPL)
However, DC struck in the 10th over to dismiss Warner, after the left-hander was adjudged out via DRS after gloving one to the wicketkeeper, giving Amit Mishra his first wicket. (Source: IPL)
Kane Williamson played a couple of cracking shots off Anrich Nortje to push SRH close to 130. In the 17th over, the New Zealand skipper took on Marcus Stoinis, hitting two fours. (Source: IPL)
Bairstow, then, brought up his fifty in the 18th over, but departed in the same over as Kagiso Rabada dismissed the SRH opener for 53. Williamson, meanwhile, got out in the final over after scoring a valuable 41 off 26 balls and SRH posted 162/4 in their quota of 20 overs. (Source: IPL)
Defending 162, SRH struck in the first over as Bhuvneshwar Kumar got Prithvi Shaw out two. (Source: IPL)
DC skipper Shreyas Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan, then, added 40 runs together, but Rashid Khan’s introduction into the attack gave SRH their second wicket as Iyer fell for 17 after being caught by Samad in the deep. The leg-spinner struck soon after as he got the wicket of Dhawan. The DC opener got out in the 12th over after scoring 34. (Source: IPL)
Rashid returned to bowl his final over of the day and the 17th over of the innings, and got Pant’s wicket after the left-hander went aerial and Priyam Garg pouched one safely in the deep. DC needed 37 off the last two overs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded not more than nine runs in the penultimate over. While DC scored 12 runs in the last over, SRH managed to seal a 15-run win. (Source: IPL)
