In the Eliminator match, the Delhi capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by two wickets in Visakhapatnam and now they will face Chennai on May 10 in the 2nd Qualifier. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad is out of IPL 2019.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and scored 162 for eight wickets in 20 overs, in reply Delhi capitals won the match in the last over. Rishabh Pant was adjudged 'Man of the match' for his smoky innings of 49 off just 21 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings:
Earlier, Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Sunrisers Hyderabad did not start well and Saha was out for 8 in the 4th over. Martin Guptill played brilliant innings of 36 runs in 19 balls, but after the powerplay, he was also dismissed.
After this Manish Pandey (30) played a very slow partnership of 34 runs with captain Kane Williamson and he was out in the 14th over. Vijay Shankar (25) and Nabi (13) played fast innings of 20 runs to help the team cross 160.
On behalf of Delhi Capitals, Kemo Paul took three wickets, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, and Trent Boult took one wicket each.
Delhi Capitals Innings:
In reply, Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan (17), played a fine partnership of 66 runs for the first wicket and Shaw completed his half-century in just 31 balls. However, after Dhawan's dismissal, Hyderabad tried to come back and Khaleel sent Shreyas Iyer (8) and Prithvi Shaw (56) into the pavilion in the 11th over.
In the last 5 overs, Delhi Capitals needed 52 runs to win. Rishab Pant made 49 runs in 21 deliveries to bring the team closer to victory, but once again Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Rutherford (9) and Pant to take the match to the last over.
In the last over, the Delhi capitals needed five runs to win and Amit Mishra was given out obstructing the field, however, Kemo Pual's four gave a thrilling victory to the team.
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