Sinking Daredevils seek lifeline against Sunrisers

After four straight away games, Delhi Daredevils return to their home, Feroz Shah Kotla, desperately needing a win to stay alive in the tournament

The Preview by Akshay Gopalakrishnan

01-May-2017

Match facts

Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Delhi, May 2, 2017
Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)

3:16

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Head to head

This season: Kane Williamson, playing his first match of the season, struck an adroit 89 as Sunrisers Hyderabad put up 191 and prevailed by 15 runs.

Overall: Sunrisers Hyderabad have a 6-3 advantage from the nine times the two sides have met.

In the news

Marlon Samuels did not play in Daredevils' previous match, against Kings XI Punjab, having landed in the country on the eve of the match. After getting shot out for 67, though, Daredevils could bring him in on Tuesday. Zaheer Khan has still not recovered after hurting his hamstring against Kolkata Knight Riders. Karun Nair will continue to lead Daredevils as the stand-in captain.

The likely XIs

Delhi Daredevils: 1 Sanju Samson, 2 Sam Billings, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Karun Nair (capt), 7 Chris Morris, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Shahbaz Nadeem/Jayant Yadav, 10 Amit Mishra, 11 Mohammed Shami

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Moises Henriques, 6 Naman Ojha (wk), 7 Bipul Sharma/Deepak Hooda, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Siddarth Kaul, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Have Daredevils underutilised Shahbaz Nadeem?

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Yes, he has made good use of limited opportunities

No, there is room for only one spinner, and Mishra's experience is handy

Strategy punt

Amit Mishra has not bowled in the Powerplay this IPL. That trend could, however, change in this game, considering he has conceded at only 6.72 runs per over against David Warner and has dismissed him once in the four innings he has bowled at him. It is a significant dip from Warner's overall scoring rate of 9.05 an over this year. Against Shikhar Dhawan, too, Mishra has impressed with an economy rate of 6.85, having scalped his wicket once in two innings.

Stats that matter

Daredevils have lost on both occasions they have faced Sunrisers at Feroz Shah Kotla.

Karun Nair's average of 12.71 is the worst among batsmen who have featured in the top three of their team's line-up and have played a minimum of five innings. His strike rate of 90.81 is also the lowest among those who have faced a minimum of 50 balls at the top of the order. His highest score of 33 this season and his career-best of 83 not out in the IPL have, however, both come against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Sunrisers have got 32 out of their 59 wickets through the pair of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan, which amounts to 54.2% of the team's wickets - the highest for a single pair this season. Daredevils, similarly, have relied heavily on pairs: Pat Cummins and Chris Morris have accounted for 48.8% of the team's wickets, while the combinations of Morris and Mishra, and Zaheer Khan and Morris have each contributed to 44.2% of Daredevils' wickets.

Not only have Bhuvneshwar and Rashid been Sunrisers' most reliable strike bowlers, they have also been the hardest to score off. Together, the duo have an average of 15.03 and an economy rate of 6.68. The rest of their attack gives away 36.37 runs per wicket, and goes at 9.28 runs an over.

Kane Williamson has a strike rate of 96.08 against legspinners in all T20s in Asia. Against Mishra, however, it shoots up to 176.47. In the previous match between these two sides, Williamson slapped 21 runs off the nine balls he faced against Mishra.

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Akshay Gopalakrishnan is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

PLAYER NAME		R	B
SV Samson	caught	24	19
KK Nair	caught	39	20
RR Pant	bowled	34	20
SS Iyer	caught	33	25
CJ Anderson	not out	41	24
CH Morris	not out	15	7
Extras	(lb 1, w 2)
Total	189(4 wkts; 19.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
B Kumar	4	33	1	8.25
Mohammed Siraj	4	41	2	10.25
S Kaul	4	38	1	9.5
MC Henriques	2.1	36	0	16.61
Rashid Khan	4	24	0	6
Yuvraj Singh	1	16	0	16

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	40	Karun Nair	Sanju Samson
2nd	32	Karun Nair	Rishabh Pant
3rd	37	Shreyas Iyer	Rishabh Pant
4th	39	Corey Anderson	Shreyas Iyer
5th	41	Corey Anderson	Chris Morris

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
MI	14	10	4	20	0.784
RPS	14	9	5	18	0.176
SRH	14	8	5	17	0.599
KKR	14	8	6	16	0.641
KXIP	14	7	7	14	-0.009
DC	14	6	8	12	-0.512
GL	14	4	10	8	-0.412
RCB	14	3	10	7	-1.299

Sinking Daredevils seek lifeline against Sunrisers

Match facts

Head to head

In the news

The likely XIs

Strategy punt

Stats that matter

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