SRH vs Daredevils, 21st match at Hyderabad, Apr 19 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Sunrisers' unbeaten run at home continues with their fourth successive win in Hyderabad this IPL. And they have done it without their most important players performing as well today. Warner was dismissed for 4, Bhuvneshwar went wicketless, as did Rashid, and yet they won by 15 runs, which are pleasing signs if you are a Sunrisers fan. That is all we have from this game. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Be back tomorrow. Thanks for joining us.

Arsh: "Delhi always seem to plan for the future and prepare. They're giving Karun Nair and Matthews a go so they can strike form right now and help them in the later stages. However, they don't realise that this strategy back fires every season. They don't get to a stage where these players can fire and get them the trophy. DD must realise that they're not a practice team in this tournament and must take decisions to make sure that they're running every game possible"

"Nice to get a game. The guys have been doing a fantastic job, so fortunate to get a game", says Kane Williamson, Man of the Match. "It was a very good surface, it was important to get a good score batting first. Once again, just those partnerships throughout were important and I think the icing on the cake were the couple of boundaries that took us past 180. With the likes of Yuvi, you try and up the tempo with these guys coming in. Once the platform was set, it was about getting the run rate up and fortunately we were able to do it. Our fielding has improved, which is something we have focused on. I just got a little niggle, probably was not going to do the team too much of a service being out with the niggle."

"It was an outstanding performance from the guys", says Sunrisers captain David Warner. "Kane, first game for him this year,the way he and Shikhar played laid an outstanding platform for the guys. We galvanise well together, we know what to expect. Fantastic performance from the guys with the bat and then following it up with the ball as well. Delhi have an outstanding bowling attack with pace upfront. It was about tossing the ball to the youngster playing the first game or go to Bhuvi, our experienced paceman. We threw the ball to the youngster and he came out on top. To come out and play the way he played, and Bhuvi was world-class again. I hurt myself on the rib cage. Credit to the fast bowlers"

Daredevils' strategy is sure to ask a few questions. They gave Rishabh Pant the promotion he deserved, but Mathews ahead of Chris Morris is going to leave a lot of people wondering about the reason behind that. Sunrisers pick up yet another win at home, but don't forget Shreyas Iyer's contribution. He kept the Daredevils alive till the end, but it did not prove enough.

"Another great game of cricket, unfortunate to not finish on the winning side," says Zaheer Khan, Daredevils captain. "180 would have been ideal to chase, but the last over I bowled is going to haunt me for a bit. Bhuvi was just fantastic, the lengths he is bowling and the rhythm he is in, he is helping Sunrisers defend. Even with 190, we felt we had a good chance. These things (Karun run out) happen in the heat of the situation. But overall, the morale is good. We have been losing by small margins."

Bhuvneshwar has gone wicketless in each of the last 3 matches against Daredevils.

Abhishek: "This chase just reminds me of the ipl final where MI sent in Duminy ahead of Pollard and lost the final."

Varun: "What a blunder by DD yet again. Why would you send Matthews ahead of your best player of this IPL - Morris. So many bad balls not put by Matthews"

Shan: "Kumars strength is that he's settled in to bowling that yorker length. Batsmen should be trying to advance him or bat deep in the crease to put him off his length. Right now they are just moving side ways at the crease. playing to Kumars strength."

Kaul to bowl the final over. 24 needed off it.

Bhuvneshwar has picked atleast 2 wickets in every match before today.

This is Shreyas' highest score in 10 IPL inns since scoring 70* v CSK in 2015.

rssampat: "Henriques is as good as Jordan or Cutting both with the bat and the ball. He bowls smartly and is a powerful hitter and a safe fielder. He should not be replaced"

Nitin Kumbhar has an interesting take on Rashid's performances in the last two games: "Sometimes I feels that playing fantasy league jinx the layers.. At the start no one wants to take the risk to include an inexperience Rashid.. Once he performed, people started taking him and see what he did in the last 2 games! "