Sunrisers Hyderabad jumps in the points tableImage Credit source: PTI
Sunrisers Hyderabad continues to shine under the leadership of Ishan Kishan, who is captaining the IPL for the first time. After a slow start to the tournament, Sunrisers have now gained momentum and are moving forward with every match. He continued this trend against Delhi Capitals and achieved his third consecutive win. This victory changed Hyderabad’s position in the points table.
In this match played at Uppal Stadium, Hyderabad sunrises He batted first. Team’s star opener Abhishek Sharma, who scored a brilliant century on the same ground last year, again showed his explosive batting skills and scored a century in this season too. Thanks to his unbeaten 135 runs, Sunrisers scored a big score of 242 runs, in response to which Delhi could reach only 195 runs.
Hyderabad took a leap
In this way, Hyderabad defeated Delhi by 47 runs but Rajasthan Royals also got a blow due to this. This is Hyderabad’s third consecutive and fourth overall win this season. The team has played a total of 7 matches so far and its performance is continuously improving. In such a situation, its position in the points table is also getting better and now it has moved from fourth to third place, leaving Rajasthan behind.
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Delhi suffered loss?
Hyderabad also now has 8 points and in this matter it is standing at par with Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan but due to the difference in net run rate, it has gone above Rajasthan, whereas it is behind RCB. As far as Delhi Capitals is concerned, this is the team’s third defeat in 6 matches and it still has only 6 points. Due to this defeat, Delhi’s net run rate has reduced to -0.13 but it is still in fifth place, while Gujarat Titans is in sixth place. At the first place is Punjab Kings with 11 points.
