IPL: Delhi's playoffs difficult to reach, Hyderabad win by seven wickets in exciting encounter

Due to their mistake at the hands of Hyderabad, Delhi were defeated by 7 wickets. With this defeat, his hopes in the play-off are almost over.

Hyderabad: Hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets in the exciting match played on Saturday in IPL. Hyderabad, famous for their imitation bowl, once again performed brilliantly and played the first innings and restricted Delhi to 163 for five wickets in 20 overs. In this volatile, match-winning match, Hyderabad won the remaining three wickets with a ball remaining.

In the last two overs, Hyderabad needed 28 runs to win. Yusuf Pathan added 14 runs in the 19th over with the help of a four and a six, and in the final over, Hyderabad managed to win by 14 runs with the help of one four and a six.

Yusuf played an unbeaten 27 runs in 12 balls with two sixes and two fours. Captain Ken Williamson also returned unbeaten in 30 balls with just one six off 32. After this victory, Hyderabad has once again returned to the first place.

The hosts started well after chasing the target and got good starts. Alex Hales (45) and Shikhar Dhawan (33) added 76 runs in nine overs for the first wicket. Delhi leg-spinner Amit Mishra broke the partnership by bowing down Hales. Hales put three fours and three sixes in 32 balls. After 10 runs, Mishra gave Dhawan another bold blow to Hyderabad. Dhawan faced 30 balls and added one six to two squares.

From there, Williamson and Manish Pandey (21) added the team to the match and shared 46 runs for the third wicket. Pandey was caught by Lyam Plunkett on the first ball of the 18th over by the earth shaw, giving the hosts a third blow. Yusuf, who came to his place, had a big responsibility on which he played well and returned only after winning the team.

Earlier, despite the half-century of young batsman Prithvi Shaw (65), Hyderabad stopped Delhi from making big scores. Apart from the earth, Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer scored 44 runs.

Delhi changed its opening pair and sent Colin Munro to Glenn Maxwell (2) to start the innings with the earth. Maxwell was not successful and in the second over run out on nine scores.

Here, Aiyar and Shaw have been batting in their style and troubled the Hyderabad bowlers. Both of them shared the 86-run partnership for the second wicket and gave the team a good position. On the total score of Earth 95, Rashid Khan's ball was caught by Siddharth Kaul. He hit six fours and three sixes in his innings, facing only 36 balls.

Aiyar was six runs away from his half-century. In an attempt to send Kaul's ball across the border, he plays the ball in the hands of Shikhar Dhawan. He scored 44 runs in 36 balls, including three fours and two sixes.

From here the Delhi innings was shattered and the speed required in the run-up was not allowed by the ballads of the hosts. Rashid got Rishabh Pant (18) in front of the target and hit a five-wicket haul to Delhi. Naman Ojha, playing his first match in this season before, was run out after scoring a run.

Finally, all-rounder Vijay Shankar, with the help of a four and a six, made 23 runs to bring Delhi to a respectable score. Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for Hyderabad. Siddharth Kaul got one wicket.