IPL 2020: SRH vs DC- Stats from Warner-Saha partnership, end of Rabada’s record streak and more
If you look at the IPL 2020 points table, one thing that would startle you is that SRH are at sixth position despite having the second best net-run-rate. This signifies that SRH have a knack of losing a lot of close matches they can win, but when they win, it would be huge. SRH’s last three wins have come as convincing as they can – by defeating KXIP by 69 runs, defeating RR by 8 wickets and defeating DC by 88 runs. Unlike the two other wins, this time in the SRH vs DC game it was by an even bigger margin and came against a team in the top half of the table.
Things would’ve looked far easier for SRH if they won a Super Over or did not suffer one of the biggest collapses in IPL history, against KXIP. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals are for the first time in all sorts of bother this season, following an 88-run defeat which had a severe beating on their net-run-rate. SRH got this kind of performance at a crucial time when they were a step away from a dead rubber, as they not only need to win their remaining matches but also need to depend on other teams.
The birthday boy David Warner and the opener in a long time shared a 107-run stand for the first wicket. Unusually after Warner’s wicket at 66, Saha continued to score at an even higher rate. As Saha were out at 14.3 overs, SRH slowed down but with that solid start, 8.5 runs-per-over were more than enough against the best death bowling team. Delhi Capitals never looked to chase this down, by losing wickets at regular intervals, as they eventually fold out for 131. Here’s a look at the numbers from the match.
SRH vs DC – Stats
66 – Runs by David Warner today, on his 34th birthday along with two catches. It is his second consecutive birthday with an unbelievable field day. An year ago, Warner scored an unbeaten hundred in a T20I against Sri Lanka on his birthday.
2017 – The last time when Wriddhiman Saha crossed a fifty in IPL. Saha’s last fifty was a score of 93 not-out against Mumbai Indians in 2017, while he scored a similar high score today. He batted in 18 consecutive fifty-less innings in between. This is Saha’s first fifty for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
22 – Total number of century partnerships in IPL involving David Warner as one of the batsman, which is the highest in IPL.
Players involved in most century partnerships in IPL
22 – David Warner
20 – Virat Kohli
19 – Chris Gayle
17 – Shikhar Dhawan
17 – AB de Villiers
41 – While claiming the second catch of the day in the SRH vs DC game, David Warner dismissed Shikhar Dhawan to equal Dhawan’s record for most catches by a Sunrisers Hyderabad fielder in IPL.
Most catches by an SRH fielder in IPL
41 – David Warner
41 – Shikhar Dhawan
23 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
21 – Manish Pandey
21 – Deepak Hooda
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25 – Consecutive innings where Kagiso Rabada took a wicket, with the streak being finally ended today. The last time Rabada failed to take a wicket was also against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in 2017. In both the matches, Rabada also went for over 50 runs. Only Dwayne Bravo has a bigger streak of consecutive IPL innings with a wicket (27 innings).
102.86 – Rishabh Pant’s strike-rate in the match as he scores 36 in 35 balls. This is by a fair distance his lowest in IPL, while facing 30+ balls. His previous lowest strike-rate while facing thirty or more balls in IPL was a significantly high 132.35, against RCB in 2017 (scored 45 in 34 then).
20 – Tushar Deshpande’s boundary filled cameo of 20-runs after the required rate already crossed 36, is the highest by a Delhi Capitals batsman while batting at No.10 or below (seventh highest overall). The previous highest for Delhi Capitals no.10-11 batsman was Rahul Shukla’s 14 against RR in 2014.
4 – This is the fourth time Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Capitals twice in an IPL season. It also happened in 2013, 2014 and 2018. Overall SRH have a dominant 11-6 winning record against DC in IPL.