Sunrisers Hyderabad brought their three-match losing streak to an end in the IPL 2023, beating Delhi Capitals by nine runs, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday night.
Defending a challenging 197/6, Sunrisers Hyderabad did well to restrict the hosts to 188/6 in a game that was contested between the two bottom-placed teams of the league. Spinner Mayank Markande continued to impress for SRH, taking 2/20 in his four overs. His victims included the dangerous-looking opener Phil Salt, who struck 59 off 35 balls. His innings was laced with nine boundaries. Salt and Mitchell Marsh's 63 runs (39b, 1x4, 6x6) put on 112 for the second wicket after skipper David Warner was out for zero.
Meanwhile, SRH opener Abhishek Sharma emerged as his team's highest scorer, hitting a 36-ball 67. He struck 12 boundaries and a six. Heinrich Klassen too came up with a notable performance for SRH with an unbeaten 27-ball 53. Marsh impressed with the ball taking 4/27 for DC. The win lifted SRH into eighth place on the points table with six points from eight games. DC, on the other hand, are stuck to the bottom place with four points in eight outings.
