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Why are teams choosing to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad?

Short boundaries, flat deck and a powerhouse batting line-up in front of you. And what do you do? Present that team the option of making first use of the pitch and the chance to bat you out of the contest. That is what Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant did at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

Sunrisers have won five games out of seven this season and four of them have come while defending a score. In three of those games, they have scored more than 260. In the 16-year history of the IPL, in which 1067 games have been contested, (till the SRH vs DC clash) a total more than 200-plus has been successfully chased down only 21 times. That is a success percentage of 1.96. DC have chased 200-plus only once.

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