David Warner’s team has faced defeat at home against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In this match Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Capitals by 9 runs. Delhi Capitals had a target of 198 runs to win the match but could only score 188 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Phil Salt, Mitchell Marsh played a scintillating half-century innings for Delhi Capitals but was unable to bring the team to victory.
Phil Salt played a 59-run innings off 35 balls for Delhi Capitals. He hit 9 fours in his innings. While Mitchell Marsh contributed 63 runs from 39 balls. He hit 1 four and 6 sixes in his innings. At the same time, Mayank Markande took a top 2 wicket for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Apart from this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Okil Hossain, T. Natarajan and Abhishek Sharma had a 1-1 victory.
At the same time, after this loss, Delhi Capitals captain David Warner said that we had a disappointing bowling performance but Mitchell Marsh turned in a great game. It’s disappointing to lose the match by 9 runs like this…he said as the match progressed the wicket slowed down. Especially, when you keep losing wickets in the intermissions, the situation will be difficult.
However, Delhi Capitals captain David Warner praised Akshar Patel. He said that Akshar Patel is performing in excellent shape. David Warner said that if our top hitters had done well, Akshar Patel could have won the match against the spinners in the intermissions. Especially, during the chase of the race, our team continuously lost wickets in the intermissions, which had to bear the brunt.