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Daredevils post 167/4 against Sunrisers
Visakhapatnam, April 18
Half centuries from
opener Shreyas Iyer (60) and captain J.P. Duminy (54) guided the Delhi
Daredevils to post a competitive total of 167/4 in 20 overs in their
Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the
ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Saturday.
Opting to bat, Daredevils did
not start well as they lost opening batsman Mayank Agarwal (1) cheaply
in only the third over. But a 78-run second-wicket partnership between
Iyer and Duminy revived the innings. The two performances were the only
notable contributions from the Daredevils batsmen.
Iyer played a
brilliant innings of 40 balls which included five sixes and three
boundaries while South African Duminy hit five boundaries and two sixes.
Star
batsman Yuvraj Singh, who was purchased by the Delhi franchise for a
record Rs.16 crore, failed to click as he was caught while batting on 9.
Sri
Lankan Angelo Mathews (15 not out) and wicketkeeper-batsman Kedar
Jadhav (19 not out) played small cameos towards the end to propel the
score beyond 160.
Medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the pick of
the bowlers as he was the only one from Sunrisers players to end with an
economy rate of less than six per over. Bhuvneshwar, Dale Steyn,
Praveen Kumar and Ashish Reddy all picked up a wicket each.