After registering two emphatic wins in their last two games, Delhi Capitals will be looking for another crucial win tonight against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both teams are facing each other in the 35th match of the ongoing IPL 2024.
After managing to win just one of their first five games, DC revived their playoff hopes with two straight wins. They returned to winning ways with a six-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants in their own backyard. Another impressive away win followed as they defeated Gujarat Titans by six wickets in Ahmedabad.
DC became the first team to bowl out the Gujarat Titans for less than 100 runs in the IPL as they bowled them out for just 89 runs before chasing the total in nine overs. With momentum on their side, DC will be looking for their fourth win in IPL 2024, although it won’t be easy against Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have also been in great form.
And DC’s task has become more difficult in the absence of Ishant Sharma. The veteran pacer is not part of the playing XI for the match against SRH at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Speaking at the toss, DC captain Rishabh Pant confirmed the development and also revealed the reason.
Ishant Sharma Not Available:
Rishabh Pant revealed that Ishant Sharma would miss the DC vs SRH game due to a back spasm. The wicketkeeper-batsman revealed that the senior batsman suffered the problem just five minutes before the toss. South African pacer Anrich Nortje replaced him in the eleven. In another change, Lalit Yadav has replaced Sumit Kumar in the team.
“Let’s bowl first. Wicket is looking pretty good, we would like to chase it because we are playing more as a batting unit. We have more batsmen. Maybe there will be dew. The only thing we said is ‘stay in the field.'” contest “.
“Yes, they have been playing very good cricket, but you can’t let them get away with it. The wicket doesn’t matter, at the end of the day you have to play good cricket. We are looking to improve each and every match. Instead of “Sumit Lalit comes in. In place of Ishant, who just 5 minutes ago suffered a back spasm, Nortje comes in,” Pant said.
Hyderabad Sunrises XI: 1 Travis Head, 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 5 Abdul Samad, 6 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Pat Cummins (captain), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 T Natarajan
Delhi Capitals Khaleel Ahmed.