Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Delhi Daredevils (DD) by seven wickets to regain the top position on the IPL 2018 points table. This was SRH’s fourth win on the trot and with it have almost sealed a place in the playoffs. Chasing 164, Sunrisers reached the target in the last over with Kane Williamson and Yusuf Pathan adding 32 runs off just 16 balls towards the end. While Williamson played a patient inning of 32 runs, Yusuf towards the end played a match-winning cameo of 27 runs off 12 balls.

Alex Hales and Shikhar Dhawan helped SRH get off to a good start with a half-century stand. The duo added 76 runs for the opening wicket before Amit Mishra removed Hales. In his next over, Mishra bowled Dhawan to bring Delhi back in the game. You can watch video highlights of SRH vs DD

With two back to back wickets, SRH lost some momentum and that slowed down their chase. The required run-rate kept creeping up but Williamson and Pandey batted their way out without throwing their wicket away. The duo added valuable 46 for the third wicket to take SRH close to the target. Towards the end, Pathan made things easy for the home side as he smashed two fours and as many sixes.

Earlier, batting first Daredevils managed to post just 163 despite scoring 95 in the first ten overs. SRH bowlers kept it tight and gave away just 68 runs in the last ten overs. Spinner Rashid Khan, who was awarded Man of the Match, scalped two wickets and gave away 23 runs in his four overs.

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