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A whirlwind century-stand between David Warner and Rovman Powell powered Delhi Capitals to a 21-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.
Warner smashed an unbeaten 92 off 58 balls and Powell muscled in 67 not out off just 35 balls in Delhi’s strong total of 207-3.
Hyderabad, which won the toss and elected to field, got strangled by Delhi’s pace in the powerplay, before being restricted to 186-8 to lose its third successive game.
Delhi moved up to No. 5 with 10 points from 10 games as the battle for a place in playoffs intensified. Hyderabad and Punjab Kings also have 10 points each, but have inferior net run-rates.
Nicholas Pooran top-scored for Hyderabad with 62 off 34 balls while Aiden Markram made 42, but Delhi kept chipping away with wickets at its favorite Brabourne Stadium this season.
Earlier, Warner and Powell dominated Hyderabad’s fast bowlers in a scintillating 122-run partnership off 66 balls with the West Indian power-hitter getting couple of chances.
Powell had hit just one six and was on 18 when captain Williamson dropped a sitter at mid-against India’s new fast bowling sensation Umran Malik.
Powell capitalized on the dropped chance in the death overs, clobbering five more sixes and also hitting three successive boundaries against Malik pacey deliveries in the last overs.
Malik, who took 5-25 against table toppers Gujarat Titans, had been expensive in the last two games. The paceman finished with 0-48 in the last game against Chennai Super Kings and ended up with another expensive figures of 0-52 against Hyderabad.
