A full show from Marcus Stoinis and a ruthless 19 from three plots from Kagiso Rabada proved to be the key performances in an emphatic 17-run win for Delhi Capitals over SunRisers Hyderabad in 2020 Indian Premier League Qualifier 2, such as Delhi. reached the final of the IPL for the first time in history. Stoinis’ quick 38 of 27 after being promoted to open the batting grounds and key of Kane Williamson (67), Manish Pandey (21) and Priyam Garg (17) in the 189-run Delhi defense was complemented by Kagiso Rabada running through the lower SRH. middle order in the penultimate since the SRH was restricted to 172 by 8.
In a game that had a swing at 40 overs, SRH found itself in trouble early in its 190-run chase when captain David Warner (2) was thrown by Rabada in the second over.
Garg and Pandey fought back in the first six overs, but Stoinis fired them both in an over, the fifth of the inning, to bring Delhi back into the game.
Things looked tough for SRH at 44-for-3 after five overs, but Williamson and Jason Holder (11), the heroes of SRH’s victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator, stuck together to add 46 on 6.4 overs to maintain. your team on the hunt.
Holder poked Praveen Dubey off Axar Patel, but Abdul Samad was 33 of 16 with 2 fours and 2 6s even as Williamson fell to Stoinis, caught by Rabada in the deep, leaving SRH behind 42 of the last three overs.
Rashid Khan hit R Ashwin by a four and a six on 18 before Samad crushed Rabada by another six on the first ball of 19 to bring the equation down to 23 of 10.
However, that was the end of the fireworks for SRH as Rabada roared back to dismiss Samad and Rashid from back-to-back deliveries before grabbing Shreevats Goswami in the fifth ball of the over to kill the chase.
Previously, Stoinis rejoiced after Holder left him in front of Sandeep Sharma at 3 by hitting Sandeep by two fours just after landing in the third over before making Holder pay his bowling pin, hitting the West Indies bowler. for 18 runs in an over – the quarter of the game.
The star batting for Delhi, however, was hometown boy Shikhar Dhawan, who regained some form when his team needed him most, hitting 78 runs on 50 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Shimron Hetmyer, entered in the XI for this match, finished the innings with 42, not just 22 balls with 4 fours and six, while Delhi got 189 of 3.
Sandeep, Holder and Rashid each had a wicket for SRH while Rabada was the choice of Delhi bowlers with figures of 4 for 29 from four overs.
Promoted
Man of the match Marcus Stoinis was 3 of 26 in three overs, while Axar Patel was 1 of 33 in his four overs.
Delhi will now play the Mumbai Indians, a team they lost to in Qualifier 1, in the final in Dubai on November 10.
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