Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) may still get out of IPL13, but it wouldn’t be the day David Warner turned 34. Saturday’s house of cards act, where SRH lost seven wickets for 14 runs, meant Tuesday’s game was a win. required. . SRH approached him with a plan: Attack. Warner was expected to follow the Iron Man mantra from a movie in the Avengers franchise. That Wriddhiman Saha surpassed him might not be.
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Warner and Saha added 77 in the first six, making him the best in the power play at IPL13. This was hitting in fifth gear from the fifth ball of Anrich Nortje’s inning that Saha served for four. There was a lemon cut on the next ball thrown by Kagiso Rabada, but the next ball was thrown for four. Playing her first game and that too because SRH decided to alter the team dynamic by leaving Jonny Bairstow and retaining Jason Holder, Saha was in cruise control thereafter.
Most of his 87 (45b; 4×12; 6×2) came from the side because Saha had control of the sweep, pickup and traction. But there was also a limit midway after Saha handed over to Ravichandran Ashwin; a square drive off Tushar Deshpande who shot over the fence without giving the points fielder in the circle and the third man on the edge a chance, a punch at the coverage limit, a cheeky ran four and sent Nortje over the middle that glowed.
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This was Saha’s first half century since undefeated 93 against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2017, but that’s also because the man who scored a century in the 2014 IPL final has been used sporadically by SRH. since then. If there was a concern for India before the tour of Australia, where Saha is on the test team, it is that he had an injury while batting and Shreevats Goswami kept the wicket.
Warner’s 66 (34b; 4×8; 6×2) was the highest of the season. He served 22 from a Kagiso Rabada more with three fours offside, a six long and a limit in the middle. SRH’s skipper ended with two sacks and a successful review that fired Rishabh Pant.
After 25 IPL games, Rabada went wicketless, with a breakout of 54. By the time the power play ended, DC’s famous bowling attack had lost pace and more and SRH reached 100/0 in 8.4 overs. Such was the onslaught of the starters that although SRH scored 44 in the last five, they reached 219/2.
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DC showed intent by promoting Marcus Stoinis but was never in the chase because they fell for Rashid Khan’s wiles (3/7) after losing early ground. DC’s third straight loss, by 88 runs, ruined their net run rate and they now face the difficult task of reliving the campaign with games left only against MI and Royal Challengers Bangalore, both ahead of them in the rankings.
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