IPL 9: Delhi Daredevils' all-round effort stops Sunrisers Hyderabad's winning streak

Hyderabad Delhi Daredevils produced anallround effort to defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by sevenwickets to jump to the third spot in the ongoing IndianPremier League here todayOpting to bowl the Daredevils first dished out a superbbowling performance to restrict the Sunrisers to a modest 146for eight and then chased down the target with consummate easein 181 overs riding on fine a halfcentury stand betweenyoungsters Sanju Samson 34 not out off 26 and Risabh Pant39 not out off 26By virtue of this win the Daredevils have moved up tothe third spot in the standings with 12 points from 10 gamesDespite the loss the Sunrisers continued to lead the tablewith 14 points from 11 matchesDelhi Daredevils bowler Amit Mishra C celebrates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabads Yuvraj Singh during the 2016 IPL match at The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday PicAFPChasing 147 for win the Daredevils made a decent startreaching 20 off the first three overs before Mayank Agarwal10 drove a Ashish Nehra 123 length delivery straight toYuvraj Singh at extra coverQuinton de Kock 44 off 31 however looked in ominousmood and flicked Nehra over squareleg for a massive six andthen followed it up with a boundaryKarun Nair 20 off 17 matched his partner stroke forstroke and clobbered Barinder Sran for two fours in the nextoverDe Kock continued his onslaught and struck Sran for afour and six in the eight over to keep Delhi abreast with theasking rateBut Moises Henriques 219 put a brake on Delhis chaseby picking up two wickets in the 10th overHenriques first dismissed Nair with a peach of a yorkerand then two balls later accounted for the wicket of dangerousDe Kock caught by Naman Ojha behind the sumps although thebatsman should consider himself a tad unlucky as TV replaysshowed there was hardly any nickThereafter it was all Samson and Pant show as theyoungsters played sensibly and mixed caution with aggressionto stitch an unbeaten 72 run stand for the fourth wicket thatcame off just 50 ballsThe duo fearlessly played their strokes to make shortwork of the chase against an inform Sunrisers bowling attackEarlier the Daredevils produced a superb bowling effortto restrict Sunrisers to a modest 146 for eightDelhi bowlers pulled things back brilliantly withdisciplined effort in the middle and death overs after ShikharDhawan 34 off 37 and skipper David Warner 46 off 30 gaveSunrisers a good start scoring 51 runs without losing anywicket in the six overs of powerplayInvited to bat Sunrisers made a relatively quit startbefore Dhawan struck the first boundary of the innings in thefourth overDhawans boundary was followed by two more fours thistime by Warner in the same over of Mohammad Shami 126 thatyielded 15 runsShamis over seemed to have opened the floodgates asWarner came down heavily on Jayant Yadav 132 hitting theoffspinner for two boundaries and a six to pick up 17 runs inthe next overDespite Warners quick knock it was not easy for thebatsmen to go for big shots in the relatively slow but bouncywicket on offer at the Rajiv Gandhi International StadiumIt was Yadav who broke the dangerouslooking partnershipbetween Dhawan and Warner in the ninth over when he wentthrough the defence of the Australian with a slowish deliveryAfter Warners dismissal Dhawan took up the role of theaggressor and struck two fours off JP Duminy in the next overDhawan however struggled to bat freely throughout theinnings and his 37ball knock finally came to an end in the13th over when he was holed out by a running Sanju Samson atdeep midwicket off Amit Mishras 219 bowlingYuvraj made a runaball 8 before being dismissed byMishra caught by Risabh Pant while Moises Henriques fell LBWto Shami as Sunrisers lost the plot towards the endKane Williamson 27 off 24 and Deepak Hooda 10 toostruggled to hit big shots as Daredevils bowled brilliantly inthe death overs to restrict Sunrisers to a manageable total