Late fireworks from Rishabh Pant helped Delhi Capitals (DC) see off SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) challenge in the Eliminator of IPL 2019. They will now face Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2 on May 10 in Vizag. Chasing 163 to win, Delhi Capitals got off to a brilliant start as both the openers, especially young Prithvi Shaw, played with great intent and smashed SRH bowlers to all corners of the ground. The duo completed 50 run-stand for the first wicket inside powerplay. SRH picked two quick wickets to put Delhi on the backfoot. Rashid Khan's double wicket maiden changed the game and turned the tide in SRH's favour. When the game looked out of Delhi's reach, Rishabh Pant once again turned the match when he clobbered two fours and as many sixes in Basil Thampi's final over, ensuring Delhi's victory. (SCORECARD)
IPL 2019 Eliminator Highlights Between Delhi Capitals vs SunRisers Hyderabad, straight from ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag
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Khaleel Ahmed bowls short wide of the crease and Keemo Paul gets in the position quickly. He slogs that towrads midwicket region for a four. Delhi Capitals win the thriller. They will meet Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2.
Interesting... Amit Mishra changed his line while running and umpires are checking whether he did that deliberately to avoid the ball from hitting the stumps. He has been given out. Last moment drama.
Rishabh Pant departs after playing a gem of an innings. He fell just one short of his fifty. He is not happy the way he got out. He surely would have liked to finish the match.
Rishabh Pant is on song here. He hits Bhuvneshwar Kumar towards midwicket region for a massive six. Someone in the crowd catches that one-handedly but that doesn't count.
Basil Thampi is being thumped by Rishabh Pant who has already clobbered 20 off first four balls. Thampi is under pressure. Pant is the man for Delhi. Can he get his wicket?
Delhi Capitals need 42 off four overs and they have Rishabh Pant and Sherfane Rutherford out in the middle. But it will take some hitting to cross the line.
Rashid Khan has turned the tide in favour of SunRisers Hyderabad. Axar Patel has been given out caught behind. He goes for a duck. The replay suggests there was no edge. Terrible decision from the umpire but sadly for Delhi Capitals, they didn't have review.
The ball hits Colin Munro on his front pad and Rashid shouts on top of his voice and the umpire has given him out. Munro has selfishly asked for review. Looks close and the replay does prove that. Munro departs.
Interesting approach from Colin Munro. Two deliveries back he charged down and created doubt in bowler's mind. Thampi falls in the trap and balls on Munro's pads and he flicks it off his pads for an excellent six.
Chinese cut and a four. Colin Munro charges down and Thampi spots that and takes his pace off. Luckily Munro manages an inside edge and ball sails to the boundary behind wickets.
Khaleel Ahmed goes quick and short at Prithvi Shaw who only manages a top edge. The ball rises in the air and Vijay Shankar completes a simple catch. First bad shot from Shaw and it sends him back to the pavillion.
Khaleel Ahmed strikes for SunRisers Hyderabad. Shreyas Iyer tries to play it towards third man but only manages a faint edge straight to Saha behind the stumps.
Slower one from Basil Thampi and Prithvi Shaw goes away from his stumps trying to make room on the off shot but missed it completely. The ball even deceives Saha behind the stumps and the batsmen complete one bye.
What a show this youngster has put in for us. Prithvi Shaw completes his fourth IPL career fifty with a single and he deserves every bit of it. He has been that good. But he needs to continue for Delhi Capitals
Deepak Hooda saw Dhawan charging and bowls a wide. Wriddhiman Saha does well to collect that and dislodge the bails in time. Shikhar departs for 17 off 16 balls.
Shaw picked Rashid early and plays it over extra cover with the turn for a four. That was some shot. He is on a roll. The powerplay ends at 55 without and loss.
Both Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw have started strongly. But young Prithvi Shaw has hit SunRisers Hyderabad bowlers to all corners of the park and he is looking more dangerous than his senior fellow.
Deepak Hooda treis to sneak a single in form of a bye but Rishabh Pant aims at the non-striker end and the batsman is out. Little confusion as the bowler trying to collect the ball cam in batsman's way. The umpire is discussing the matter with Shreyas Iyer. After a lot of talk, Hooda has been declared out.
Mohammad Nabi perishes after a brief cameo. Coming back to ball it was another off-cutter from Keemo Paul and Nabi fails to read it and hands a simple catch.
Mohammad Nabi hits the length ball from Keemo Paul for a huge six. Oh dear! it has been called a no ball. Seven runs off that ball. Nabi gets the free hit. Can he make use of it?
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