Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
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20th Match:
The match between DC and SRH is the twentieth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on April 25th 2021.
DC vs SRH History:
The teams competed against each other 18 times, till date. Out of them, DC won 7 times and lost 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against SRH are WLLWW.
DC Home:
The teams competed 5 times at the home ground of DC. The home team won just once and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against SRH are LLWLL.
SRH Home:
The teams faced each other 5 times at the home ground of SRH. The host won thrice. On the other hand, visitors won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of SRH against DC are LWWLW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 8 times at the neutral venue. DC won 4 times, whereas SRH also won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against SRH are WLLWW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Delhi Capitals:
DC is at third rank in the table and will come at any of the top three positions with earning 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC are WWLWL.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
SRH is at seventh rank in the table and may earn 2 points and may come at fourth to fifth position after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of SRH are WLLLL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Chennai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be 2% to 6% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 29 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 11 to 16 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease with the match progress.
Toss and Pitch:
Record of Last IPL (2019):
Teams prefer to field first 6 times in 8 matches. The selection behaves neutral to the teams, as the team won thrice and lost thrice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLWWL.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened twice out of 8 matches, won once and lost once, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WL – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 4 times and lost 4 times as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLWW.
The first batting team won the matches 4 times including. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won also 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWWLL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 155 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 176 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 70, and the highest total was 179 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 99 runs (completed innings), whereas the highest was 176 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.45 and 21.28 is for the second innings.
Record of IPL 2021:
Teams prefer to field first 5 times in 9 played games. The selection didn’t favor the team, as the team won twice and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLLLW.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first 4 times, and the team won twice and lost twice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWW -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the match 4 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLLWW.
The first batting team won the matches 5 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 4 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLWW.
Score:
The lowest successfully defended total was 149 runs and the highest successful chase is 160 on the ground.
The lowest first inning total was 120 runs and the highest one is 204 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 121 (Chase down the target) runs and the highest one is 177 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 20.73 and 24.83 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of SRH against DC at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
DC got 9 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an extremely poor record, as the team won thrice and lost 6 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC at the venue are WLLLL.
SRH had 7 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has also an extremely poor record, as the team won just once and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of SRH at the venue are WLLLL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Delhi Capitals:
The team may go with an unchanged XI or may try C. Woakes in place of K. Rabada.
Delhi Capitals Eleven: P. Shaw, S. Dhawan, S. Smith, R. Pant, S. Hetmyer, M. Stoinis, L. Yadav, R. Ashwin, C. Woakes, A. Mishra, A. Khan
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
The team may go with a winning combination, if B. Kumar will be fit, otherwise S Sharma will take his place.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Eleven: D. Warner, J.Bairstow, K. Williamson, K. Jadhav, V. Shankar, V. Singh, A. Sharma, R. Khan, B. Kumar, S. Kaul, K. Ahmed
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
