Sinking Daredevils seek lifeline against Sunrisers
After four straight away games, Delhi Daredevils return to their home, Feroz Shah Kotla, desperately needing a win to stay alive in the tournament
The Preview by Akshay Gopalakrishnan
01-May-2017
Match facts
Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Delhi, May 2, 2017
Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)
Delhi, May 2, 2017
Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)
Head to head
This season: Kane Williamson, playing his first match of the season, struck an adroit 89 as Sunrisers Hyderabad put up 191 and prevailed by 15 runs.
Overall: Sunrisers Hyderabad have a 6-3 advantage from the nine times the two sides have met.
In the news
Marlon Samuels did not play in Daredevils' previous match, against Kings XI Punjab, having landed in the country on the eve of the match. After getting shot out for 67, though, Daredevils could bring him in on Tuesday. Zaheer Khan has still not recovered after hurting his hamstring against Kolkata Knight Riders. Karun Nair will continue to lead Daredevils as the stand-in captain.
The likely XIs
Delhi Daredevils: 1 Sanju Samson, 2 Sam Billings, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Karun Nair (capt), 7 Chris Morris, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Shahbaz Nadeem/Jayant Yadav, 10 Amit Mishra, 11 Mohammed Shami
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Moises Henriques, 6 Naman Ojha (wk), 7 Bipul Sharma/Deepak Hooda, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Siddarth Kaul, 11 Mohammed Siraj
Have Daredevils underutilised Shahbaz Nadeem?
0 votesYes, he has made good use of limited opportunities
No, there is room for only one spinner, and Mishra's experience is handy
Strategy punt
Amit Mishra has not bowled in the Powerplay this IPL. That trend could, however, change in this game, considering he has conceded at only 6.72 runs per over against David Warner and has dismissed him once in the four innings he has bowled at him. It is a significant dip from Warner's overall scoring rate of 9.05 an over this year. Against Shikhar Dhawan, too, Mishra has impressed with an economy rate of 6.85, having scalped his wicket once in two innings.
Stats that matter
Akshay Gopalakrishnan is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo