April 19, 2017
VIVO IPL season 10 start with 21st encounter between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on April 19, 2017 at 8:00 pm. Opting to bat first Hyderabad put huge total of 191 runs in 20 overs. KS Willimson 89 and S Dhawan 70 were top scorer for Hyderabad. Delhi in reply managed to score 176 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 15 runs. KS Willimson declared man of the match for his 89 runs if 51 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first. Opting to bat first Hyderabad lost skipper DA Warner early scoring just 4 runs. KS Willimson joined with S Dhawan and took the charge in hand for Hyderabad. Both played excellent cricket and smashed their fifties as well. Both added 136 runs for 2nd wicket before KS Willimson lost his wicket scoring very well 89 runs of 51 balls. He smashed 5 sixes in his quick inning. S Dhawan also contributed well 70 runs of 50 balls before left the field. Hyderabad middle orders also played goos cricket and managed to put huge 191 runs for Delhi to get in 20 overs. CH Morris bowled well took 4 wickets of 26 runs for Delhi Daredevils.
Following target of 192 runs, Delhi also could not made batter start and lost in form SW Billings early scoring 13 runs. KK Nair joined with SV Samson and played quick cricket initially. Both added 70 runs for 2nd wicket before KK Nair unfortunately got runs out scoring 33 runs of 23 balls. RR Pant also followed him in same over for a duck and Delhi were in trouble chasing big total of 192 runs. SV Samson played well but left the field scoring 42 runs. SS Iyer and AD Mathews came in middle and play good but slow cricket and managed to score 176/5 runs in 20 overs. Hyderabad won by 15 runs and KS Willimson declared man of the match for his 89 runs.
Player of the match - KS Willimson (SRH)
Points - Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Delhi Daredevils 0