In this way, Sundar took three wickets in his over by spending only 5 runs. Earlier, Sundar did not get a single wicket in 6 matches. Due to his strong bowling, the entire innings of Delhi faltered.
Delhi Capitals could score only 144 runs
After winning the toss at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium against Sunrisers, the Delhi Capitals team, electing to bat first, could manage only 144 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. During this, Sunrisers bowlers took 9 wickets of Delhi.
After winning the toss, Captain Warner and Phil Salt came out to start the innings for Delhi but Sunrisers experienced bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar shook Delhi out of Salt in the very first over. Although after this, Mitchell Marsh along with Warner definitely tried to handle the innings, but once the process of falling wickets started again, it continued at frequent intervals. Mitchell Marsh was dismissed for 25 runs for Delhi while Warner contributed 21 runs.
Apart from this, Manish Pandey and Akshar Patel tried to score some runs in the middle order. Both played an innings of 34-34 runs, due to which Delhi reached a respectable score.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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