IPL 2019: Match 16, DC vs SRH – Sunrisers Hyderabad Player Ratings

The Sunrisers Hyderabad have picked up some serious form over the last couple of matches that they have played. Renowned for their bowling prowess, the SRH camp showed why exactly they are tipped as the best bowling unit in the competition. After a healthy win over RCB in Hyderabad, they arrived in Delhi to play against the Delhi Capitals. The Capitals were blown away in a low scoring affair that is bound to dent their confidence even more in the longer run, considering that this is their third defeat in the season.

Having been asked to bat, DC had a terrible start to the innings as they lost their openers in the powerplay. The powerpacked middle-order imploded big time to only add to the woes of the struggling DC camp. Barring skipper Shreyas Iyer, no batter showed intent to stay at the crease. Iyer top scored with 43 to his name. A final flourish of an unbeaten 23 off 13 balls from Axar Patel took DC to a respectable score of 129/8 in 20 overs. For SRH, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Siddharth Kaul bagged two wickets each.

In the run chase, it was a similar story to what the fans had seen on the last weekend. For those who felt it was a one-off show, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow put on a good opening stand yet again. The DC bowlers struck back and put on a tough fight but could not prevent the Orange Army from notching up their third win of the season. It could have been an anti-climax with DC edging away with a turnaround win. But a couple of handy shots from Mohammad Nabi towards the end sealed the fate of the game for SRH.

Here are the SRH Player Ratings for the match:

Jonny Bairstow – 9/10

Most of the batters had a tough time in this match. The track was slow and kept low like a typical Kotla wicket. Jonny Bairstow, however, seemed to have been batting on a different wicket altogether. He got his feet moving early on in the innings and continued from where he had left in the previous match. Bairstow teed off for his 46 that came in just 28 balls. He hit 9 fours and a six during his stay at the crease.

David Warner – 3/10

David Warner showed prime form in the previous match. In this match, he struggled with his time and that was because of the sluggish nature of the track. His struggle was evident during his 18-ball stay at the crease that yielded just 10 runs. He was happy to give the strike back to his partner Bairstow to have a good opening stand worth 64 in this game.

Vijay Shankar – 2/10

Vijay Shankar has been one of the impressive players in the tournament thus far. Every time he has walked in to bat this year, there is an expectation that he would go all guns blazing. And he has largely been able to do so as well. In this game though, he looked a tad uncomfortable at the wicket. He could not get going and could only score 16 in the 21 balls that he faced.

Manish Pandey – 2/10

Manish Pandey finally got a good chance to leave an imprint in this season. The target was not a daunting one and Pandey had all the time in the business to get settled and score his runs. But the middle-order batter lost his patience and threw his wicket away in an attempt to score a little too much, a little too early. He scored 10 off 13 balls.

Yusuf Pathan – 6/10

With the SRH top order suffering a midway collapse, the senior Pathan had to walk in to bat in the end overs. Pathan held his nerves and unlike the younger lot batting around him, he did not throw his wicket away and was rather happy to chip things down till the very end. Pathan remained unbeaten on 9 as Nabi finished off things at the other end.

Deepak Hooda – 2/10

Deepak Hooda retained his place in the side for this game, and got his first chance to bat this season. Hooda had a great chance to prove his mettle and he was promoted ahead of Yusuf Pathan to get some match time under his belt. The Baroda all-rounder disappointed as he perished for an 11-ball 10.

Mohammad Nabi – 9.5/10

After a sensational four-wicket haul in the previous game, Mohammad Nabi retained his place in the playing eleven. Yet again, he was used as a new ball bowler in the power play, and Nabi did not disappoint. On the last ball of the powerplay, he bagged the big fish, Shikhar Dhawan. A couple of overs later, he took another wicket, that of Rishabh Pant, which proved to be a game-changing moment. Nabi was exceptional with his bowling as he finished with 2/21 in four overs to be the pick of the bowlers for SRH. Later in the game, Nabi walked in to bat at a crunch time and played a handy unbeaten cameo to see his side home. He hit Kagiso Rabada for a four and a six to wrap up the game.

Rashid Khan – 8.5/10

Rashid Khan had a bad at office the last time Sunrisers took the field this season. A short break did a world of good to the leggie. He came back really strong in this game to be the most economical bowler for this side. He bowled with an economy rate of 4.5 as he gave away just 18 runs in his quota of four overs. To add a cherry to it, he took the big wicket of Shreyas Iyer, the top scorer for the Delhi Capitals.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 8/10

Stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar has had a terrible run in the IPL this season. The premier Indian pacer finally found some respite in this game. Bhuvneshwar bagged his first wicket of the season when he dismissed Prithvi Shaw with a well disguised slower one. Later, he also took the wicket of Chris Morris. Bhuvi finished with figures of 2/27 in his four overs.

Sandeep Sharma – 7/10

Sandeep Sharma had a decent time in the game. Albeit Sandeep is renowned for his swing bowling, he did not get his hands on the new cherry. He was the last among the bowlers to have gotten a chance to bowl in the match. He did decently well though. Conceding just 25 runs in his complete quota of 4 overs, Sandeep bagged the wicket of Rahul Tewatia. He kept things tight with his immaculate lines.

Siddharth Kaul – 6/10

It was a day where the bowling might of SRH came to the fore yet again. While most of the bowlers made the most out of this opportunity to improve their economy rates, it was Siddharth Kaul who missed out. Kaul was the most expensive among the five bowlers used by the Orange Army. Kaul managed to scalp two wickets in the end overs, including one of Colin Ingram, as he wrapped up with 2/35 in his four overs.

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