Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 52nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Delhi Daredevils need a win! And they need it badly! It's as simple as that. Despite making a great start to the tournament, they have fallen behind the rest of the contenders to be placed sixth on the table with a poor net run rate. If they lose, realistically they will be out. They will need a huge miracle to get to the playoffs. Plenty of changes to the team combination have hurt them but it has also given them some desired results. What can we expect tonight?

Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, are sitting comfortably at the top with one foot on the playoffs but with the ongoing scramble, they wouldn't want to take a chance by going easy. A win will assure a spot in the top two which they would ideally want to have two cracks at reaching the final. They were dealt a blow before the game with pace spearhead Ashish Nehra getting ruled out of the tournament. But they are still expected to cope with his absence. Match number 52 promises to be an exciting encounter!

What a loss this could turn out to be! Chris Morris is out with a niggle for the Daredevils. Zaheer Khan opts to bowl and they also bring in Jayant Yadav to counter the left-handers in the SRH camp. Carlos Brathwaite replaces Morris. And Pawan Negi comes in for the out of form Shreyas Iyer. SRH bring back Eoin Morgan in place of a 'sick' Ben Cutting and Barindar Sran replaces the injured Nehra.

Teams:

Delhi Daredevils (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, Jean-Paul Duminy, Carlos Brathwaite, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Zaheer Khan(c)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Eoin Morgan, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha(w), Karn Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Barinder Sran, Mustafizur Rahman

It's been David Warner all the way in the powerplay as he has given his side a blistering start. The Daredevils went in with a plan to not give him any width but he has still managed to counter them and has raced to 33 by the fifth over. Ominous signs for the Daredevils.

Well done Carlos Brathwaite! He comes on to bowl in the last over of the powerplay and manages to get rid of Dhawan with a superb bit of fielding. The left-hander hits one straight and is off for a quick single. Brathwaite dives to his left, stops the ball and hits the stumps after spotting Dhawan out of the crease. They needed it.

Can you believe it? DD strike again with another direct hit! Warner hits one straight to Mishra who misfields the ball and that forces Hooda to look for a single only to be sent back by his captain. Mishra takes his time and gets the direct hit in. Two wickets out of nowhere!