IPL 8: Sunrisers Hyderabad eye victory over DD to keep play-off hopes alive
Sunrisers are currently placed in fifth position
Raipur: Their play-off hopes somehow still alive, inconsistent Sunrisers Hyderabad would look to get yet another win under their belt when they take on struggling Delhi Daredevils in an IPL cricket match, here on Saturday. Sunrisers Hyderabad kept themselves in the play-off fray by pulling off a seven-run victory over Rajasthan Royals at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Sunrisers have blown hot and cold right through the tournament and are currently placed at the fifth position in the points table.
Lack of consistency has been Sunrisers’ bane in this tournament so far. They showed signs of returning to form in their 22-run win over league leaders Chennai Super Kings last Saturday but slumped to defeat against defending champions Kolkata knight Riders on Monday. In Thursday’s win over Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers rode on contrasting fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and Eoin Morgan to post a mammoth 201.
Skipper David Warner (24) and Moises Henriques (20) also got starts before fading away and come Saturday Sunrisers would be looking forward to an explosive knock from its captain up the order. They have a good seam bowling attack led by the likes Trent Boult and backed up by Indian seamers such as Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar but their pacers need to tighten their noose as they leaked runs yesterday before somehow managing to restrict the opponent.
On the other hand, the Daredevils campaign has simply faded away. The Delhi outfit slumped to its seventh loss of the season and the JP Duminy-led side is more or less out of the play-offs contention.