5:15pm: DC's game to lose, isn't it? A five-for from Starc has reduced SRH to 163 on a pitch where a higher score was expected, especially from one of the most explosive batting line-ups. Having said that, at 37 for 4, even this total was a long way away. Aniket and Klaasen put on 77 off 42 but Kuldeep ensured the middle-overs comeback wouldn't last too long. DC have a good chance to win two on the trot, will they get there? Find out on the other side with Sudarshanan.
Nikhil Kapoor: "DC shouldn't start hitting from ball 1"
Taha: "Props to the guy who predicted Starc would get a fifer before the match even started"
Mark: "I think questions need to be asked of SRH's approach. Looks great when it comes off but when it doesn't, they don't have a backup. And teams will not give Hyderabad style decks to them now, except for Wankhede and Chinnaswamy."
Mitchell Starc: Was pretty hot. Know how powerful SRH are, but we put in a fantastic performance. New franchise, nice to settle in. (On dismissing Head six times in T20s) I think that's why he doesn't face the first ball anymore. I haven't put a time on when I'll leave T20s, haven;t played too much of it, first year back in the IPL last year. I'm an older one but it's nice to talk to the younger guys. Still enjoying being competitive, that's why I'm still playing.
PWA Mulder c du Plessis b Starc 9 (22m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 81.81
HV Patel c Patel b Starc 5 (13m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 55.55
Rohit: "Bring in Starc and finish this off!!" Here he is, from around
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs | SRH: 161/8 | RR: 8.94
- Wiaan Mulder8 (9b)
- Harshal Patel5 (8b)
- Vipraj Nigam2-0-21-0
- Mohit Sharma3-0-25-1
SRH happy to milk runs, it's like they're playing for 175-180 from here
The Retired Cri: "Looking at JFM stunning catch, one feels the fielding standards should be this high but then replay shows the missed catch which makes one feel that this IPL fielding standards has gone down. Probably the team who would drop least amount of catches would win the IPL. "
Spin at the death, it'll be Vipraj's legspin
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | SRH: 156/8 | RR: 9.17
- Wiaan Mulder6 (7b)
- Harshal Patel3 (4b)
- Mohit Sharma3-0-25-1
- Kuldeep Yadav4-0-22-3
Vaibhav: "Wisdom of hindsight: Varma should have probably seen off Kuldeeps over "
END OF OVER:16 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SRH: 149/8 | RR: 9.31
- Harshal Patel1 (1b)
- Wiaan Mulder1 (4b)
- Kuldeep Yadav4-0-22-3
- Axar Patel4-0-43-0
Kasinathan: "Aniket scored exactly 50% of the total "
Vasi: "The sword theory applied for Aniket !"
AU Verma c Fraser-McGurk b Kuldeep Yadav 74 (58m 41b 5x4 6x6) SR: 180.48