The excitement is palpable as the Delhi Capitals gear up to host the Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first home game of the IPL 2024 season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. After playing their initial matches away from home, the Capitals are eager to showcase their prowess in front of their home crowd.

Delhi Capitals’ Performance Overview

The Delhi Capitals have had mixed results in the tournament so far. Led by skipper Rishabh Pant, they have shown moments of brilliance, but inconsistency has been a concern. However, their recent victory against the Gujarat Titans has injected confidence into the team.

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Injury Concerns for David Warner

One of the major talking points ahead of the clash is the fitness of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s star opener, David Warner. Warner injured his left hand during the previous match against Delhi Capitals and was sidelined for the subsequent game against the Gujarat Titans.

Ricky Ponting’s Update on David Warner

In a recent press conference, Delhi Capitals’ head coach Ricky Ponting updated David Warner’s fitness. Ponting expressed optimism about Warner’s recovery, stating that the opener was around 85 to 90 percent fit a few days ago. However, Ponting emphasized the need for Warner to undergo rigorous batting practice against fast bowling to ensure his readiness for the match.

“He was 85 or 90 percent fit a couple of days ago. We’d expect that he’d make a little bit more improvement today. But he’ll have to do a lot of batting today against fast bowling to make sure that the pain he had last week is not anymore. So, hopefully, he’s fit and ready,” said Ponting.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Dominance

Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad has been in scintillating form in IPL 2024. The Orange Army recently registered a commanding victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore, breaking the record for the highest total in IPL history for the second time in the season. Their batting firepower has been unmatched, posing a formidable challenge for their opponents.

Ponting’s Views on Potential High-scoring Match

Looking ahead to the clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ponting acknowledged the potential for a high-scoring encounter. With both teams boasting strong batting lineups, Ponting stated that he wouldn’t mind engaging in a shootout with Hyderabad if the match unfolds into a high-scoring affair.

Several key matchups will be worth watching as the Delhi Capitals prepare to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad. The battle between Delhi’s bowlers, Hyderabad’s power-hitters, and the potential return of David Warner will add intrigue to the contest.

34th Match, IPL: Delhi Capitals 144 for 9 (Pandey 34, Axar Patel 34, Washington 3-28, Bhuvneshwar 2-11) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 for 6 (Agarwal 49, Klaasen 31, Axar 2-21, Nortje 2-33) by seven runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad appeared to have Delhi Capitals under control for the majority of the game. Like when Washington Sundar got three wickets in an over. At the point when Bhuvneshwar Kumar offered barely anything in his four overs. At the point when Mayank Agarwal laid a strong stage for Sunrisers’ pursuit of 145.

It came down to Sunrisers requiring 13 off the last over, with Washington and Marco Jansen in the center. Yet, Mukesh Kumar oozed smoothness as he nailed his yorkers and offered just five runs, fixing a seven-run win for Capitals. It was the lowest total that the Delhi franchise had managed to defend in the Indian Premier League.

Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, spinners for the Capitals, had combined figures of 8-0-43-3 to stifle Sunrisers in the chase

Despite the Capitals’ second win in a row, their net run rate of -0.961 kept them at the bottom of the standings.

Washington, Klaasen take Sunrisers close

Sunrisers needed 51 off the final four overs because the spinners from the Capitals had performed well. In any case, Heinrich Klaasen showed his influential hitting abilities, taking on individual South African Anrich Nortje. Klaasen raced to 31 off 18, launching Nortje for a six over deep midwicket and hitting two fours off Mukesh in the 18th over after starting the 17th over on 9 from 8. At the other end, Washington played a tumbling scoop off Mukesh after ramping Nortje through deep third. After that, he tossed Nortje through deep middle wicket to bring the score to 13 off 6. Be that as it may, Washington couldn’t move the successes away in that frame of mind.

Sunrisers get stuck

Sunrisers got off to a slow start after changing their opening sequence once more. In an effort to scoop Nortje, Harry Brook fell for seven off 14 balls because he was having trouble measuring the surface. Agarwal got off to a better start, but Sunrisers only went 36 for 1 in the powerplay.

Rahul Tripathi, who was brought in as T Natarajan’s Impact Player, tried everything he could, like sprinting down the track, getting inside the line to play the scoop, and using the depth of the crease, but he also couldn’t put the ball away. Agarwal, in the interim, found a periodic limit yet the runs came at a higher cost than expected. Their 38-run represents the subsequent wicket finished when Agarwal hoped to hit out off Axar, against whom he doesn’t have a favorable coordinate. In the IPL, Agarwal has only scored 43 runs out of 54 balls he has faced from Axar. On Monday, he fell for 49 off 39 balls and that opened the conduits. Tripathi was gotten behind off Ishant Sharma in the following over, Kuldeep bamboozled Abhishek Sharma in the accompanying over before Axar had Aiden Markram slashing on in the fifteenth over.

The Sunrisers only managed 58 runs in the middle overs (7-16) and lost four wickets. Capitals had achieved 64 for 3 during the comparable phase.

Washington’s triple-strike

Washington had not taken a wicket in 13.4 IPL 2023 overs prior to Monday. David Warner hit a four and a six in his first over against the Sunrisers, which went for 13 runs. Washington then moved forward in his next finish, the eighth of the innings, putting the pallet on Capitals.

Warner attempted a slog sweep, but he only hit deep midwicket. Washington got Sarfaraz Khan to top-edge a sweep to deep backward square leg after a ball. Aman Khan then fell top-edging an attempted slog across the line to cover off the fifth ball of the over. In just eight innings, the Capitals had fallen from 57 for 2 to 62 for 5.

Capitals’ batting wobbly again

Having sidelined Shaw, Phil Salt opened for Capitals yet smacked at an outswinging length ball from Bhuvneshwar on his most memorable ball, the third of the match, to be gotten behind for a boundary. Warner did not hit his first six of the season fluently. Six people would have loved Sarfaraz Khan’s lofty extra cover drive. In any case, notwithstanding Mitchell Bog, Manish Pandey and Axar, Capitals’ batting passed on a ton to be wanted once more.

With four fours off Jansen’s first over, Marsh got going. Before dropping a length ball to fine leg, he flicked it over midwicket. Jansen went wide and was properly whipped through cover-point prior to being stroked through additional covers. But in the final over, Natarajan saw Marsh’s back and got one to swing into him off a length. It struck Swamp on the back cushion and the umpire administered the lbw bid in the batter’s favor, however Sunrisers got their man through the DRS.

The Capitals were in danger of falling far short on a surface that had enough for the spinners when Pandey and Axar joined forces in the eighth over. Yet, the team added 69 together off 59 balls to provide them with a similarity to stage for the last thrive. Both scored 34 each with Pandey taking 27 balls and Axar taking 34 for his.

However, Bhuvneshwar bowled Axar clean with a seaming ball that dipped on the batter. Pandey was run out of the game in the next one as Sunrisers took control. The Capitals reached 144 for 9 after losing four wickets in the final 19 balls, an unsatisfactory total at halftime. However, their bowlers made it so.

SRH vs DC Match Preview

Sunrisers Hyderabad will return to the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium for the 34th time to face the bottom-placed Delhi Capitals. Following a tough loss to the Chennai Super Kings, the former champions will be looking to snap their two-game losing streak in order to compete for a playoff spot. Sunrisers enter Match 34 after a 7-wicket loss to MS Dhoni’s CSK with 8 balls remaining. So far in the tournament, they have played two of their six games. The Delhi Capitals have had significant voids in their lineup as their batting order has struggled to produce.

SRH vs DC Match Details

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals – 34th Match

Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium – Hyderabad

Date & Time: 24th April 2023 at 07:30 PM IST 

Live Streaming: Jio Cinema

SRH vs DC Venue Stats

SRH vs DC Pitch Report

According to what we’ve seen so far in the tournament, the size of the venue allows batsmen to look for boundaries more frequently.

SRH vs DC Weather Report

Temperatures will reach as high as 32 degrees during the match, and there is a 50% chance of rain, with little humidity.

SRH vs DC Last Five Matches

SRH vs DC Head-to-Head Stats

Injury News

No Injury. Will be added when there is an update.

SRH vs DC Probable Playing XIs:

Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing XIs

Mayank Markande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Heinrich Klaasen (Wk), Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Aiden Markram (C), Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma

Delhi Capitals Probable Playing XIs

Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Porel (Wk), Lalit Yadav, Manish Pandey, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Rilee Rossouw, Ishant Sharma, David Warner(c)

Topmost Picks for SRH vs DC Dream11 Prediction:

Top Picks – Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Harry Brooks: The hyped Englishmen has already scored his maiden ton two games ago, and will be itching to redeem himself with another strong performance opening the batting order in Match 34.
• Mayank Markande: The mystery is entering Match 34 on the back of a strong performance, he took 2 wickets and even had an economy rate under 6 in the team’s previous game.

Top Picks – Delhi Capitals

• David Warner: Not only is David Warner chasing yet another orange cap honor but he has been their most reliable batsman so far in the competition. 
• Anrich Nortje: The most important bowler in DC’s lineup. He also took 2 wickets in the previous game and gave just 20 runs in his 4 overs.

Suggested Playing XI N0.1 for SRH vs DC Dream11 Team:

Heinrich Klaasen, David Warner, Harry Brook(VC), Mayank Agarwal, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel(C), Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Markande

Suggested Playing XI N0.2 for SRH vs DC Dream11 Team:

Heinrich Klaasen, David Warner(C), Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Aiden Markram(VC), Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Captain and Vice-Captain Options:

Captain – Axar Patel, David Warner

Vice-captain – Harry Brook, Aiden Markram

Wicketkeeper – Heinrich Klaasen

SRH vs DC Probable Winners:

We predict the Sunrisers to beat the Delhi Capitals in a close encounter to break their losing streak in Hyderabad. While David Warner, Axar Patel, and Anrich Nortje are all match-winners, this team has failed to combine as a unit. Although they have had their marquee players fighting hard, their voids are out in the open even before we have reached the midway point. On the other hand, if the likes of Aidern Markran and Harry Brooks do settle in, SRH could post or chase any total. Considering the team combination, Sunrisers Hyderabad are expected to win this match.

The Delhi Capitals finally have a win, and now, with SRH losing two in a row, Delhi has a chance of leapfrogging them to get off the bottom of the table. They would need to win by a fair margin to do so, but for starters, Delhi’s first goal would be to win, given their struggles and the way they have been finding ways to lose in the last few games.

SRH vs DC Match Details

Date: April 24th, 2023

Time:  7:30 PM IST

Venue: Hyderabad

SRH vs DC Weather Report

A warm evening is expected at Hyderabad.

SRH vs DC Pitch Report

With spin in the track and the ball stopping as it gets older, batting first could be a better option.

SRH vs DC Head-to-Head

SRH vs DC Predicted Playing XII

DC Playing XI

David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Mitchell Marsh, Phil Salt, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma

SRH Playing XI

Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik

SRH vs DC Key Players

Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Shaw has been heavily backed by his franchise but is failing to produce. His stays in the middle have been short, and his shot selection, along with his technique up front look concerning. With time running out for the Capitals, Shaw will have to prove himself in the upcoming games if he is to change his and the Capitals fortunes.

Harry Brook

Harry Brook has finally performed and satisfied the SRH management. At the auction, a lot of faith was put on him to come good, and opening the batting, he absolutely nailed the spot, taking on the fast bowlers with ease.

DC’s Top Five Batters This Season

SRH’s Top Five Batters This Season

DC’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

SRH’s Top Five Bowlers Last Season

Rivalries to Watch Out For

Axar Patel vs Rahul Tripathi: Left-arm spin has been getting the better of Rahul Tripathi, and with Axar Patel in the ranks his challenges do not seem to be ending soon.

SRH vs DC Match Tips

The Sunrisers are back at home and will be backing themselves to get back to winning ways in the upcoming fixture.

Match Prediction: Sunrisers Hyderabad Will Win the Match