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Sunrisers Hyderabad take on the Delhi Capitals in match 20 of Vivo IPL 2021 on Sunday, 25th April, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. It'll be the second match of a doubleheader, with CSK and RCB locking horns in the afternoon game. It will also be the final game of the season to be played at Chepauk, with the wicket having churned out plenty of low-scoring matches so far.
SRH had performed well with the ball in their previous games but haven't quite managed to maintain their composure with the bat. The introduction of Kane Williamson into the playing XI instantly shored up their batting order, although their bowling won them the game. Khaleel Ahmed, Abhishek Sharma and Rashid Khan all bowled brilliantly to contain PBKS to an easily gettable total of 120.
Jonny Bairstow's well-paced half-century, aided by some sensible batting from Warner and Williamson, saw SRH cruise to victory. However, they were struck by injuries during the triumph, with T Natarajan set to miss the entire season with a knee problem. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also hobbled off with a thigh strain that SRH will hope is nothing serious.
Despite losing Prithvi Shaw early, Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith negotiated MI's bowlers well before the latter fell leg-before to Kieron Pollard. Contributions from Lalit Yadav and Shimron Hetmyer saw DC home, though it could have been tighter had Bumrah not bowled two no-balls in the penultimate over.
Both teams will look to get a win in this game before moving to their next venues.
SRH may be forced to make a change if Bhuvneshwar Kumar doesn't recover in time. Sandeep Sharma should replace him in the playing XI. Manish Pandey could get a recall into the XI, although Virat Singh should receive another opportunity. They could also opt to play an extra spinner by bringing in Shahbaz Nadeem for Siddharth Kaul.
The Capitals should name an unchanged lineup for the clash against SRH. Kagiso Rabada will look to improve, having conceded a lot of runs in the three games he's played.