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- Updated: May 12, 2016
Match facts
Thursday, May 12, 2016 Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)
Big picture
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. A Daredevil and a Sunriser lock horns… Oh, you have? Well, you probably didn’t hear it this season because Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad have yet to play each other this IPL. Now, after 41 matches, with some teams even bracing against elimination, David Warner will finally have to ask himself, “How do I stop Quinton de Kock?”, and Zaheer Khan, “How can we tackle Mustafizur Rahman?”
Fortunately, both have handled tricky questions quite well. Sunrisers are the only team that has opted to bat and defended a total in IPL 2016. That is about the best praise a bowling attack can hope for, especially in light of the chasing teams’ success this year. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has found swing again. Ashish Nehra’s resurgence has gone from strength to strength and Mustafizur’s cutter-yorker combination has mystified batsmen.
Meanwhile, Daredevils had begun their season with a 98 all out and Zaheer laughed it off saying that their “one bad day is out of the way”. As a young player – and this team has many – hearing your captain say that brings a feeling of safety. They won the next five out of six games, but arrived in Hyderabad with two losses tied to their neck. Another at this stage of the tournament would not be ideal, even if the two teams meet again in a week’s time.
Form guide
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