DC vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2021: Delhi crush Hyderabad by 8 wickets to reclaim top spot

A boundary off the last ball in form of a leg-bye but it was a superb first over from Anrich Nortje. Got the wicket of David Warner and almost got rid of Kane Williamson as well in his first over. Avesh Khan to share the new ball with Nortje from the other end. SRH 6/1 after 1 over.

Anrich Nortje strikes in his first over! A 147 km/hr delivery from Nortje and David Warner walks back for a 3-ball duck on his return to the side. Gets beaten by the pace of the delivery. Tries to work it on the leg side but gets the leading edge. The ball balloons and Axar Patel completes an easy catch at point. SRH 0/1 after 0.3 overs.

Full and straight! A perfect first ball from Anrich Nortje. Whistles to keeper Rishabh Pant.

David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha are in the middle to open for Sunrisers. Anrich Nortje to start the proceedings for Delhi Capitals. Warner on strike. Here we go!

So, David Warner makes a comeback for Sunrisers. Jason Holder and Rashid Khan are the other foreigners in the SRH XI alongside skipper Kane Williamson himself. R Ashwin is in the XI for Delhi Capitals. Steve Smith misses out! Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Marcus Stoinis and Shimron Hetmyer are the four overseas players for DC.

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan

David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Kedar Jadhav, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson wins the toss, opts to bat against Delhi Capitals.

For Delhi, opener Shikhar Dhawan (380 runs), would be keen to prove the selectors wrong after being axed from India's World T20 squad, while his partner young Prithvi Shaw (308 runs), would also like to get some runs under his belt. Delhi boast of a strong middle-order comprising Shreyas Iyer, skipper Rishabh Pant (213 runs), Australians Steve Smith (104 runs) and Marcus Stoinis (71 runs) and West Indian Shimron Hetmyer (84 runs). Iyer, who is making a comeback after recovering from shoulder injury that he sustained in March, would also be keen to start the tournament well.

However, Sunrisers will be hoping to to battle out of this crisis, riding on the shoulders of experienced Australian opener David Warner. The likes of Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha, Kedar Jadhav, Abdul Samad will also have to shoulder more responsibility if they are to revive their faltering campaign. Their bowlers, led by spin sensation Rashid Khan, also will have to put up a disciplined show to contain the Delhi batters at the Dubai International Stadium.

Surnisers came into the second leg of IPL 2021 without their leading run-getter Johnny Bairstow, who pulled out of the tournament. The development of pacer T Natarajan testing Covid positive now will be another major blow to the Kane Williamson-led Orange Army. Vijay Shankar, who is also in isolation and will not be available, brings in more trouble for Sunrisers as they fight to put a balanced playing XI in today's game. Currently at the bottom of the table, Sunrisers will definitely struggle to make it to the top four from here.

Delhi are currently sitting on the second spot, with 12 points from eight games. The Rishabh Pant-led side ended the first half of the IPL with a win and would be keen to start on a winning note. On the other hand, Sunrisers are placed last, with just a solitary win from seven games and six losses.

Taking about Delhi Capitals, bolstered by Shreyas Iyer's return, Delhi Capitals will look to maintain the form they showed in the first half of the season as they resume their IPL campaign against a struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Now that the match will take place as scheduled, even though under the cloud of Covid, we bring you our live coverage and will also keep you updated on the Covid-related developments in the IPL.

However, late in the afternoon (IST), the IPL in a press release, stated that the match will go on as scheduled as the rest of the contingent, who underwent RT-CPR tests reported negative.

Along with Natarajan, six others in the Sunrisers camp -- Vijay Shankar - Player | Vijay Kumar - Team Manager | Shyam Sundar J - Physiotherapist | Anjana Vannan - Doctor | Tushar Khedkar - Logistics Manager | Periyasamy Ganesan - Net Bowler -- who were in his close contact were put in isolation.