SRH Outplayed Us in All Three Departments, Reveals Shreyas Iyer

Delhi Capitals (DC) lost by 15 runs against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Abu Dhabi in the ongoing 13th edition of Indian Premier League and after the defeat Delhi captain, Shreyas Iyer revealed that SRH had outplayed them in all the three departments in the game.

"They outplayed us in all three departments and credit to them for that, we thought dew would come on but we can't give any reasons at this moment," Iyer said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

After having won the toss, SRH were put into bat where their opener Jonny Bairstow shared two important partnerships - 77 off 57 balls alongside his opening partner David Warner and 52 off 38 balls with Kane Williamson for the third wicket. Their partnership helped SRH put up a competitive total of 163 runs.

While defending the total, their key spinner Rashid Khan bowled economically who eventually registered the bowling figure of 3 for 14. Along with him, pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up two wickets for 25 and T Natarajan and Khaleel Ahmed claimed wickets as well to restrict Delhi within 147 for 7 in 20 overs, registering an easy win.

"We were pretty much happy with 162, it was a par score on this wicket. We had no idea how this wicket would behave as this is our first game here. It was surprising and in the second innings, it (pitch) was two-paced. When I went in, the ball wasn't coming onto the bat," Iyer further shared.

"Ricky went in (during the time-out) and we needed one batsman to take a chance as the required rate was pretty high. The ground is very big and we didn't capitalize on taking doubles. We knew boundaries are big here and doubles will be key for us, It didn't work out for us, hopefully, next time we can maximize the opportunities," he concluded.

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