Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Match Day

2599dESPNcricinfo staff

Karun Nair guides Delhi past Hyderabad with unbeaten 83

Karun Nair single-handedly powered Delhi's effort, with an unbeaten 59-ball 83, that helped his side beat Hyderabad by six wickets, off the last ball, in the Indian Twenty20 competition at Raipur on Friday.

2599dArun Venugopal in Raipur

Nair eschews flair until no time to spare

Karun Nair's match-winning innings, like it has been for most of the tournament, was easy-paced with gradual spikes in the scoring rate

Preview

Bunch of match winners

7

No. of different players who have got Man of the Match award for DD in this IPL - Karun Nair being the 7th. No other team has had more than 5 such players.

Wins home and away

1

No. of teams that have defeated SRH both home and away in this IPL - DD are the only one. They won by 7 wkts in Hyderabad and by 6 wkts in Raipur.

Nair's third

3

No. of 50+ scores for Karun Nair in this IPL - joint most among DD players with Quinton de Kock. Nair's previous 2 fifties have come in wins.

Even at half-way

68

Runs scored by DD in first ten overs, which is same as SRH at the same stage. SRH scored 90 runs in the last ten; DD needs 91.

Perfect total

158

Average first-innings score in 12 T20s played at this venue in Raipur. SRH scored exactly the same in this match.

One-Man army

7

No. of half-centuries by Warner in this IPL, including this match's knock. All the other SRH batsmen combined have scored only 5 such scores.

Top fielders

13

No. of run outs affected by DD in this IPL - most among the 8 teams. In turn, only 6 times DD batsmen have got run out - joint least among all teams.

No stable playing XI yet!

33

No. of total changes made by DD in their playing XIs in this IPL, including the 3 changes today. They have never played the same XI in consecutive matches.