SRH Defeats DC, Mitchell Marsh Terific Performance Goes In Vain.
Abhishek Sharma displayed exceptional batting skills that set him apart from the rest of his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammates. While Abhishek continued to play his strokes, the other batters struggled to keep up with him and fell around him. Rahul Tripathi was the only other player to reach double digits before falling for 10 runs. Later, Heinrich Klaasen joined Abhishek in the club, and together with Abdul Samad and Akeal Hosein, they gave the Sunrisers a strong finish. SRH managed to score 197/6, with Klaasen remaining unbeaten on 53 off 27 while Hosein scored 16 off 10 and Samad scored 28 off 21. DC’s Mitchell Marsh was the standout bowler with figures of 4/27, and he continued to perform strongly with the bat for the hosts. Marsh and Phil Salt put up a 112-run stand for the second wicket off 66 balls, both scoring half-centuries. Despite this, the spinners from SRH, Mayank Markande and Abhishek Sharma, fought back to create a tight game.