T20 2018: Hyderabad rise to the top of table, Delhi sink further

Hyderabad's Alex Hales during his 45 v Delhi at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday. Pic/PTI

Hyderabad showed that they are as adept at chasing totals as they are at defending them, rendering Delhi task of reaching the play-offs insurmountably harder, if not impossible, with a seven-wicket win here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday. They chased down 164 with one ball to spare.

The win also meant that Hyderabad remained perched atop the points table. This win, although a close one, was close to the complete performance that coach Tom Moody had said the team was striving for.

For starters, Alex Hales and Shikhar Dhawan stitched the highest opening stand of the tournament for the hosts, adding 76, during which they also produced the best batting Powerplay performance at the venue. Secondly, finisher Yusuf Pathan justified his tag with a 12-ball 26, which should come as an enormous boost to a hitherto misfiring miDelhile-order. And finally, their bowlers, who were taken to the cleaners by Prithvi Shaw (65) in the first 10 overs, continued their phenomenal run in the tournament, by pulling the total back to a manageable 163.

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