After Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques struck a gritty fifty to lift Sunrisers Hyderabad to 163 for four, Delhi Daredevils could manage 157 for four in 20 overs. Quinton de Kock struck a 50 but that was not enough, and Yuvraj Singh once again disappointed, scoring just two.Earlier, Henriques (74 not out) managed stick around with a wobbly top-order to finally stitch a crucial 64-run unbeaten fifth wicket stand with Ravi Bopara (17 not out) and take SRH to a respectable total at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium.
Veteran DD pacer Zaheer Khan (one for 33) drew first blood after scalping Shikhar Dhawan (13) in the fourth over.
The left-hander tried to flick an incoming delivery from the left-arm pacer but mistimed the shot to lob an easy catch to Albie Morkel at midwicket.
Nathan Coulter-Nile (two for 25) struck in the very next over to send David Warner (17) back in the dug out, just when the skipper was looking dangerous.
Henriques and Eoin Morgan (22) then stitched a quiet 33-run partnership before Jayant Yadav (one for 19), who opened the attack for DD, broke through in the 11th over.
Morgan tried to loft out a pitched up Yadav delivery to long-off but Coulter-ile took a good catch as he got his hands under the dipping white ball.
Coulter-Nile continued to make his presence on the field as he broke through another partnership after getting Karn Sharma (16) back in the pavilion. It was now the turn of Yadav to return the favour as he picked a neat catch after Sharma mistimed a short ball to the point region.
After that it an Henriques show, who helped the side get 21 runs of the penultimate over post hitting Albie (0-35) for two big sixes.
The final over, bowled by Zaheer, also saw a six from Henriques as SRH managed 64 runs from the final 5 overs Skipper Jean-Paul Duminy, Amit Mishra and Albie went wicketless.
Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 163 for 4 in 20 overs (Moises Henriques 74 n.o., Ravi Bopara 17 n.o., Eoin Morgan 22; Nathan Coulter-Nile 2/25) bt Delhi Daredevils 157 for 4 in 20 overs (Quinton de Kock 50, Kedar Jadhav 63 n.o., Saurabh Tiwary 26 n.o., Karn Sharma 2/12).
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