The semi final match of the Indian premier league 2020 took place on 08-11-2020 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The two teams were Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals. The winner of this match would go on to play Mumbai Indians in the finals which would take place on the 10th at the Dubai International Stadium.
Lineups
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Shreevats Goswami, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.
Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat first
Delhi Capitals Innings
Delhi Capitals sent out Shikhar Dhawan and Marcus Stoinis as the opening two batsmen. The first over was bowled by Sandeep Sharma who did well to concede only 3 runs.
In the 3rd over which was bowled again by Sandeep Sharma, Marcus Stonis played the ball in the air towards the legside. Jason Holder who was positioned at silly mid-on put down a catch which should have been taken.
The dropped catch proved to be very costly for the Sunsrisers Hyderabad as at the end of the first powerplay, Delhi Capitals were 65/0. Shikhar Dhawan was batting on 30 while Marcus Stoinis was batting on 33.
In the ninth over, Sunrisers Hyderabad got their first wicket. Rashid Khan bowled a googly. Marcus Stoinis tried to block it but was unable to do so and the ball went on to hit the off stump. Delhi Capitals were now 86/1. This was an important wicket for the Sunrisers as the partnership between Stoinis and Dhawan was starting to take the game away from them. Shreyas Iyer was the new man in.
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Delhi Capitals lost their second wicket in the 14th over which was bowled by Jason Holder. In the last ball of the over, Sheyas Iyer hit the ball in the air towards the offside. Manish Pandey who was at midd-off took an simple catch. Delhi Capitals were now 126/2. Shimron Hetmyer was the new man in
The 19th over was bowled by Sandeep Sharma. Shikhar Dhawan hit the ball in the air towards deep midwicket. The ball went straight to Rashid Khan who dropped an easy catch. In the third ball of the same over, Dhawan went for the sweep shot but missed it and the ball hit his pads. He thought he was out and started walking but the replays showed that the impact was outside off. Delhi Capitals were now 178/3. Shimron Hetmyer's 42 off 22 balls propelled the Delhi Capitals score to 189/3.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad began the chase with David Warner and Priyam Garg. They got off to a good start scoring 12 runs in the first over which was bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin.
The second over was bowled by Kagiso Rabada. In the first ball of this over, Sunrisers lost their 1st wicket. Rabada bowled an inswinger. David Warner tried to defend it but the ball went on to hit the middle stump. Sunrisers were now 12/1. Manish Pandey came to the crease in place of Warner.
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The 4th over was bowled by Marcus Stoinis. In the 4th ball, Sunrisers lost their 2nd wicket. Stonis bowled a full delivery. Priyam Garg did not get any bat on it and the ball hit the middle stump. Sunrisers were now 43/2. In the last ball of the same over, Sunrisers lost another wicket. Manish Pandey went for the lofted shot but mistimed it. Anrich Nortje took a good catch at mid-on. Surisers were now 44/3. Jason Holder and Kane Williamson were the next 2 batsmen at the crease.
At the end of the first powerplay Sunrisers Hyderabad were 49/3. They needed 144 runs off 84 balls to win the match.
The 12th over was bowled by Axar Patel. In the 4th ball, Sunrisers lost their 4th wicket. Jason Holder went for the big shot over mid wicket but mistimed it. Praven Dubey took a simple catch. Sunrisers were now 90/4. Abdul Samad was the new man in.
Kane Williamson and Abdul Samad played well and the partnership between them took the Sunriser's score to 139/4 at the end of the 14th over.
In the last ball of the 17th over, Marcus Stoinis took the wicket of Kane Williamson who went for the big shot but the ball went straight to Kagiso Rabada at deep cover. This was a huge wicket for Delhi Capitals as Kane Williamson was batting on 67 and was threatening to take the game away from them. Sunrisers Hyderabad were 147/5. Rashid Khan was the new batsmen in.
Rashid Khan kept Sunrisers in the game. 18 overs were done and Sunrisers now needed 30 runs of 12 balls to win. Kagiso Rabada bowled the next over. It was a brilliant over from him. In the last ball 3 balls of the over, he took 3 wickets to swing the game in DC's favour. Sunrisers finished their innings with 172 runs on the board for the loss of 8 wickets.
Result
Delhi Capitals won the game by 17 runs and will play Mumbai Indians on 10/11/2020
Conclusion
Delhi Capitals made a good decision of bringing in Shimron Hetmeyer for Prithvi Shaw for this match. Hetmeyer's crucial innings of 42 of 22 balls helped DC post a competitive score. SRH could have won the game but that outstanding 18th over from Rabada completely changed the game
Now Delhi Capitals will meet Mumbai Indians in the final. I am looking to this game but I think Delhi Capitals will win the title this time as these two teams met thrice in this year's IPL and Mumbai Indians won all 3 games. So Delhi Capitals might this one.
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