Toss Delhi Daredevils chose to bat v Sunrisers Hyderabad
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Brad Hogg and Deep Dasgupta preview the game between Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad
Delhi Daredevils captain Shreyas Iyer opted to bat in a must-win clash against table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad on a cracked pitch in Delhi. They left out allrounder Dan Christian but persisted with his Australia team-mate Glenn Maxwell, who has managed only 133 runs in nine matches this season. Fast bowler Avesh Khan and wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha also missed the cut. Instead, Harshal Patel and Shahbaz Nadeem were picked.
Sunrisers captain Kane Williamson said he had preferred to bat as well. They made a forced change with Bengal wicketkeeper-batsman Shreevats Goswami replacing his state-mate Wriddhiman Saha, who is out with a niggle. Goswami last played the IPL in 2012, but his recent form is encouraging. He was the top scorer for Bengal in the 20-over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 373 runs in eight innings at an average of 53.28 and strike-rate of 151.62.
A win for Sunrisers tonight will not only secure their spot in the playoffs but also knock out Daredevils.
Delhi Daredevils: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Jason Roy 3 Rishabh Pant (wk), 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Vijay Shankar, 7 Harshal Patel, 8 Liam Plunket, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Shahbaz Nadeem, 11 Trent Boult
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Manish Pandey, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Shreevats Goswami (wk), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Siddarth Kaul, 11 Sandeep Sharma
Source: ESPN Crickinfo