Welcome to the live coverage of Eliminator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 between Delhi Capitals (DC) and SunRisers Hyderabad, being played at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
The knockout game at Vizag will witness a buoyant Delhi Capitals side taking on SunRisers Hyderabad who are lucky to be in the playoffs of the IPL. Delhi have never won a knock game, while SRH have always been in the reckoning. But there are no favourites in this game.
6:16 PM IST: Here are the squads
Delhi Capitals: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Colin Ingram, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Ankush Bains, Chris Morris, Sherfane Rutherford, Jalaj Saxena, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa, Colin Munro, Manjot Kalra.
SunRisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami, Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan, Wriddhiman Saha, Martin Guptill, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem.
6:10 PM IST: In the league stage, there were no clear winners. SRH won in Delhi by five wickets, while DC returned the favour by winning the return leg at Hyderabad by 39 runs. And now they are up against each other in a neutral ground, which is known for producing low-scoring thrillers in IPL. SRH, however, will feel confident considering the fact that Vizag used to be their second home in the previous seasons.
6:00 PM IST: Delhi fought for a top-two finish but with heavyweights Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings also in the fray, it was a tough challenge, and they came third best in a three-way fight. Now, they are looking for a way to sneak into their maiden final.
Talking about sneaking, Hyderabad snuck into the playoffs courtesy a frenetic dash towards the end of the league phase. Now, they find themselves once again fighting for the second successive final.