Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad off the final ball of the Super Over within the first Super Over encounter of IPL 2021. Both groups had scored 159 of their 20 overs. SRH, batting first within the Super Over, scored 7 off Axar Patel. DC scored 8 of their Super Over, which was bowled by Rashid Khan.
David Warner and Kane Williamson had been the 2 batsmen who walked out to bat for Sunrisers Hyderabad within the Super Over. Williamson appeared visibly fatigued after his 51-ball 66. Jonny Bairstow stood padded up on the boundary line.

Bairstow in shock why the administration didn’t despatched him to open the tremendous over as we converse pic.twitter.com/qBFslPIb8n
— King 🤴🇮🇹 (@Pran33Th__18) April 25, 2021
Some, like Nick Compton, questioned why Bairstow was not within the center for SRH at the same time as Warner struggled to time the ball on a sluggish Chepauk pitch. Bairstow had scored a brisk 18-ball 38 within the SRH innings somewhat earlier.

Why is Bairstow not batting on this tremendous over for @SunRisers !! Best high order batter on the planet in the mean time #IPL2021
— Nick Compton (@thecompdog) April 25, 2021
Axar Patel, who was returning to the DC enjoying XI, bowled a decent over. Williamson discovered the boundary as soon as, Warner couldn’t.
Warner was then caught out on a brief run off the final ball of the SRH Super Over as he didn’t take his bat fully throughout the crease.

The turning level of the Super Over Short run of David Warner.. pic.twitter.com/lK4qm2HfQo
— Its.hypnosis_ ✨ (@Introvertone_) April 25, 2021
Rashid Khan additionally did a commendable job within the DC Super Over, earlier than Pant discovered the boundary towards him with a reverse scoop. It can be the one time the ball reached the fence on this over too, because the match went right down to the final ball of the Super Over.
Pant and Shikhar Dhawan then ran a single off the final ball to seal the two factors.
Kane Williamson reacts after SRH’s Super Over defeat (Screenshot)
“I am glad that David didn’t complete that run, we got the edge over that and we ended up winning the game,” Shikhar Dhawan mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.