IPL 2019 Eliminator, Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, statistical preview: Bhuvneshwar set to become SRH’s most-capped player

Delhi Capitals will face Sunrisers Hyderabad for the Eliminator of IPL 2019, at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ADA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Ahead of the clash, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0.556 win-loss ratio of Delhi against Hyderabad (5 wins, 9 defeats), their 2nd-worst against any side. They have done worse only against Chennai Super Kings (0.429, 6 wins, 14 defeats).

1 wicket needed by Khaleel Ahmed (17) to draw level with Yuzvendra Chahal (18) and reach joint-5th spot; 2 will take him to joint-4th (with Mohammed Shami); and 3 to joint-3rd (with Shreyas Gopal).

1.8 win-loss ratio of Hyderabad against Delhi (9 wins, 5 defeats). This is their 2nd-best against any side. They have done better only against Kings XI Punjab (2.5, 10 wins, 4 defeats).

2 men have scored 500 runs for Delhi in a single season – Rishabh Pant (684 in 2018) and Gautam Gambhir (534 in 2008). Shikhar Dhawan (486) and Shreyas Iyer (442) will both be eyeing that landmark.

5 wickets needed by Amit Mishra (95) to become the first to reach the 100-wicket milestone for Delhi. Nobody else has more than 45. Mishra, the 2nd-highest wicket-taker in IPL history, also has 60 wickets for other franchises.

7 seasons since Delhi – then Daredevils, now Capitals – qualified for the Playoffs. They had topped the points table in 2012 before losing Qualifier 1 to Kolkata Knight Riders and Qualifier to Chennai Super Kings, thus finishing 3rd.

8 dismissals for Wriddhiman Saha (7 catches, 1 stumping) for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He needs 1 more to go past Parthiv Patel (5 catches, 3 stumpings). Only Naman Ojha (36 and 2) and Jonny Bairstow (9 and 2) have more for them.

10 catches for Deepak Hooda this season, while Vijay Shankar has 9. Only Dhawan (12 in 2018) and Moises Henriques (11 in 2016) have held more catches for Hyderabad in a single season.

12 runs needed by Rishabh Pant (1,649) to go past his captain Iyer (1,660) and become the 2nd-leading run-scorer ever for Delhi. Virender Sehwag leads the way, with 2,174. However, Iyer will also feature in the match.

13 fifties for Iyer and 12 for Pant for Delhi, the most after Sehwag’s 16, which means that Pant has a chance to catch up with Iyer.

14 runs needed by Dhawan (486) to become the 5th batsman to reach the 500-run mark in IPL 2019. He also needs 15 to go past Quinton de Kock (500) and 25 to outdo Andre Russell (510). David Warner (692) seems beyond reach at this stage, while KL Rahul is on 593. Iyer is on 442.

22 matches as Delhi captain for Iyer. He will catch up with Zaheer Khan if he takes field in the Eliminator. Only Sehwag (52) has led Delhi in more matches.

85 matches for Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Hyderabad, the joint-most by anyone for them. Dhawan, who will play against them this time, has also played 85.

1,056 runs scored by the rest of the Hyderabad team, while Warner and Bairstow have got 1,137 between them. In fact, the openers – none of whom will feature in the Playoffs – have dominated the Hyderabad batting to near-absurd proportions.

Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2019	Warner and Bairstow	Rest of team	% by Warner and Bairstow
Runs	1,137	1,056	51.8%
Average	63.17	18.86
Strike rate	149	127
4s	105	81	56.5%
6s	39	35	52.7%
50+ scores	10	4	71.4%
100s	2

1,082 days since Visakhapatnam hosted an IPL match. They had hosted 7 matches in 2016, the last one between Rising Pune Supergiant and Kings XI Punjab.