SRH V DC Predictions: Why we think Bairstow and Warner can fire SRH to a win against the Capitals

Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Dehli Capitals

Date: 25th of April 2021

Time: 7.30 PM India

Stadium: MA Chidambaram Stadium

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Trends & Recent Form

Sunrisers Hyderabad form

Position: 5th of 8

Record:

Played: 4
Won: 1
Lost: 3
Net Run Rate: -0.228

Top players

Top Batsman: Jonny Bairstow

Total runs: 173
Average: 57.66
High score: 63*

Top Bowler: Rashid Khan

Total wickets: 5
Total overs: 16
Economy: 5.06
Best figures: 2/18

"The SRH form is a little miss leading, they have been up and down but have the quality to beat anyone on their day. We are expecting their form to improve"

Arjun Reddy

Head of Indian Cricket Content

Latest stats and trends

The three defeats so far have all been close games with losses of 6 runs, 10 runs and 13 runs. SRH will be kicking themselves that they don’t have at least 3 wins so far.
Rashid Khan is the most economical bowler in the IPL so far, of those who have bowled at least 10 overs. He is over 1 run an over better than anyone else. Watching it seems teams are happy to let him get his 4 out of the way and attack other bowlers instead.
Bairstow has shown his quality during the England tour of India and has carried it on into the IPL. He will have a big part to play if SRH is to get a win here.
After the last match, captain Warner singled out one young bowler for some praise “Abhishek is a young guy coming through, we asked him to bowl a lot more this season, and he did it.”

Dehli Capitals form

Position: 3rd of 8

Record:

Played: 4
Won: 3
Lost: 1
Net Run Rate: +0.426

Top players

Top Batsman: Shikhar Dhawan

Total runs: 231
Average: 57.75
High score: 92

Top Bowler: Avesh Khan

Total wickets: 8
Total overs: 14
Economy: 7.35
Best figures: 3/22

"The Capitals was our pre-tournament pick to win the IPL 2021, they're playing well enough for this stage of the tournament. "

Arjun Reddy

Head of Indian Cricket Content

Latest stats and trends

After the last game captain, Rishban Pant said “What we’ve learnt is if you keep wickets in hand you can chase any target.” This seems to be the Capitals poly, don’t lose early wickets and then go for it later in the match.
So far DC has won 3 matches, all when chasing. The only match they lost was when they batted first.
SRH won both group matches over DC last year, but DC had the last laugh with a win in the qualifiers.
Dhawan leads the batting this year with 231 runs, 55 ahead of second-placed Glenn Maxwell (after all have played 4 matches)

Head to head stats

2020 IPL results

Match 11: SRH won by 15 runs
Match 47: SRH won by 88 runs
Match Qualifier 2: DC won by 17 runs

Overall record

SRH = 11 wins

SC = 7 wins

Match Prediction & Tips

Match Prediction: Sunrisers Hyderabad to win at 11/10*

This looks a closer game to us than the odds suggest. SRH has all the capabilities of winning this match. In form bowlers and Bairstow and Warner. We are happy to back them at the odds on offer.

Pick 1: Top team batsman
Warner 2/1*
Bairstow 5/2*
Dhawan 2/1*

Warner and Bairstow are the most likely by far in the SRH team. Covering both allows us to make a profit if either wins.

Dhawan has been the main man for the Cpatials and is the leading batsman in the IPL.

Pick 2: Bairstow over 0.5 sixes 8/15*

Bairstow is in great form and has 10 sixes in 4 matches so far. This is shorter odds than we are used to backing but this cannot be ignored. We always like to back players and teams in form.

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