IPL 2023, SRH vs DC: Delhi eye collective batting effort to challenge Hyderabad's fiery pacers

Despite registering their first win in IPL 2023, Delhi Capitals batters must come good against Sunrisers Hyderabad when the two laggards clash at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

Though DC managed to snap their five-match losing streak in the match against KKR, their top-order needs fire if Delhi want to build upon their first win in 6 matches.

Much was expected of Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh, but the two have been huge letdowns so far this season.

Scores of 12, 7, 0, 15, 0 and 13, in the six outings have highlighted Shaw's inability to tackle pace and spin

Meanwhile, Marsh had a woeful run with the bat, which included two ducks in the four games and a high score of four.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, have slumped to back-to-back defeats after it seemed their campaign had taken off. They currently occupy the penultimate spot above DC on the table with four points from six games.

The Orange Army has looked good on paper but their batting has failed them. Their batters have neither been able to chase nor put up a good total in the previous two games they lost.

SRH team news

After missing the match against CSK, T Natarajan may return to SRH Playing XI. In that case, left-arm spinner Mayank Dagar could make way for Natarajan.

SRH vs DC head-to-head

In head-to-head comparison, Hyderabad have a slight advantage over Delhi as they have won 11 out of 21 against DC.

SRH vs DC: Hyderabad weather update

There is less than 4 per cent chance of rainfall on match day.

SRH vs DC Playing XI probables

SRH possible Playing XI

Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan (impact player).

DC possible Playing XI

David Warner (c), Philip Salt (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Prithvi Shaw (impact player).