Delhi Capitals (DC) almost lost the Eliminator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, but survived a drama-filled last over to set up a Qualifier 2 date with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Heroes everywhere for Delhi. Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Keemo Paul, Amit Mishra (not for obstructing the field, but for bowling), skipper Shreyas Iyer (for trying to play it fair)... For Hyderabad, this is their third defeat in the Eliminators after 2013 and 2017. Brief Scores: SRH: 162/8 (Martin Guptill 36 off 19 balls, Keemo Paul 3/34). DC: 165/8 in 19.5 overs (Rishabh Pant 49 off 21 balls, Prithvi Shaw 56 off 38). Playing XIs: Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Axar Patel, Keemo Paul, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Trent Boult SunRisers Hyderabad: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Martin Guptill, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson (c), Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi (PREVIEW | SCHEDULE | 2019 ELECTION SPECIAL) Delhi Capitals Innings, Target 163 Runs 11:23 PM IST: Trent Boult is the new man.Then what? Keemo Paul breaks SunRisers Hyderabad hearts. A pull shot for a four to mid-wicket. Delhi win by two wickets with one ball to spare. 11:21 PM IST: Second review and it's out. 161/8 (19.4 Over). Two needed from two. Mishra is out for the field obstruction. 11:19 PM IST: Khaleel Ahmed with the last over. A slower delivery to Amit Mishra, and a wide, well outside. A single down the third man. Three required from five. A dot to Keemo Paul. Then a single to mid-wicket. Two needed from three. One leg bye and the possibility of an out for field obstruction. Amit Mishra changes the track while running to block the throw. Seems like the umpires going for caught behind, not the obstruction. And the drama continues. These umpires. 11:12 PM IST: And Rishabh Pant is not wasting time. Caution needed but he laces on to the length delivery, and a six over long off. A wide, for height. Five needed now. And he goes for a mighty swing, and pays the price. Holes out at mid-off, caught by Mohammad Nabi. And Ricky Ponting just left his seat at the dugout. Angry. FoW-158/7 (18.5 Over). Amit Mishra is the new man. Seven runs from the over. Pant made 49 off 21. Bhuvi's figures: 2/42. Delhi need five from six. 11:06 PM IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar on with his last over. Wicket off the first ball. Rutherford caught at long-off by Mohammad Nabi. FoW-151/6 (18.1 Over). Keemo Paul is the new man. 11:04 PM IST: Basil Thampi on with his last over. Rishabh Pant hits the first ball for a four, down the ground. Pant follows it up with a six, thumped over over deep mid-wicket. Another four, to long leg boundary. Then, another six. This time over mid-wicket. 34 needed from 18 at the start of the over, now it's 14 from 14. A single, to mid-wicket. Another single, and 22 runs from the over. The over that changed the fortunes of Delhi? DC-151/5 after 18 overs. 12 needed from 12. Pant on 43 off 17. Thampi's figures: 0/41. 10:59 PM IST: New man Sherfane Rutherford hits Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a six, off the fifth ball, over long-off. Eight runs from the over. DC-129/5 after 17 overs. 10:50 PM IST: Mohammad Nabi also completes his spell. Ten runs from his last over. His figures: 0/29. Pant hits the fifth ball for a six over long leg boundary. DC-121/5 after 16 overs. 42 runs required from 24 balls. Time out. 10:47 PM IST: Rashid Khan is the game changer. Gets two wickets in the space of four balls to send Colin Munro, off the first ball and Axar Patel, off the fourth balls. Sherfane Rutherford is the new man. Double-wicket maiden over. Rashid's figures: 2/15. And there's still debate over Patel's wicket. DC-111/5 after 15 overs. That's Nelson again, striking. 10:42 PM IST: Big over for Delhi. 12 runs from Basil Thampi's third over. Colin Munro launches the fifth ball for a six over deep backward square boundary. Earlier in the over, he hit the second ball for a four off the second ball. DC-111/3 after 14 overs. 10:36 PM IST: Rashid Khan on with his third over. Just two runs from it. DC-93/3 after 13 overs. 10:31 PM IST: Colin Munro is the new man for Delhi. Mohammad Nabi returns for his third over. Ten runs from the over. Rishabh Pant hits the fourth ball for a six over long on. Huge one, some 91 metres. DC-97/3 after 12 overs. 10:28 PM IST: Khaleel Ahmed returns for his second over. A single off the first ball then he sends back Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer, caught behind. FoW-84/2 (10.2 Over). Iyer made eight off 10. Rishabh Pant is the new man. Ahmed then gets the wicket of Prithvi Shaw, caught at point by Vijay Shankar. Shaw made 56 off 38. Four runs from the over. Fow-87/3 (10.6 Over). Delhi need 76 runs required from 54 balls. 10:20 PM IST: Basil Thampi returns for his second over. Six runs from the over. DC-83/1 after 10 overs. They need 80 runs from 60 balls. 10:16 PM IST: Rashid Khan on with his second over. Seven runs from the over. Two singles, a wide and a four, hit by Shreyas Iyer behind point. DC-77/1 after nine overs. 10:31 PM IST: Shreyas Iyer is the new man. A single to fine leg, then Prithvi Shaw gets his fifty with a single off the last ball, in 31 balls. 13 runs from the over. DC-70/1 after eight overs. 10:09 PM IST: Deepak Hooda, off spinner, gets his first over. A single, then a six as Prithvi Shaw continues to punish SHR bowlers. A single then the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan. Wide and Wriddhiman Saha does the rest. Brilliant work. FoW-66/1 (7.3 Over). Dhawan made 17 off 16. Time out. 10:04 PM IST: Basil Thampi gets his first over. Just two singles, off the first and fourth balls. DC-57/0 after seven overs. 9:59 PM IST: Rashid Khan on with his second over. Six runs from the over. A four off the fifth ball, hit by Prithvi Shaw, hit brilliantly through cover. DC-55/0 after six overs. 108 runs required from 14 overs. 9:55 PM IST: Huge over for Delhi. Prithvi Shaw toys with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, hitting the World Cup-bound pacer for a four, a six and a four off the successive balls. 17 runs from the over. DC-49/0 after five overs. 9:51 PM IST: Mohammad Nabi continues with his second over. Seven runs from the over. Basil Thampi drops Prithvi Shaw at mid-off the second ball, then Shikhar Dhawan hits the last ball for a four. DC-32/0 after four overs. 9:48 PM IST: Khaleel Ahmed, right-arm medium pacer, gets his first over. Prithvi Shaw hits the second, third and fifth balls for fours. 13 runs from the over. DC-25/0 after three overs. They need 138 runs. 9:43 PM IST: Two runs from Mohammad Nabi's first over. The offspinner is brilliant, controlling Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw with a tight line. DC-12/0 after two overs. 9:39 PM IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar opens the proceedings. 10 runs from his first over. Shikhar Dhawan hits the third and four balls for fours. SunRisers Hyderabad Innings 9:20 PM IST: Keemo Paul on with the last over of the innings. A wide to Deepak Hooda, then a single. A dot, then a six off no ball, front foot. Mohammad Nabi launches it over long on. A dot from the free hit. Paul then gets the wicket. Nabi caught at backward point by Axar Patel. Nabi made 20 off 13. FoW-160/6 (19.4 Over). Rashid Khan is the man. A wide, then a run out as Rishabh Pant hits the stumps at the non-striker's end even as Deepak Hooda gets tangled with the bowler. Given out. But Shreyas Iyer asks for the batsman to continue, then Pant intervenes to stat that it's valid run-out. Part of the game.<doc-sep>IPL 2019 Eliminator, DC Vs SRH: In A Rare Occasion, 'Nelson' Strikes Twice In Delhi Capitals-SunRisers Hyderabad Match – WATCH For those who believe in mythical aspects of cricket, one such thing happened as the 'Nelson' struck during the Eliminator match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 between Delhi Capitals (DC) and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. In the 16th over of the SRH innings, Ishant Sharma produced a yorker to dismiss Kane Williamson at the score of 111. The score is considered a bad omen for the batsman or the batting team as it resembles a wicket without bails, and many more, pertaining to superstitions. Anyway. watch Ishant's beautiful yorker here: Eliminator: DC vs SRH – Kane Williamson Wicket https://t.co/dmFw3xbkAc via @ipl — gujjubhai (@gujjubhai17) May 8, 2019 Strangely, Nelson struck again during the DC innings, to dismiss Axar Patel. SRH needed a good knock from the skipper, but the Kiwi managed only 28 off 27 balls. It was Ishant's 12 wicket of IPL 2019, his second-best haul in a season. He produced figures of 2/34. Delhi need 163 runs to play in the Qualifier 2 against Chennai Super Kings. For in-depth, objective and more importantly balanced journalism, Click here to subscribe to Outlook Magazine<doc-sep>VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) — Rishabh Pant hit a blistering 49 off 21 balls as Delhi Capitals notched a thrilling two-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League Eliminator on Wednesday. Pant smashed five sixes and two fours in Delhi's first IPL play-off in six years which carried them to 165-8 when Keemo Paul struck a winning boundary on the penultimate ball of their run-chase. Hyderabad had earlier scored 162-8 despite their two key players — Englishman Jonny Bairstow and Australian David Warner — being back with their respective national teams for World Cup preparations. "If you try to stop players like Rishabh and Prithvi, it may not work. If they go on with the flow, they can win you games," Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer said. Delhi's 19-year-old opener Prithvi Shaw smashed 56 off 38 balls but Hyderabad bounced back when fast bowler Khaleel Ahmed (2-24) removed both Shaw and Iyer (8) in the 11th over. Afghanistan spin duo Rashid Khan (2-15) and Mohammad Nabi (0-29) then tied down Delhi in the middle overs with Khan claiming both his wickets in his last over when he removed Axar Patel and dangerman Colin Munro. But Pant took charge by smashing seamer Basil Thampi for two sixes and two boundaries in the 18th over before falling to Bhvenshwar Kumar in the next over with Delhi needing five off Khaleel's last over. Earlier, after being put in to bat, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill top scored with 36 with Manish Pandey (30), captain Kane Williamson (28) and Vijay Shankar (25) making useful contributions. Medium fast Paul picked up 3-32, including the wickets of Nabi and Khan in the last over of the innings. "After the first half, we knew we would have to fight hard to defend this competitive total," Williamson said. "We were able to squeeze them and bring it back, but these sort of wickets, you have to be clinical." Delhi will now meet Chennai Super Kings in the Qualifier 2 on Friday and the winner will take on Mumbai Indians in the final on Sunday. ___ More AP Cricket: www.apnews.com/cricket and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports<doc-sep>
Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Keemo Paul's clutch four in the last over helped Delhi Capitals send Sunrisers Hyderabad packing by winning the eliminator by two wickets in the 2019 Indian Premier League on Wednesday. Sunrisers went 162-8 before the Capitals responded with 165-8 to book a meeting with defending champions Chennai Super Kings on Friday for the right to face Mumbai Indians in the final. Sunrisers had set the Capitals a total of 163 to chase, with Martin Guptill and Manish Pandey combining for 66 runs. Skipper Kane Williamson added a further 28 to leave the Capitals with plenty to do. A fine bowling performance from Rashid Khan looked like putting pay to the Capitals' hopes, but Rishabh Pant's stubborn refusal to be dismissed made the difference. Pant clocked up 49 not out, while Prithvi Shaw got Delhi's innings started the right way with an impressive 56. Their efforts helped the Capitals snap a tough streak in eliminator matches historically: Pant moved into the top 10 of the most prolific run-scorers in the league, while teammate Shikhar Dhawan added 17 runs to an already impressive tally. Video Play Button Videos you might like Top Run-Scorers 1. David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderabad: 692 2. Lokesh Rahul, Kings XI Punjab: 593 3. Andre Russell, Kolkata Knight Riders: 510 4. Shikhar Dhawan, Delhi Capitals: 503 5. Quinton de Kock, Mumbai Indians: 500 6. Chris Gayle, Kings XI Punjab: 490 7. Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore: 464 8. Shreyas Iyer, Delhi Capitals: 450 9. Rishabh Pant, Delhi Capitals: 450 10. Jonny Bairstow, Sunrisers Hyderabad: 445 All statistics, per the competition's official website. Updated Schedule Friday, May 10 Chennai Super Kings vs. Delhi Capitals (Qualifier 2): 3 p.m. BST /7:30 p.m. IST /10 a.m. ET Sunday, May 12 Mumbai Indians vs. Q2 winner: 3 p.m. BST /7:30 p.m. IST /10 a.m. ET With three players in the top 10 for runs scored it was fitting the Capitals were saved by their batting order in Visakhapatnam. In particular, Pant was superb, tallying five sixes and two fours. Delhi needed Pant's heroics considering the way Khan did his best to wreck the order. He claimed the wickets of Colin Munro, via leg before wicket, as well as Axar Patel, with help from a catch by Wriddhiman Saha. Frustrating opponents when the games start to matter has become a happy habit for Khan: Khaleel Ahmed also took down some key wickets, seeing Shreyas Iyer caught out by Saha after a mere eight runs. Ahmed also contributed to Shaw's exit as Vijay Shankar made a smart catch. Victory was in sight for Sunrisers until Pant made his stand. Even with his efforts, things became frantic for the Capitals late on, with Amit Mishra judged out after a review found he had obstructed the wicket chasing a single. Pant, Dhawan and Iyer will next attempt to pile up the runs against Chennai's quality bowlers, led by Imran Tahir and Deepak Chahar.