The finest cricket odds await below for today’s IPL game! Delhi Capitals will play Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2021 as the two sides look to kickstart the UAE leg on a winning note.
The match will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and will start at 6:00 pm local time (7:30 pm IST) on Wednesday, September 22.
Get Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL betting tips and predictions with the latest odds and match preview.
Last year’s runners-up Delhi Capitals did not waste any time in finding their rhythm with the intention to go the distance this season.
With six wins in the eight played, they sit comfortably at the No. 2 position in the table with 12 points – a couple of wins more and they will be through to the playoffs once again.
Boasting an exceptionally strong squad that proved its mettle in India time and again, DC will hope to keep up the tempo and continue playing in the same vein. Shikhar Dhawan leads the Orange Cap race in IPL 2021 with 380 runs in eight matches. His teammate Prithvi Shaw is placed fourth in the chase with 308 runs in as many games.
Rishabh Pant has had a rather muted campaign so far with just 213 runs under his belt, but the skipper’s presence in the team is instrumental. Coming to the player availability, Delhi Capitals have been largely unaffected. If anything, the addition of Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin will only make them stronger.
There is plenty of talent to go around with the ball as well – Avesh Khan is the second-highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets this season; Kagiso Rabada is at 9 while Amit Mishra and Axar Patel are at 6 each. And then you also have other talented seamers like Ishant Sharma and Anrich Nortje available for the team.
With plenty of talent here, the challenge will be to quickly adapt to the conditions and maintain the momentum.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have been among the most consistent sides in the Indian Premier League, having made it to the playoffs in each of their last five appearances.
But this time around, they have been quite bad. In the seven matches played in India, SRH could garner only one win, losing the rest of the six games. In fact, they will be heading into this fixture following a three-match losing streak.
They have faced issues in their batting and bowling – despite an abundance of talent there. It even got to a point where they had to drop their talismanic batsman David Warner as he failed to perform in the first half of the tournament.
For the second half, the Hyderabad boys will have to make do without the services of Jonny Bairstow – Sherfane Rutherford has been roped in as his replacement and will be expected to bolster the faltering middle-order. In Bairstow’s absence, Warner has got an opportunity to redeem himself. The Australian, similar to Manish Pandey, has scored 193 runs so far this season.
Bowling wise, the onus will be on Rashid Khan (10 wickets this edition) to lead the charge with Sandeep Sharma and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.
SRH Likely XI
Warner, Saha, Williamson, Pandey, Shankar, Holder, Samad, Khan, Kumar, Sharma, Ahmed
Venue & conditions
We are in Dubai for this one where the pitch has offered great support for seamers and batsmen. However, as the pitch matures in the tournament, we can expect the trend to shift in the favour of the batters.
Seeing how the matches have gone here so far, a target upwards of 160-170 would certainly be a competitive one.
SRH vs DC Head-to-Head
Hyderabad are 11-8 against Delhi, following that loss in the first leg of the fixture this season.
It was a close match that was decided in the Super Over – Delhi Capitals posted a target of 160 runs and their Hyderabad counterparts responded by matching the first-inning score of 159.
In the Super Over, Delhi needed 8 runs to win – something they achieved with absolute ease.
Delhi vs Hyderabad Toss Prediction
Coming to the toss winner statistics between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals are way ahead as they lead 13-6, including that toss win from the first leg.
So while today’s cricket predictions and betting tips favour Sunrisers Hyderabad, you can go with Delhi Capitals in the toss department.
Granted that Delhi Capitals are the better side here by a long shot, but let’s not forget that this is sort of a new beginning in the Indian Premier League where the two sides may somewhat be rusty (look at Royal Challengers Bangalore’s opening match).
In such a scenario, backing the underdog may not be the worst bet to make, especially if they are available at some decent odds. Sunrisers Hyderabad do have a fairly competitive roster that just needs a little bit of motivation to get going – plus, they came incredibly close to winning their last encounter against the Capitals!
And another interesting result to note is in the two times they have clashed in Dubai, Sunrisers Hyderabad have come out as the winners.
And while you are at it, also check our Pure Win Review to see why we favour them for IPL.
In the handful of games played in Dubai so far, seamers have had a much better time than spinners. In Hyderabad’s team, Bhuvneshwar Kumar makes for the far obvious choice in this regard. He is bound to be in the starting XI and has got a good chance to bag a few wickets if things go right.
Prithvi Shaw has enjoyed a decent IPL campaign so far and I expect him to carry the same form forward in the United Arab Emirates. He has been fairly impressive this season – a high score of 82 and a strike rate of 166.48.
As the opener for DC, he will have plenty of time to get the runs and possibly emerge as the top batsman for his side on the evening.
Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Fun Statistics
Jonny Bairstow was SRH’s leading run-getter this season with 248 runs in 7 matches
Shikhar Dhawan’s average this season has been 54.38
Keeping the Super Over match aside, Hyderabad have won three of their last five matches against the Delhi Capitals
