DC batting flops before SRH game abandoned

Hyderabad, 2016 champions and last year's finalists, go out of playoffs reckoning after sharing a point while Delhi remain fifth in the table

- Ashish Magotra

NEW DELHI: The rain showed no signs of stopping. It wasn't ideal for Delhi Capitals (DC) or Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), but that didn't matter to the weather gods. The abandoned game saw SRH being eliminated from the playoff race while DC were hit hard by a no-result in a game they absolutely needed to win.

Both teams were given one point each. That takes DC to 13 points (fifth in the table) and SRH to seven.

Given that DC had put just 133/7 on the board, it wasn't the worst result for them but they would have loved to get more out of this. For SRH, a season that held so much promise, has literally ended in a damp squib.

Pat Cummins, the SRH captain, chose to bowl against DC (fifth in the table at the start of the game) on a Hyderabad pitch that was expected to be full of runs.

Quick wickets

It felt like a decision that was taken on the back of a batting line-up that, on paper, should be capable of chasing down any total. But very soon it turned out to be a game ripe with nostalgia.