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Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: 바카라˜We Were 25-30 Runs Short, Didn't Play Smart' Says Kane Williamson

The loss versus DC further dampened SRH바카라™s chances of qualifying for the IPL 2021 playoffs. Sunrisers Hyderabad have just two points from eight games

Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: 바카라˜We Were 25-30 Runs Short, Didn't Play Smart' Says Kane Williamson
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Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson admitted that SRH were 25 to 30 runs short following the loss against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Dubai on Wednesday. The win strengthened Delhi Capitals바카라™ position at the top with 14 points from nine games. (More Cricket News)

Defending a lowly 134, SRH only managed to take two DC wickets as the Rishabh Pant-led side romped home with more than two overs to spare and eight wickets in hand. Williamson felt Sunrisers Hyderabad lacked decent partnerships.

바카라œWe didn바카라™t start well, didn바카라™t register a decent partnership but never got any momentum, some good scores in the back-end, but pretty much 25-30 runs short,바카라 the Kiwi said during the post-match conference. The loss put SRH at the bottom of the table with just one win from eight games.

Batting first, SRH were on the backfoot when they lost David Warner for a duck in the third ball of the match. Wriddihiman Saha (18), Kane Williamson (18) and Manish Pandey (17) all got starts but failed to capitalise on them. Abdul Samad (28) and Rashid Khan (22) chipped in with handy contributions towards the end to give SRH something to defend.

In reply, Delhi Capitals rode on Shikhar Dhawan바카라™s (42), comeback man Shreyas Iyer바카라™s unbeaten 47 and captain Rishabh Pant바카라™s 35 not out to see them through. Having defended small scores in the past, Williamson opined Wednesday wasn바카라™t their day.

바카라œWe did bowl well, we have defended modest scores in the past, but it wasn바카라™t to be today which was a bit of a shame. It바카라™s been a difficult campaign so far, but we need to enjoy our cricket and don바카라™t put ourselves under pressure - they were excellent, they are both quality internationals, two of the best fast bowlers going around at the moment and they put us under pressure,바카라 added the Kiwi skipper.

He was all praise for Delhi Capitals. 바카라œThey got us into hard positions, perhaps if we hadn바카라™t lost early wickets, we could have done differently, but Delhi were outstanding and played some smart cricket. We need to concentrate on the way we play and try to improve,바카라 Williamson said.

Earlier on Wednesday, SRH were dealt with a major blow when pacer T Natarajan tested COVID-19 positive. Six others, including out of favour Indian all-rounder Vijay Shankar, have been isolated.

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