DC vs SRH | Abhishek Sharma and Klaasen Power SRH to a Huge total against DC
Heinrich Klaasen playing a shot against DC (AP Photo)
We are into the 40th game of IPL 2023 and the action this season just continues to get interesting with each passing game. The 40th game is between DC and SRH and Sunrisers Hyderabad have posted a formidable total on the board - 197/6 in the first innings on the track that is not easy for batting.
SRH decided to bat first on the pitch that was expected to get difficult for batting as the game progresses. They came out with new opening pair of Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma but Mayank failed and Tripathi also could not make much of an impact. However, Abhishek Sharma played with lot of flair and got to his fifty in just 25 balls as he kept losing partners at the other end.
Mitchell Marsh was the one who broke the backbone of SRH's middle order but things started changing as Heinrich Klassen walked out to the middle at number 6. Abhishek Sharma departed on 67 off 36 balls with SRH in spot of bother at 109-5 but Klaasen and Abdul Samad notched up a decent stand of 53 runs to take SRH to a stronger position.
Heinrich Klaasen then unleashed his might at the death and smashed a fifty in just 25 balls to take his team to a big total against a DC side that has struggled with the bat this season. DC though would be happy with the performance of Mitchell Marsh as the Australian all-rounder finished with four wickets.
DC now have a humongous task in front of them and they need their big stars to come out all guns blazing if they want to chase down this target.
 "Aashay Chopade")
