IPL 2019: Delhi look to overcome lower-order woes against Hyderabad

Going into the match 16 of the Indian Premier League 2019, Delhi will host Hyderabad at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi.

Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer's task is to sort out his team’s lower-order and get some consistency in their remaining fixtures of this season.

On the other hand, Hyderabad are in great form as their openers -David Warner and Jonny Bairstow - scored centuries to handle a 118-run defeat to Bangalore.

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However, it will be interesting to see whether Hyderabad's regular captain Kane Williamson is fit to make a comeback in the playing 11.

Delhi are currently placed at the fifth spot at 2019 IPL points table with two wins and as many losses after four games while Hyderabad are placed at the third position with two wins and one loss but they have best net run rate (2.111) among eight teams.

If we talk about the previous performances of the two sides the, Delhi began their tournament with a superb win over three-time former champions Mumbai but suffered a defeat at the hands of Chennai. they later made a strong comeback by defeating Kolkata in Super Over but again lost the winning track against Punjab.

Against Punjab, Delhi's frailties came into limelight as the team suffered a lower order collapse as they lost seven wickets for just eight runs.

Rishabh Pant, who made 78 to pile up 213 for his team against Mumbai in the first match, has been the highest run-scorer for Delhi while the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Iyer and Colin Ingram too have been among runs.

The bowling department led by Kagiso Rabada, while they also have New Zealand pacer Trent Boult and Ishant Sharma in their ranks.

Young Nepalese leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane too has performed well so far for Delhi.

Hyderabad openers Warner and Bairstow, on the other hand, have been in scintillating form in IPL 2019, establishing a partnership in all their three matches so far.

On road to redemption, Warner has looked ominous as he blasted 69 off 37 balls against Rajasthan, before a whirlwind 55-ball unbeaten 100 blew away Bangalore.

Besides, he started IPL 2019 with a 85-run knock against Kolkata. After the six-wicket defeat to Kolkata, Hyderabad roared their way back into the tournament, largely riding on Warner and Bairstow's exploits and come Thursday, they would be eyeing a hat-trick of wins.

Among Hyderabad bowlers, Afghanistan spin duo of Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan would look to do the maximum damage, while pacer Sandeep Sharma too has done well with four wickets.

But Bhuvneshwar Kumar's performance, especially at the death, has been a major concern for Hyderabad.