Delhi Capitals (DC) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match yesterday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Battling first after the toss, DC managed just 144-9 before restricting SRH to 137-6.

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Axar put on a great all-around show for DC. He followed his 34 with figures of 2-21. Pandey, as he scored a crucial 34, while Nortje got points from Brook and Klaasen.

For SRH, Sundar (3-28 & 24*) shined with bat and ball, while Bhuvneshwar finished with impressive figures of 2-11. In the chase, Agarwal scored 49 and Klaasen quickly scored 31. Axar, however, was named Player of the Match for his brilliant efforts.

Chasing 145, Hyderabad started well. Mayank Agarwal is impressive, reaching at least the final in the first five. On the other side, however, Harry Brook (7 of 14) struggled.

His misery ended when he missed a scoop attempt and was brought down by Anrich Nortje. Agarwal came out slowly after Brook's departure and missed a half-century, losing to Axar Patel's long delivery.

Rahul Tripathi also struggled for pace and caught Ishant Sharma for 15 off 21. Abhishek Sharma (5) then allowed a return to Kuldeep Yadav, after which Aiden Markram (3) brought Axar's delivery to his stumps. The SRH skipper's dismissal left his team reeling at 85-5 at the start of the 15th over.

Heinrich Klaasen (31 off 19) hit three fours and sixes to give the chasers hope, but it fell to Nortje, looking for another big hit. Washington Sundar scored 24* off 15, but DC remained calm as Mukesh Kumar scored 13 points in the final over.

Axar and Pandey lifted Delhi after a disappointing spell

Battling first, DC lost Phil Salt for a duck as he was caught behind by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Mitchell Marsh scored 25 runs from 15 but was caught lbw while going down the wrong line to T Natarajan.

Disaster struck Delhi in the eighth over as they lost three wickets to Sundar. David Warner (21) and Sarfaraz Khan (10) fired at the players, while Aman Hakim Khan (4) was lost trying to make a mess.

Axar (34 from 34) and Manish Pandey (34 from 27) steadied the ship with a sixth wicket stand of 69. They did not take many risks, knowing that there were no trees left in the house.

Axar's innings ended when he was bowled by a yorker from Bhuvneshwar. Then Pandey got tired of trying to get the second run at Sundar's poor ground.