Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Delhi, IPL: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

The Indian Premier League is now in full swing and while there is still room for blips at this stage of the competition, the teams who are lagging behind need to start picking up the pace. As two of the competition's "struggling" teams, the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils has the potential to entertain.

Date: Saturday, April 18

Time: 4 p.m. local/11:30 a.m. BST

Venue: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Weather: There should be no issues on the weather front, according to AccuWeather.com. Temperatures will reach up to 32 degrees with a slight chance of a shower but not heavy enough to disrupt the match in its entirety. 

TV Info and Live Stream: Sony Six, Star Sports HD, Star Sports 1 (India), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), SuperSport (South Africa), OSN(UAE) SkyTV ( New Zealand), Network Ten (Australia), Channel 9 (Bangladesh), Sportsnet and Omini (Canada), Sports Max (West Indies), Geo Super (Pakistan), Starhub (Singapore).

Overview

The Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils have the exact same record in the IPL to date and Saturday’s match will present an opportunity for both teams to inject some momentum into their seasons. It will be the second time Hyderabad play in Visakhapatnam this season, having lost their first match there against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday.

It was a low-scoring encounter, with Hyderabad only notching up a paltry 127-5 in their 20 overs and Rajasthan chasing the score down with relative ease. The pitch wasn’t overly batsman-friendly and it might prompt whoever wins the toss to opt to bowl first.

Delhi have also never beaten Hyderabad since they became known as the Sunrisers, but that should not matter too much at this stage. Both teams have struggled for consistency, and Delhi recently escaped the unfortunate fate of becoming the first team to ever lose 12 IPL matches on the trot.

Both teams need a special performance to kick-start their seasons and when two “weaker” teams meet, the action will always be explosive, so this could be a really interesting match.

Key players

Hyderabad

David Warner has been the most consistent batsman for Sunrisers by far. He has two fifties in three games and averages 43.66 with a high score of 57. Hyderabad will need Warner to anchor the innings if they are to have any hope of winning.

Delhi

JP Duminy has played a useful all-round role as the captain. He has a bowling average of 10.33 in the three matches he has played and has chipped in with some useful scores with the bat, too. Although he is yet to score a half-century, he is settling into his role at No. 3. The surface will be a tricky one to adjust to, but if Duminy can just get his eye in, he could be a crucial player for Delhi.

Squads:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Naman Ojha (wk), KL Rahul, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Akshath Reddy, Karn Sharma, Trent Boult, Praveen Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kane Williamson, Ishant Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Ricky Bhui, Parvez Rasool, Chama Milind, Moises Henriques, Hanuma Vihari, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Laxmi Ratan Shukla.

Delhi Daredevils: JP Duminy (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Manoj Tiwary, Yuvraj Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Kedar Jadhav, Imran Tahir, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Zaheer Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami, CM Gautam, Gurinder Sandhu, Jayant Yadav, Albie Morkel, Srikar Bharat, Marcus Stoinis, Dominic Joseph Muthuswamy, Shreyas Iyer, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Karapak Jiyas, Travis Head.