Delhi Capitals claimed a seven-wicket Indian Premier League win over Sunrisers Hyderabad as Mitchell Starc and Faf du Plessis took centre stage. (Highlights | Scorecard | Full Coverage)
Starc inspired the Capitals with the ball, taking 5-35 and, in the process, surpassing 200 wickets in the shortest format.
Aniket Verma plundered 74 from just 41 deliveries, with his knock including 11 boundaries, but only two other Sunrisers batters managed to get into double figures - Travis Head falling to Australia team-mate Starc on 22, while Heinrich Klaasen succumbed to Mohit Sharma (1-25) on 32.
Kuldeep Yadav took an impressive 3-22 as the Capitals bowled out the Sunrisers for 163.
Du Plessis picked up where the bowlers left off to get the Capitals' chase off to a flying start, as the veteran campaigner hammered his way to a 26-ball half-century before slicing Zeeshan Ansari's delivery, with debutant Wiaan Mulder taking a fine catch.
Zeeshan marked his debut in style with two more wickets, sending바카라 웹사이트Jake Fraser-McGurk (38) and KL Rahul (15) packing after a dangerous flurry from the latter.
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Data Debrief: Life in the old dogs
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Starc's five-for was바카라 웹사이트his first in T20 cricket, while he is the first Delhi player since Amit Mishra (5-17) back in 2008 to take five wickets in an IPL match.
He is now on 201 wickets in the format, and leads the way for dismissals in the IPL this season, with eight.
Determined not to be outdone, 40-year-old Du Plessis then turned in a stellar performance with the bat, as he became the third oversees player aged 40 or over to score an IPL half-century, after Chris Gayle and바카라 웹사이트Adam Gilchrist.