40th Match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 will be played between Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on 2nd May at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. While last two games played here was 160+, but match here after 15 days may change wicket.
Delhi Daredevils is at the bottom of the IPL 2017 points table with 4 points in 8 game player; least of all the team. DD had lost last 5 consecutive games after winning two games of the first three. While Sam Billings was only overseas batsman in the playing XI as after ruling out of JP Duminy and Quinton de Kock team has mostly relied on domestic young batsman. Bowling unit is full of experience and stars; Chris Morris, Pat Cummins and Zaheer Khan. Chris Morris is also contributing with the bat in lower order. Zaheer is out for this match due to hamstring injury suffered during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, so Karun Niar will lead the team in his absence. It will be interesting to see who get the place for Zaheer Khan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad had maintained itself on the third position for quite some time; currently with 13 points in 10 matches. They had won last two consecutive matches are back in the momentum and would like to maintain it till win 2 matches of the reaming 4 to fix the spot in top 4 for playoffs. SRH would be confident after beating Kolkata Knight Riders with 48 runs that is at the top of the table. Sunrisers’ top order doing the maximum of their work; rarely middle order comes into action. Sunrisers Hyderabad having one of the strongest bowling attack with the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul , and newly added Mohammed Siraj and Afghan’s Rashid Khan.
Head to Head: DD vs SRH
DD and SRH had played 9 matches against each other, 6 times SRH had won and while DD had won 3 times. Last time when they met in IPL 2017, SRH beat DD by 15 runs.
| Date | Winner | Won By | Venue |
| 12th April, 2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 Wickets | Delhi |
| 4th May, 2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 6 Wickets | Hyderabad |
| 25th April, 2014 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 Runs | Dubai |
| 10th May, 2014 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 Wickets | Delhi |
| 18th April, 2015 | Delhi Daredevils | 4 Runs | Visakhapatnam |
| 9th may, 2015 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 6 Runs | Raipur |
| 12th May, 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | 7 Wickets | Hyderabad |
| 20th May, 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | 6 Wickets | Raipur |
| 19th April, 2017 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 15 Runs | Hyderabad |
Match Details: IPL 2017 Match 40: DD vs SRH
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: 2nd May, 2017
Time: 8:00 pm (IST)
Toss: Delhi Daredevils have won the toss and elected to ball first
Result: Delhi Daredevils Won by 6 Wickets
Man of the Match: Mohammed Shami
Playing XI for DD: Sanju Samson, Karun Nair(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Corey Anderson, Angelo Mathews, Chris Morris, Jayant Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami
Playing XI for SRH: David Warner(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Moises Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha(w), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj