Hyderabad clinch first IPL win, beat Delhi by 15 runs

ABU DHABI, Se0pt 30 (AP): Jonny Bairstow struck a half century and Rashid Khan plucked 3-14 against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday to give Sunrisers Hyderabad its first victory in the Indian Premier League.

Bairstow made 53 off 48 balls on a slow wicket at Sheikh Zayed Stadium as Hyderabad scored 162-4 after Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field.

Twenty20s top-rated bowler Rashid then used the conditions well with his sharp leg-spin bowling and grabbed the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan (34), Iyer (17) and Rishabh Pant (32) to restrict Delhi to 147-7 and give Hyderabad a 15-run win.

"I think I don't take pressure on myself to create an impact. I keep calm and cool and focus on what I have to do," Rashid said after dedicating his man of the match-winning performance to his parents. "(It's been a) tough one-and-a-half year, first I lost my dad, then my mom 3-4 months ago. She was my biggest fan. This award goes to them. When I used to win an award, the whole night she used to talk to me."

Bairstow and captain David Warner (45) earlier put on 77 runs for the first-wicket stand before the Englishman added a further 52 with Kane Williamson, who recovered from a niggle and scored 41 runs in his first IPL game this season.

Kagiso Rabada (2-21) claimed both his wickets in the death overs when Bairstow and Williamson holed out in the deep while going for big hits.

Warner mounted pressure on Delhi's top order batsmen through Rashid and 20-year-old left-arm spinner Abhishek Sharma after Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-25) had removed Prithvi Shaw in the first over.