Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have become the table-toppers after beating Delhi Capitals (DC) at Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday. Delhi was given no chance in the game, apart from a flurry of wickets in SRH's innings at one point, but still, they chased down 130 with very less fuss.

SRH has three wins with a better run-rate than his competitors. They are followed by Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings who have an equal number of points with a poorer run-rate.

Stand-in captain for Sunrisers Bhuvnehswar Kumar, speaking about the team's performance, in the post-match presentation said the captain is as good as his team.

“When the team does well, captaincy is always easy. The captain is as good as his team,” Bhuvneshwar said. “With the toss, we were not sure how the wicket was going to play. We were not surprised but we knew it wouldn’t be too slow in the second innings,” he added.

"Second half of the IPL, it’s going to be slow all over India, and we have to be choosy with our eleven.”

DC captain Shreyas Iyer was disappointed with the batting performance. He felt 150 could have been a par total on this pitch, in fact, it may have turned out to be more than the competitive target.

“Last two games have been the same. Tough wicket and since they bowled first, they had a bit of an idea how to go about it. We didn’t bat well. It’s another learning, we should come back positively,” he said.

“After the first time-out, we thought 140-150 would have been a great total. And we had three spinners, so we could have pounced on them. Unfortunately, we were short. I needed a little bit of support from someone at the other end from someone in the top 4. But it’s a good lesson for us."

“The way we came back in the second innings was appreciable. The bowlers came up and that is good to see,” he added.

A start which SRH needed to chase down 130 on a tough track was provided by Jonny Bairstow, his 28-ball stay in the middle brought 48 runs for his team.

“There was probably a little less bounce. It was a good toss to win, so we were able to see how to play on wickets like that. Probably the first such pitch we’ve come across this season,” the Man of the Match said.

“I am really pleased with the start, just going to try and keep going. We have three games in quick succession now and hopefully, we keep playing the same brand of cricket.”

(With PTI Inputs)