Live Cricket Score: IPL 2018, DD vs SRH

SRH have qualified for the top 4. And it looks more than likely that they will finish in the top two. Their bowling, which has been phenomenal, let them down a bit today but Dhawan and Williamson decided to take charge. And boy! Did they?! They annihilated the DD bowlers to make the chase look so easy. Scroll through the piece to figure out the ebb and flow of game number 42.

Kane Williamson: We wanted to go out and keep playing as a team. And we have been playing on tough surfaces, so it was nice to go out and execute our batting plans. It's always tough chasing here. (At the half-way stage) we thought it was a tough surface, keeping a touch low perhaps. Pant played a special knock. They had a score above par.

Shikhar Dhawan:The Gabbar was always there - Yes! He's back (Smiles). Rishabh played an amazing knock, he took the game away from us. But we believed that we'll go in with a positive mind-set. I have played lots of cricket over here (at Kotla). I am glad that I scored 92 runs and I am looking forward to score more runs.

Shikhar Dhawan is the Man of the Match.Deservingly so. He made the run-chase look so easy. Hardly broke a sweat despite coming up with some crunching hits. And yes, his knowledge of the Kotla wicket helped as well. The Delhi boys stealing the show.

Shreyas Iyer: I think it was a brilliant total to get on this wicket. Because the start we got was really disheartening. I think towards the end,, the ball was coming nicely onto the bat. The wicket played well towards the end. Was a two-paced wicket. We didn't get many opportunities to get them out. So they played well.

Pant though has sent massive signals to the selectors that he will keep banging the door hard till he breaks the 'opportunity door' open!

Rishabh Pant: (On the loss) It's very harsh for our team because the pitch played better in the second half due to the dew. Happens in cricket sometimes, your bowling unit doesn't click. (On his knock) I was just trying to see the ball and hit it clean. Took my time early on and things worked out well.

A few records that SRH shattered today:

- - Highest total chased down by SRH in IPL

- - Highest second wicket partnership for SRH in IPL.

That is it! Williamson hits the winning runs. SRH become the first team to qualify for the top four for IPL 2018. Tonight was a day that the bowlers would want to forget. Dhawan ends with 92* and Williamson finishes with 83*. Together they put on a record unbeaten 176 runs for the second wicket.

Only 24 needed off 24 balls now.Should be over in a canter. DD just have not found a way out to win. They hired Ricky Ponting as their chief coach before the campaign began but even that has not helped them change their fortunes.

150 fr 1 in 14.4 overs.Only SRH can throw it away from here. This has been a sensational run-chase. DD and their fate in the IPL just refuse to get better. The last time they finished in the top 4 was back in 2012.

Highest partnerships for SRH:

141*Dhawan - Williamson v DD, 2018(SRH on 156 for 1)

139 Warner - Dhawan v KKR, 2017

137*Warner - Dhawan v GL, 2016

136 Dhawan - Williamson v DD, 2017

Fifty for skipper Williamson as well.Clinically done. On a slow wicket, he has batted with precision andhas notched up his 6th fifty of the season.

Dhawan has raced to 74 off 37 balls. If Pant's blitzkrieg was special, this is all class! The experience of Dhawan and his understanding of the Kotla wicket has put Delhi behind the 8-ball in their defence of 187. The spinners from DD also have not been able to bowl well. Little bit of dew also has meant that the ball has come nicely on to the bat.

This is the 3rd 100+ stand by Dhawan & Williamson for SRH.