Playing under a new name in this edition, Delhi Capitals managed to turn their fortunes around with coach Ricky Ponting and advisor Sourav Ganguly at the helm.
Delhi were 151/5 but lost Sherfane Rutherford, Rishabh Pant and Amit Mishra in the next ten balls, before Keemo Paul scored a boundary against Khaleel Ahmed to win the match.
Delhi Capitals will be without their star performer Kagiso Rabada while Sunrisers Hyderabad have struggled since David Warner and Jonny Bairstow have left.
Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad have faced each other twice this season and it's even stevens, however, there can be only one team which will advance to the second Qualifier and face Chennai Super Kings.
SRH are missing prolific Australian batsman David Warner while Capitals are without key South African paceman Kagiso Rabada.
Chasing a target of 180, the Capitals crumbled to 99 within 17 overs to surrender the top spot on the league table to CSK.
MS Dhoni accounted for the wickets of Chris Morris and Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer with two stunning stumpings in the same over.
Dhoni stumped Delhi's Chris Morris and Shreyas Iyer in a span of three balls. What is even more gobsmacking, is that he stumped the two batsmen MID-AIR.
Delhi need just two more points from three games to qualify for the play-offs but the 24-year-old said the team is looking to win at least two of their remaining games.
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Rajasthan Royals currently have six points from nine games and need to win all their remaining games to stand a chance of making it to the play-offs.
Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer heaped praise on Shikhar Dhawan, saying that the "fearless cricket" played by the senior batsman is helping the team in IPL 2019.
Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer hit fifties while Sandeep Lamichhane grabbed three wickets as Delhi beat Punjab by 5 wickets.
It was Delhi's third loss out of the four matches that the hosts played at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium this season.
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer is confident that his team can win this year's Indian Premier League after it registered its third straight win in the league on Sunday.
Delhi have climbed to fourth spot with eight points after winning matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders
Delhi Capitals have suffered constant batting collapses so far in this tournament but that is still not worrying their skipper Shreyas Iyer.
After losing their first five games, RCB find themselves at the bottom of the eight-team IPL 2019 points table.
Kings XI Punjab's costliest buy Sam Curran proved his worth with an incredible spell at the back end as the home team pulled off a miraculous 14-run victory against Delhi Capitals.
Kings XI Punjab's costliest buy Sam Curran proved his worth with an incredible spell at the back end as the home team pulled off a miraculous 14-run victory against Delhi Capitals.
