"Aaj firse inko dekhenge humlog" - Twitterati reacts as SRH plays their first match of the second half today

Delhi Capitals and SunRisers Hyderabad face off in the 33rd game of IPL 2021 today at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. SRH has to win this encounter to stay alive in the tournament. DC, on the other hand, is comfortably placed in the second position in the points table. They will reclaim pole position if they win today.

SRH skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first. Expectedly, David Warner made a comeback into the SRH side after missing out on the previous game back in the first phase. Delhi Capitals pacers Rabada and Anrich Nortje will resume their partnership again in the bowling department.

Here are the playing XI's for the 33rd IPL 2021 match.

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c&wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Kane Williamson (C), David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed

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Fans were excited to see their favorite teams back on the field and took to Twitter to express the same. They also gave their opinions on the playing XIs of both teams.

Here are some of the best reactions:

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SRH pacer T Natarajan tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of the match against Delhi Capitals

SRH's left-arm pacer, T. Natarajan, recently tested positive for Covid-19. Team management later identified all-rounder Vijay Shankar as one of Natarajan's closest contacts. So the Tamil Nadu duo will miss this contest. The rest of the squad members did return negative results, so today's match will go ahead.

The IPL's media advisory in this regard read:

"Sunrisers Hyderabad player T Natarajan tested positive for COVID-19 at a scheduled RT-PCR test. The player has isolated himself from the rest of the squad. He is currently asymptomatic.

'The rest of the contingent, including the close contacts, underwent RT-PCR tests at 5 AM local time this morning and the test reports are negative. As a result, tonight's game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals will go ahead at the Dubai International Stadium."

The medical team has identified six close contacts of T Natarajan and placed them in isolation. Those six contacts are - Vijay Shankar (Player), Vijay Kumar (Team Manager), Shyam Sundar J ( Physiotherapist), Anjana Vannan (Doctor), Tushar Khedkar (Logistics Manager), Periyasamy Ganesan (Net Bowler).