Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) once again gave a strong performance at their home ground and defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 47 runs. With this win, Hyderabad registered its third consecutive win and further strengthened its position in the tournament. Batting first, Hyderabad scored a huge score and then the bowlers stopped Delhi away from the target.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a very aggressive start. Abhishek Sharma batted in a stormy style and scored a century in just 47 balls and scored a total of 135 runs. His explosive innings included 10 fours and 10 sixes. This was the second century of his IPL career. Along with him, Travis Head gave a good start, while later Heinrich Klaasen scored unbeaten 37 runs in 13 balls, taking the team to a huge score of 242/2.

Strong partnerships played an important role in Hyderabad’s innings. There was a partnership of 97 runs for the first wicket between Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head.

After this, a quick 79 runs were added for the second wicket with Ishan Kishan. In the last overs, Klaasen and Abhishek scored runs rapidly and put the Delhi bowlers completely on the backfoot.

Delhi Capitals bowlers were seen struggling completely in this match. Especially the spin bowlers gave away a lot of runs and gave away more than 100 runs in 8 overs. Except Axar Patel, no bowler could make an impact. Nitish Rana also proved to be very expensive and he spent 55 runs in 4 overs.

Delhi had a bad start while chasing the target of 243 runs. After the fall of the initial wicket, KL Rahul and Nitish Rana took over the innings and added 86 runs for the second wicket.

Nitish Rana scored 57 runs, while Rahul played an inning of 37 runs. Sameer Rizvi gave hope to the team by scoring 41 runs, but due to continuous fall of wickets the team could reach only 195/9 in 20 overs.

Hyderabad bowlers made a comeback at the right time and completely changed the course of the match. Ishan Malinga bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets, while Harsh Dubey broke the back of Delhi by taking 3 wickets.

turning point of the match

Abhishek Sharma’s explosive century and continuous aggressive batting from powerplay to death overs was the biggest turning point of this match.

Due to this, the target became very difficult for Delhi.

player of the match

In this match, the Player of the Match award was given to Abhishek Sharma for his brilliant inning of 135 runs.

summary scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 242/2 (20 overs)

Abhishek Sharma: 135 (47)
Heinrich Klaasen: 37* (13)
Ishan Kishan: 25

Delhi Capitals: 195/9 (20 overs)

Nitish Rana: 57
KL Rahul: 37

Sameer Rizvi: 41

Bowling (Hyderabad):

Ishan Malinga: 4 wickets
Harsh Dubey: 3 wickets

Bowling (Delhi):

Akshar Patel: Economical spell

post match situation

With this victory, Sunrisers Hyderabad has strengthened its position in the points table and the team seems to be in great shape.

FAQs: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals

Who scored the most runs in this match?

Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant inning of 135 runs.

How many runs could Delhi Capitals score?

Delhi team could score only 195/9 runs.

Who became the player of the match?

Abhishek Sharma was chosen player of the match.

What was the biggest reason for Hyderabad’s victory?

Abhishek’s century and the timely return of the bowlers were the main reasons for the victory.

Who took the most wickets?

Ishan Malinga achieved the maximum success by taking 4 wickets.