Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|22-04-2026
Hyderabad's big victory over Delhi (Photo-PTI)
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals: There was a storm in Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on Tuesday and this storm came from the bat of Abhishek Sharma, who played a stormy innings to give victory to Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the 31st match of IPL 2026, Hyderabad team defeated Delhi by 47 runs in a one-sided manner. Batting first, Hyderabad scored 242 runs in 20 overs, in response to which Delhi team could score only 195 runs. The hero of Hyderabad's victory was Abhishek Sharma, who scored unbeaten 135 runs in 68 balls.
Apart from Abhishek, Travis Head played an inning of 37 runs and Ishan Kishan played an inning of 25 runs. Heinrich Klaasen scored unbeaten 37 runs in 13 balls.Abhishek Sharma's storm came
Delhi captain Akshar Patel won the toss in Hyderabad but the batsmen of Sunrisers Hyderabad won. Openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head gave a stormy start to Hyderabad. Especially Abhishek Sharma attacked the Delhi bowlers in the powerplay. Hyderabad scored 67 runs in the powerplay and this team's fifty runs were completed in just 28 balls. It took only 25 balls for Abhishek Sharma to complete his half-century.
After this, the wicket of Travis Head definitely fell but Abhishek did not stop. Along with captain Ishan Kishan, he added 79 runs in 35 balls.Abhishek took Delhi spinners on the radar. He hit five sixes against Nitish Rana, and also hit two sixes off the ball of Kuldeep Yadav. Abhishek hit 10 sixes and 10 fours in his innings and he was not out till the last ball of the last over. Meanwhile, Klaasen also batted aggressively and scored 37 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours.
Delhi's batting
Delhi's start was not good.
Pathum Nissanka was out after scoring 8 runs. But after this KL Rahul and Nitish Rana made a good partnership. Nitish Rana played an inning of 57 runs in 30 balls. KL Rahul also scored 37 runs in 23 balls. But the batting of these players could not help Delhi win. For Hyderabad, Ehsaan Malinga took 4 wickets, Harsh Dubey took 3 wickets. Saqib Hussain and Madhushanka got 1 success each.Big change in marks table
With Hyderabad's victory and Delhi's defeat, there was a big change in the points table. Hyderabad has now occupied the third position with 4 wins in 7 matches, while Rajasthan Royals has fallen to the fourth position.
Punjab is at first and RCB is at second place.
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