Harsh Dubey takes three in the final over SRH win by 47 runs! A clinical all-round performance saw the Sunrisers dismantle DC, spearheaded by Abhishek Sharma's monumental 135* and Eshan Malinga's career-best 4/32. A vital honorable mention goes to Sakib Hussain, who stifled the DC chase with an economical 1/29. Dilshan Madushanka marked his debut with a key wicket, before Praveen Dubey claimed three scalps in the final over to put the finishing touches on a dominant SRH victory.

Career-best figures for Malinga! He finishes a sensational spell with 4/32, putting the final nails in the DC coffin. The Impact Sub, Ashutosh Sharma, went for a wild swing but lost his shape, hitting the ball one-handed and holing out to Aniket at long-on.

Ashutosh Sharma c Verma b Malinga 14 (10)
DC: 186/6 (17.6)

Malinga gets another one! He gets third time lucky as Stubbs makes a mess of the reverse ramp. Malinga outsmarts him by the change in pace, Hussain moves to his left and takes the catch.

Tristan Stubbs c Sakib Hussain b Malinga 27 (16)
DC: 166/5 (15.5)

That's another top over from Hussain, who continues to raise his stocks! Just nine of that over, considering the context of the match. 88 needed off the last five overs. Advantage SRH for now!
DC: 155/4 (15)

Stubbs welcomes Reddy back with a bang! Nitish Reddy errs with a juicy full toss, and Tristan Stubbs doesn't miss out, launching it straight back over the bowler's head. It had just enough on it to clear the boundary for a massive six.
DC: 136/4 (13.1)

Rizvi is off the mark in style! Facing the hat-trick ball, he showed nerves of steel, clearing his front leg to a fullish delivery and lofting it beautifully over extra cover.
DC: 122/4 (12.1)

Malinga is on a hat-trick! Just one ball after ending Rana's onslaught, he castles David Miller with a beauty. Miller stayed back in his crease and closed the face of the bat too early, only to get a faint inside edge that sent the ball crashing into middle and leg.
DC: 107/4 (10.2)

Hussain breaks the partnership! Rahul fails to put the short ball away and finds Abhishek Sharma at deep backward square leg. Good catch from the centurion. Poor shot from Rahul!
KL Rahul c Abhishek Sharma b Sakib Hussain 37 (23)
DC: 107/4 (10.2)

Fifty for Nitish Rana! He gets a touch of luck to reach the milestone; aiming to loft it over cover, he instead catches a thick outside edge that streaks over third man for a boundary. It's a vital 27-ball half-century for Rana, who has truly led the fightback for Delhi tonight!
DC: 102/1 (9.1)

Pulled over deep backward point! KL Rahul punishes the short delivery by backing away to the leg side and powering a pull-shot over deep backward point for six.
DC: 98/1 (9)

Shivang misses his length and Rana punishes him! It was a poor half-tracker that Rana swiped over deep mid-wicket for a towering six. That hit brings up a vital 50-run partnership between these two!
DC: 76/1 (7.4)

What an over from Sakib! He concedes just five runs, finishing with four dot balls on the trot to completely stifle the DC batters. Sakib is quickly turning out to be a revelation for SRH!
DC: 59/1 (6)

Dropped! Malinga spills a golden opportunity! It was a slower, short-of-a-length delivery that had KL Rahul deceived. Rahul backed away to the leg side, looking to carve it through the off side, but ended up punching it straight back to the bowler. Malinga got both hands to the return catch but spilled it, failing to secure the ball even on the second attempt. Huge reprieve for Rahul!
DC: 47/1 (4.3)

Rana punishes Reddy! Reading the slower ball perfectly, Rana freed his arms and powered the ball over the cover boundary for a massive six. He has come out with incredible intent and is playing a blinder here to keep Delhi in the hunt!

SRH: 41/1 (3.5)

Madushanka strikes! He gets the last laugh over Nissanka as SRH find their crucial breakthrough. Nissanka stepped down and cleared his front leg to create room, but he slapped the ball flat toward mid-off. Liam Livingstone made no mistake with the catch, and a dangerous opening stand comes to an end!

Pathum Nissanka c sub (LS Livingstone) b Madushanka 8 (6)

DC: 21/1 (2.1)

Flicked all the way over deep square leg! He shuffles across his crease and whips the ball over the ropes for a massive six. It wasn't even a bad delivery from Nitish Reddy, but the placement was flawless. A blazing start for DC in this mammoth pursuit!
DC: 15/0 (1.2)

What a shot! Nissanka has slammed that over deep mid-wicket for the first boundary of the innings! He takes early honors in the battle against his compatriot, Madushanka. With that, Delhi Capitals are off and running in this massive chase!
DC: 8/0 (0.5)

Another 20-run over for SRH and they finish at 242/2! Abhishek with his 2nd IPL century as he finishes unbeaten on 135 off just 68 balls. Klaasen with a stunning cameo (37* off 13) to push SRH's total over 240. He scored his 37 at a strike rate of 285. Huge cheer from the crowd for Abhishek at the end of the innings. Even SRH co-owner Kavya Maran gave him a standing ovation.

Kavya Maran Clapping after Abhishek pic.twitter.com/6iPh21KEMX

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Klaasen has teed-off! The big South African has smashed back-to-back sixes, taking down his compatriot Lungi Ngidi. The second maximum was a monster-launched deep into the upper deck far over the extra cover boundary. It's pure carnage in Hyderabad!
SRH: 215/2 (17.5)

How unlucky? That is a bizarre dismissal! Ishan Kishan gets run-out at the non-striker's end. Abhishek drilled the ball hard at Rana, who deflected the ball on to the stumps. Kishan tried to get back with a desperated drive but falls short. Unlucky dismissal!
Ishan Kishan run out (Rana) 25 (13)
SRH: 176/2 (14.4)

Abhishek Sharma reaches his century in spectacular style! With back-to-back sixes, the SRH Vice-Captain storms to his second IPL ton in just 47 balls. It's a moment of pure redemption, made even sweeter by the fact that he was dropped earlier by Nitish Rana.
SRH: 172/1 (14.2)

Dropped! Nitish Rana spills a sitter! Abhishek survives for the second time tonight. It was a low full toss that he slashed flat and hard toward deep backward point. Rana got both hands to it, but the ball popped out at the final moment. A massive let-off for the set batter!
DC: 153/1 (13.3)

Great improvisation! Abhishek charges down the track, creates room for himself, and carves a short delivery over the head of short third. He got right under the ball and lofted it precisely over the infield for another boundary. The runs just keep coming!
SRH: 144/1 (12.2)

Abhishek and Kishan take Kuldeep to the cleaners! A brutal sequence of 6, 4, 6, 4 sees 22 runs hammered from the over. Ishan Kishan has raced to 21 off just 9 balls, and SRH are scoring at a breakneck pace. Delhi Capitals are in desperate need of a breakthrough to apply the brakes to this assault!
SRH: 126/1 (11)

Axar strikes! Head went for the big shot once again but holed out in the deep. He didn't get the elevation right, and the ball went straight to Sameer Rizvi, who took a sharp, low catch. A massive breakthrough for Delhi Capitals just as the partnership was looking unstoppable!

Travis Head c Sameer Rizvi b Patel 37 (26)

SRH: 97/1 (8.5)

Abhishek Sharma reaches his fifty in just 25 balls! It's his third half-century of the season, though remarkably his slowest yet. He scampered back for two to reach the milestone, surviving a massive scare as KL Rahul produced a howler behind the stumps. Abhishek would have been well short had Rahul not fumbled the throw from the deep. A huge let-off for the SRH opener!
SRH: 84/0 (8.1)

Clobbered over the bowler's head! Imperious hitting from Abhishek. Kuldeep gave the ball too much flight, and Abhishek planted his front foot before swinging powerfully through the line. One bounce and into the fence for four!
SRH: 79/0 (7.3)

Abhishek sends it out of the park! He ends the Powerplay with a massive six. Reading the slower ball perfectly, Abhishek dances down the track and lofts it straight over the bowler's head for a maximum. He moves to 42 and SRH are absolutely flying!
SRH: 67/0 (6)

That is a massive over for SRH! After back-to-back sixes from Abhishek, Head joined the party by clearing the boundary on the final ball. The partnership has raced to 56 off just 30 balls, and Delhi's gamble to use Nitish Rana in the Powerplay has certainly backfired!
SRH: 56/0 (5)

Another boundary for Abhishek! That's two in the over now. He stayed deep in his crease and cleared his front leg to hammer this delivery over long-off for four. He is looking in a dangerous mood tonight!
SRH: 35/0 (3.4)

Abhishek charges, slashes, and connects! He carves out room for himself and cuts a short-of-length delivery flat over the point boundary. An excellent piece of timing-it wasn't even a bad ball from Mukesh, just a better response from the batter!
SRH: 26/0 (3)

Great over from Nitish Rana! Interesting choice from Axar Patel to throw the bowl to him. Despite conceding a boundary on the last ball, that is a top over. Just six runs off it!
SRH: 15/0 (2)

Great effort in the deep from Stubbs! He saves a certain boundary. Head didn't have much room to work with outside off, but his bat came down in a flash to slice it away. Stubbs made a magnificent diving stop to save two runs for his side!
SRH: 9/0 (0.6)

Flicked off the pads! Mukesh finds some early swing, but this one drifts down the leg side. Abhishek tucks it toward fine leg, where a sharp piece of fielding from Sameer Rizvi saves the boundary. Just two runs to get the scoreboard ticking!

SRH: 2/0 (0.1)

We are all set for the first ball in Hyderabad! The explosive pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head-popularly known as 'Travishek'-is ready for action. Mukesh Kumar will bowl the first over for DC!

SRH batting-first XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (capt), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora (wk), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga

SRH bench: R Smaran, Praful Hinge, Liam Livingstone, Dilshan Madushanka, Harshal Patel

DC bowling-first XI: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (capt), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Nitish Rana, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar

DC bench: Tripurana Vijay, Ashutosh Sharma, Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, Auqib Nabi.

Axar Patel has won the toss in his 100th appearance for Delhi Capitals and elected to bowl first. There is one change for DC, with Nitish Rana replacing Auqib Nabi in the playing XI. Meanwhile, SRH have made two changes, as Harsh Dubey and Dilshan Madushanka come in for Praful Hinge and Liam Livingstone.

This match will be played on Pitch No. 2, which has established itself as a high-scoring track for evening fixtures. This is the same deck where SRH piled on 286 against Rajasthan Royals earlier in IPL 2026, yet famously failed to defend a mammoth 245 against Punjab Kings last season.

KL Rahul is 50 runs away from overtaking MS Dhoni and becoming the sixth-highest run-getter in IPL history. Dhoni is currently the highest-scoring wicketkeeper-batter in the IPL with 5,439 runs, with Rahul second on the list with 5,390 runs.

SRH and DC are two of the most evenly-matched sides in IPL history, with two wins apiece in their last five encounters, while the other fixture was abandoned due to rain. In their overall head-to-head record, SRH hold a slight edge with 13 wins compared to DC's 12.

Their bowling attack, however, is built on variety and flexibility. In the absence of Mitchell Starc, who was the team's standout performer last season, South African pacer Lungi Ngidi has led the attack well, combining economy with wicket-taking ability, claiming seven wickets in five games.

Delhi Capitals' experienced players like KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka and Tristan Stubbs have been among the runs, but the team would need bigger contributions from them, especially on batting-friendly surfaces. Sameer Rizvi, after starring in DC's opening two matches, has slipped into a lean patch with single-digit scores in the last three games.

For SRH, the narrative has been one of gradual correction. In the absence of skipper Pat Cummins, who has linked up with the squad but remains unavailable for this game, their bowling unit initially looked thin. But over the last two games, a relatively unheralded group has stepped up. Names like Praful Hinge, Sakib Husain and Shivang Kumar have seized their opportunity, injecting both energy and control into the attack.

Only three batters have made more runs than him for the Hyderabad franchise. Australian veteran batter David Warner is leading the list with 4014 runs in 95 matches. He made those runs at an average of 49.55 and a strike rate of 142.59. Shikhar Dhawan is second on the list for most runs by an SRH batter, followed by Kane Williamson. Dhawan has made 2768 runs, whereas Williamson has made 2101 runs for SRH.

Abhishek Sharma is on the verge of becoming the fourth player of Sunrisers Hyderabad to make 2000-plus runs for the franchise. The destructive opener has made 1941 runs so far for the SRH in IPL history. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to make home advantage count when they take on inconsistent Delhi Capitals in a mid-table clash. Both teams sit on six points, though fourth-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad are marginally ahead, having played a game more and boasting a superior Net Run Rate.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals, straight from the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.