HYDERABAD: Buoyed by back-to-back victories, Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to make it a hat-trick of wins when they host Delhi Capitals on Tuesday at home.The 2016 champions, fourth in the points table with six points, are confident after a 10-run win over Chennai Super Kings at the weekend, defending 194/9. The combined bowling performance of Ishan Malinga, Nitish Reddy, Sakib Hussain and Shivang Kumar served the hosts well.Go beyond limits with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!While Malinga’s performance in crunch situations was outstanding, Nitish’s spell will also give the team management a lot of confidence. Although Praful Hinge, who made a sensational debut, had an off-day, he can take plenty of confidence from the final he delivered — CSK needed 18 but managed just seven runs.Meanwhile, the SRH batting unit has to do the heavy lifting. Openers Abhishek Sharma And Travis Head follows a high-risk, high-reward template, but the returns aren’t the same.It leaves. Heinrich KlassenWith 283 runs, the Orange Cap holder held back his natural style of aggressive batting. Abhishek ran at his fastest speed. IPL A half-century in 15 balls against CSK and his partner Head has a big innings to play. Ishan Kishan has also blown away the heat and cold. Middle order batsmen Aniket Verma and Salil Arora need to come to the party to maximize the death overs.
Meanwhile, Capitals started well with two wins but are fifth in the table with six points from two wins. They got back to winning ways chasing 176 in their previous outing against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.Despite being reduced to 18/3, KL Rahul (57) and Tristan Stubbs (60*) brought the innings to life before David Miller (20*) completed the chase with one ball. It was redemption for Miller as well, who lost his mind leading to his team’s earlier one-run loss to Gujarat Titans. Presented with a second chance, Miller beat Romario Shepherd 6, 6, 4 to take his team home against RCB.
| 2 – Delhi Capitals have batted first in the last two of their three matches against SRH in Hyderabad — by 39 runs on 14 April 2019 and by 7 runs on 24 April 2023. The last game between the two at this venue in 2025 was inconclusive.
– Statistics: Rajesh Kumar |
