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Sunrisers Hyderabad at home came out all guns blazing with the bat to outplay Delhi Capitals by 47 runs in a Tata IPl 2026 encounter . Earlier DC Skipper Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl first.
And SRH batsmen made Axar Pay for his move . Opener Abhishek Sharma batted right through and scored a magnificent unbeaten 135 ( 68 balls, 10 fours, 10 sixes). It was a sensational innings that stunned the DC. Travis Head 37 ( 26 balls, 2 fours 2 sixes), Skipper Ishan Kishan 25 ( 13 balls, 2 fours 1 six) were the two batsmen dismissed . Heinrich Klaasen remained not out with 37 ( 13 balls 3 fours 3 sxies) as SRH posted a massive 242/2 in their 20 overs. DC bowlers were sent on leather hunt by Abhishek Sharma .
Came. Saw. Smashed them everywhere 💥
Abhishek Sharma made everyone stand up and applaud today 🫡
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DC Bowling : Mukesh Kumar 0/53 ( 4 overs), Nitish Rana 0/55 ( 4 overs), Lungi Ngidi 0/41 ( 4 overs), Axar Patel 1/23 ( 2 overs), Kuldeep Yadav 0/30 ( 2 overs), T Natarajan 0/40 ( 4 overs)
In reply to the stiff target of 243, DC lost opener Pathum Nissanka early for 8 . KL Rahul 37 ( 23 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) Nitish Rana 57 ( 30 balls , 7 fours 3 sixes), Sameer Rizvi 41, Dangerous David Miller 0 , Tristan Stubbs 27 ( 16 balls , 3 fours 1 six), Ashutosh Shamrma 14, Axar Patel 2 , Lungi Ngidi 0 , Kuldeep Yadav not out 1 . Delgi Capitals could manage only 195/9 in their 20 overs
A momentum-shifting spell 🫡
Eshan Malinga finishes with his best bowling figures in #TATAIPL 👏
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SRH Bowling : Dilshan Madushanka 1/36 ( 4 overs), Nitish Kumar Reddy 0/57 ( 4 overs), Eshan Malinga 4/32 ( 4 overs), Sakib Hussain 1/29 ( 4 overs), Shivang Kumar 0/28 ( 2 overs), Harsh Dubey 3/12 ( 2 overs)
Match: IPL 2026, 31st Match
Venue: Hyderabad | Date: April 21, 2026
