Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad were put on the back foot due to Abhishek Sharma’s brain-faded runout followed by Mitchell Starc’s new-ball brilliance. The Aussie bowled three overs inside the powerplay, scalping three wickets to the Orange Army to 37/4 at the start of the fifth over. Aniket Verma and Heinrich Klaasen survived the powerplay before playing aggressive strokes in the middle-overs phase. Despite the early setbacks, the right-handed batters propelled them to 105/4 in 10 overs. In the next over, Mohit Sharma outsmarted Klaasen before Aniket smacked a couple of sixes and a four against Axar Patel to take Hyderabad to 140/7 in 15 overs. Subsequently, Kuldeep Yadav attained his third scalp by removing Verma for 41-ball 74 before Mitchell Starc cleaned the tail to fetch his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s and restrict the Orange Army to 163 runs.
Unlike their counterparts, the Capitals got off to a steady start with Faf du Plessis reversing roles with Jake Fraser-McGurk at the top. The former played the aggressor’s knock while the latter seemed to be grafting the innings, pushing the scoreboard to 52 runs inside the powerplay. The pair converted the start into an 81-run stand before Zeeshan Ansari removed the openers with the score 96/2 at the midway mark. Subsequently, KL Rahul played three attacking shots before getting cleaned up around the legs by Ansari. However, Tristan Stubbs and Abishek Porel ensured no more hiccups in their innings as the Capitals steamrolled Hyderabad by seven wickets and four overs to spare.
What a shot that is!
ONE OF THE OUTRAGEOUS SIXES EVER BY KL RAHUL 🥶 pic.twitter.com/IJa1dTYObj
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 30, 2025
Great take it was!
what a pity commentators aren’t discussing about the stunner catch by JFM , which is one of the best in the history of IPL
If these catches taken by CSK , RCB and MI @StarSportsIndia broadcast this on loop . pic.twitter.com/CzYDCv88Df— Rishabh (@iomrishabh) March 30, 2025
Hahaha!
2 more sixes by JFM to seal the game for DC pic.twitter.com/TFmKWHk8L2
— V (@Vij_tweetz) March 30, 2025
Hmm!
This is the difference in mindset of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant but PR won’t tell you that 💔 pic.twitter.com/lAH0ep5MNg
— Aarav (@kohli_philic) March 30, 2025
That shot from him was….🤩🤩🤩
KL Rahul, what a SUPERSTAR 🤩!!
To take a pause & catch your breath requires courage… More power to you … Respect 🙌!! @klrahul 😘 pic.twitter.com/0b4YHNGznd— Keshav Alt (@KohliGOAT82x) March 30, 2025
Easyyyy!
DELHI CAPITALS BEAT SRH IN JUST 16 OVERS IN VIZAG. 🤯
– Back to back wins for Axar Patel and his boys!
Porel 34 runs stubbs 21 runs#SRHvsDC #DCvsSRH pic.twitter.com/chYXJPUU3T— 𝐊𝐫𝐨𝐧👑 (@its_kronti) March 30, 2025
That’s how batter should bat!
Faf Du Plessis – 50(27).
Jake Fraser – 38(32).
Porel – 34*(18).
KL Rahul – 15(5).
Stubbs – 21*(14).
– *DELHI CAPITALS BEAT SRH BY 7 WICKETS & 4 OVERS SPARES..!!!!* pic.twitter.com/oDjy5bfpYU— Jitendra Kumar (@JitendraKumar41) March 30, 2025
Hahaha! LOL! xD
DC batters andhariki batting practice ivvadaniki manam bowling vesinattu undhi 🤣
Porel gadu kuda kummindu kadha ra.. Worst 😶🌫️#Ip #IPL2025 #DCvsrh #Srhvdc— innocent (@xdpqd) March 30, 2025
Fasakkk!
Every year Mitch Starc’s team to SRH- pic.twitter.com/yUdZhyT5Jc
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) March 30, 2025
Oh god this is more!
An uncapped player came 3 down and smashed sixes. Hoping to see the same in the 2nd match today. pic.twitter.com/zG58S6ASMv
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 30, 2025
