Summary of this article
SRH secured their fourth win of the season
They defeated DC by 67 runs
Abhishek Sharma won the player of the match award
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) secured their third consecutive win of the IPL 2026 season with a dominant 47-run victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Tuesday, April 21. The match was defined by a historic batting performance from Abhishek Sharma and a clinical bowling display led by Eshan Malinga.
After being invited to bat first, SRH posted a massive total of 242/2. The star of the innings was opener Abhishek Sharma, who played a career-defining knock of 135 off just 68 deliveries*. His innings, which included 10 boundaries and 10 towering sixes, saw him equal Virat Kohli’s record for the most T20 centuries by an Indian (9).
Abhishek shared a 97-run opening stand with Travis Head (37) and a 79-run partnership with skipper Ishan Kishan (25). Heinrich Klaasen provided the final flourish with a blistering 37 off 13 balls while staying unbeaten, striking at a rate of 284.62 to push the total beyond the reach of the visitors.
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Chasing 243, Delhi Capitals started brightly despite losing Pathum Nissanka early. KL Rahul (37) and Nitish Rana (57) forged an 86-run partnership, taking the score to 107/1 and keeping DC in the hunt. However, the game shifted dramatically as DC suffered a middle-order collapse, slipping to 107/4 in a matter of moments.
Eshan Malinga was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with career-best figures of 4/32. He dismantled the DC middle and lower order, claiming the crucial wickets of Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma. He was well-supported by Harsh Dubey, who claimed three wickets in the final over, and Sakib Hussain, whose economical spell (1/29) stifled the run rate during the middle overs. DC eventually finished at 195/9, falling well short of the target.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2026: Toss Update
DC skipper Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2026: Playing XI
Delhi Capitals: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi
Impact Players: Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, Ashutosh Sharma, Tripurana Vijay, Auqib Nabi
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga
Impact Players: Smaran Ravichandran, Praful Hinge, Liam Livingstone, Dilshan Madushanka, Harshal Patel
