The Indian Premier League (IPL) will clash against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 55th match of 2025. The match will be played at Hyderabad's Home Ground Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium from 7:30 pm. This is the second match between the two teams this season. In the last match, Delhi defeated Hyderabad by 7 wickets.
Under the leadership of Akshar Patel, DC will want to win this match and stay in the top-5; The team can also enter the top-4 by winning with a good run rate. The team has 12 points with 6 wins in 10 matches. At the same time, this is the last chance for SRH led by Pet Cummins, which is almost out of the tournament. If the team loses today, it will be out of the playoff race. Hyderabad have 6 points with 3 wins in 10 matches.
Match Details, 55th Match SRH VS DC Date – May 5 Stadium – Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Time: Toss – 7:00 pm, match start – 7:30 pm
Delhi won the last two matches at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
So far, a total of 25 IPL matches have been played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals. SRH has won 13 matches. Delhi has won 12 matches. Both teams clashed against each other six times at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. The two won 3-3 times. Hyderabad has not been able to defeat Delhi here since 2019. The team last won in 2018. After this, 2 matches were played and won in both Delhi.
Abhishek scored half a century in the last match
Opener Abhishek Sharma is the highest scorer for SRH. He has scored more than 300 runs in 10 matches. Abhishek played 74 off 41 balls against Gujarat in the last match. Henrick Classen is second. He has scored 311 runs in 10 matches. Harshal Patel has performed well in bowling. Harshal is the highest wicket -taker. He has taken 13 wickets in 9 matches.
Rahul scored the most runs from Delhi
Delhi's top order is the highest scorer for Better KL Rahul team. Rahul has scored 371 runs in the last 9 matches. During this period, he has scored 3 half centuries. Abhishek Porel is second. Porel's Bet has scored 257 runs in 10 matches. Mitchell Starc is topped with 14 wickets in bowling.
Pitch report Rajiv Gandhi Helps the Pitch Better of International Stadium. The stadium has so far played 82 IPL matches, out of which 35 matches the batting team won and 47 match chase. The highest team score here is 286/6, which was made against the Sunrisers Hyderabadarajasthan Royals this year.
Weather conditions Hyderabad is likely to have 55% of the rainfall on May 5. There will be cloudy weather during the day. The temperature will be between 26 and 34 degrees Celsius. The wind will blow at 9 km per hour.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Pet Cummins (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Ishaan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Henrik Klasen (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Undakat, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammad Shami, Travis Head.
Delhi Capitals (DC): Akshar Patel (Captain), Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Triston Stubs, Viparaj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chamira/Thangarasu Natarajan, Ashutosh Sharma.
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