Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) restricted Delhi Capitals (DC) to 133/7 in an IPL 2025 match in Hyderabad on Monday (May 5).

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With their play-off hopes hanging by a thread, SRH put DC in to bat on a testing surface. The shot selection of the away team’s batters also contributed to their downfall.

Cummins takes 3 wickets

DC were left reeling at 29 for five in 7.1 overs with captain Pat Cummins (3/19) causing the maximum damage.

Cummins had Karun Nair caught behind on the very first ball of the match with a good length ball around the off-stump. It was a rather loose shot from the DC batter first up.

Faf du Plessis departed in Cummins’ following over, a failed attempt to put the relentless Australian away for a boundary. Not getting any loose ball from Cummins, the South Africa went for a pull on the charge only to be caught by the wicket-keeper.

Cummins’ third victim was Abhishek Porel who was caught after mistiming a flick.

Stubbs, Ashutosh shine for DC

Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat then got into the act by dismissing Axar Patel and K L Rahul respectively. The in-form Rahul went for a drive on the up but ended up edging it to Ishan Kishan behind the stumps.

It was one-way traffic until Tristian Stubbs (41 not out off 36) and impact player Ashutosh Sharma (41 off 26) combined to take DC to a respectable total. They shared a 66-run stand off 45 balls.

Sharma was able to break the shackles by depositing leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari for a couple of sixes over long-on in the 15th over.

Stubbs did not look as comfortable as Sharma in the middle but managed to provide much-needed support to the latter. The South African could find only four boundaries, with the last one coming off the final ball of the innings.

(With agency inputs)