After a batting blitz from Abhishek Sharma, Eshan Malinga’s four-wicket haul has set up Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 47-run victory against Delhi Capitals at Hyderabad.

By this win, they secured 3rd spot in the IPL 2026 points table with a better run rate. After being invited to bat first, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head opened the innings while Mukesh Kumar opened the bowling attack.

The duo made a decent start, scoring 67 runs in the power play. Axar Patel brought the breakthrough dismissing Travis Head for 37 runs. He was dismissed after hitting a delivery into deep mid-wicket where he didnot get elevation on th shot. The ball went right down to Sameer Rizvi who was placed in deep mid wicket.

Ishan Kishan who joined Abhishek Sharma, went on to score 25 runs off 12 deliveries. On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma slammed his century after the side cross 150 run mark. Soon after his century, Ishan Kishan got dismissed on a run out.

With Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek Sharma at crease, they went on to cross 200 run mark and aiming to post a massive total putting up tough target at Hyderabad.

By the end of 20 overs, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to post 242 runs in their 20 over innings. They also posted one of the highest team score in the IPL history.

Abhishek Sharma remained unbeaten with 135 runs off 68 deliveries while Heinrich Klaasen scored 37* runs off 13 deliveries which included 3 fours and 3 sixes. He scored

Only Axar Patel picked a wicket for Delhi Capitals while other bowlers went wicketless. All the bowlers were expensive as they leaked runs more than 10 runs per over.

Chasing a 243 run target, Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul opened the innings while Dilshan Madushanka opened the bowling attack.

Madushanka bagged the wicket of Pathum Nissanka for 8 runs while KL Rahul and Nitish Rana stitched a decent partnership scoring 59 runs in the powerplay.

With KL Rahul being dismissed by Sakib Hussain for 37 runs, Nitish Rana went on to slam 57 runs off 29 deliveries before being dismissed by Eshan Malinga.

He also bagged the wicket of David Miller on a golden duck putting Delhi Capitals on tough spot as they lost four wickets for 107 runs.

Eshan Malinga completed his four wicket haul dismissing Tristan Stubbs for 27 runs. On the other hand, Harsh Dubey bagged the wickets of Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi and Lungi Ngidi in the final over.

Sameer Rizvi added 41 runs off 27 deliveries before being dismissed by Harsh Dubey. By the end of 20 overs, Delhi Capitals scored 195 runs in their 20 over innings and lost the game by 47 runs.

Eshan Malinga bagged four wickets while, Harsh Dubey bagged three wickets while Dilshan Madushanka and Sakib Hussain completed with a wicket tally.

Sunrisers Hyderabad will play their next match against Rajasthan Royals on April 25 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.