- India,
- 30-Mar-2025 07:23 PM IST
DC vs SRH: Delhi Capitals continued their excellent form in IPL 2025 and registered their second consecutive win by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, Delhi achieved the target of 164 runs in 16 overs for the loss of three wickets.Strong batting of Delhi CapitalsDelhi opener Faf du Plessis played a brilliant innings of 50 runs and shared a strong opening partnership of 81 runs with Jack Fraser McGurk. McGurk scored 38 runs, while KL Rahul contributed 15 runs. Delhi did not have to struggle much to achieve the target, as Abhishek Porel (34*) and Tristan Stubbs (21*) batted brilliantly in the middle order. Porel hit a six to give the team victory.Superb performance of bowlersEarlier, Delhi bowlers performed brilliantly and bowled out Sunrisers Hyderabad for 163 runs in 18.4 overs. Mitchell Starc bowled lethally and took 5 wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets. Mohit Sharma also took a wicket.Aniket Verma's struggling inningsFor Sunrisers, Aniket Verma played a brilliant innings of 74 runs in 41 balls, in which he hit 6 sixes. He shared a 77-run partnership with Heinrich Klaasen (32), but Hyderabad's innings fell apart as soon as he was out. Travis Head scored 22 runs, but the other batsmen of the team could not reach double figures.Zeeshan Ansari's excellent bowlingHyderabad's young bowler Zeeshan Ansari performed brilliantly in his debut match in the IPL and took three wickets. He first dismissed Du Plessis and McGurk and then bowled KL Rahul. However, his efforts proved insufficient for the team.Hyderabad struggling with consecutive defeatsThis was the second consecutive defeat of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Earlier, they also had to face defeat against Lucknow Super Giants. The batsmen of the team will have to improve their form so that they can perform better in the upcoming matches.After this brilliant victory of Delhi Capitals, the team is moving towards the top position in the points table, while Hyderabad needs to work on its weaknesses.