Ground staff cover the field as it rains heavily during the IPL 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, Monday, May 5. PTI
SRH knocked out after rain washes out game against DC
Both teams received one point each. SRH now have seven points from 11 matches, while DC moved to 13 points from 11 games and sit fifth on the table
The IPL 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) was abandoned due to relentless rain at the innings break, ending SRH’s playoff hopes, in Hyderabad on Monday night (May 5).
Both teams received one point each. SRH now have seven points from 11 matches and are out of contention, while DC moved to 13 points from 11 games and sit fifth on the table.
Earlier, SRH restricted DC to 133/7. SRH put DC in to bat on a testing surface. The shot selection of the away team's batters also contributed to their downfall.
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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)