SRH vs DC: Abhishek Sharma’s stormy century, Sunrisers set a huge target of 243 runs for Delhi to win.

SRH vs DC 31st Match IPL 2026 1st Inning Highlight: Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals are face to face in the 31st match of IPL 2026. This match is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, where Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bowl first. After being invited to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen played in an explosive manner and scored big. The team scored 242 runs after losing only 2 wickets in 20 overs, which set a difficult target for Delhi.

Abhishek Sharma’s stormy century

In this match, Abhishek Sharma created a stir on the field with his batting. He scored unbeaten 135 runs in just 68 balls and took the team’s innings to new heights. In this brilliant innings, Abhishek hit 10 fours and 10 sixes. Abhishek, who was seen aggressively from the beginning, did not give any chance to the Delhi bowlers and took the scoreboard forward rapidly by hitting big shots. His century became one of the most memorable innings of this season.

got support from other batsmen

Apart from Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen also made important contributions. Both the batsmen played useful innings of 37-37 runs and supported Abhishek well. Captain Ishan Kishan also strengthened the team’s score by adding 25 runs. Due to the combined performance of all these batsmen, Hyderabad team was successful in reaching beyond 240. In the bowling of Delhi Capitals, only captain Akshar Patel got one wicket, while the rest of the bowlers looked ineffective.

Performance and playing XI of both the teams

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s performance this season has been mixed and the team is currently at fourth position in the points table with 6 points. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals had a great start to the season, but later they had to face consecutive defeats. However, the team has shown signs of comeback by registering a win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last match.

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The playing eleven of Delhi Capitals includes Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, David Miller, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan and Lungi Ngidi. Whereas in the Sunrisers Hyderabad team, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Saqib Hussain and Ishan Malinga have got a chance.