Abhishek Sharma’s explosive century in Hyderabad, single-handedly turned the match against Delhi, SRH won the match by 47 runs.
SRH vs DC IPL 2026 Match 31st Highlight: In IPL 2026, the 31st match of this season was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Akshar Patel-led Delhi Capitals by 47 runs. Earlier, DC captain Axar Patel had won the toss and decided to bowl. Thanks to the strong century innings of Abhishek Sharma, Sunrisers made a huge score of 242 runs in front of Delhi. In response, DC could score 195 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Accordingly, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi in this important match. The hero of this special victory of Hyderabad was opener Abhishek Sharma.
Abhishek Sharma’s century proved costly for DC
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.
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Abhishek Sharma Apart from this, 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.
Some batsmen struggled in Delhi’s innings
Chasing the target of 243 runs Delhi Capitals It had a bad start, but Nitish Rana tried to take control of the innings by scoring 57 runs in 30 balls. KL Rahul scored 37 runs in 23 balls and Sameer Rizvi scored 41 runs in 28 balls. Tristan Stubbs added 27 runs in 16 balls, while Ashutosh Sharma scored 14 runs, but could not lead the team to victory.
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SRH bowling
The team came under pressure due to the flop of Delhi’s top order. Pathum Nissanka could score only 8 runs and captain Akshar Patel could score only 2 runs. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ishan Malinga took 4 wickets, while Harsh Dubey took 3 wickets. Dilshan Madushanka and Saqib Hussain got 1 success each.
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