Visakhapatnam: Left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc picked an incredible 5-35, while vice-captain Faf du Plessis hit a delightful 27-ball fifty as an all-round Delhi Capitals secured a clinical seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad to remain unbeaten in IPL 2025 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
On a pitch showing signs of grip, Starc’s three scalps in power play pushed SRH on backfoot early on, before cleaning up the tail to finish with his first five-fer in T20 cricket, with his change of pace being a standout factor of his spell.
Supporting him well were Kuldeep Yadav’s 3-22 and Mohit Sharma’s 1-25. For SRH, uncapped batter Aniket Verma’s brilliant 41-ball 74 and him sharing a 77-run stand off just 40 balls with Heinrich Klaasen were the only bright spots in an innings where the side’s power-packed batting line-up again faltered in their pursuit of making big runs.
In the chase, du Plessis was at his glorious best to hit three fours and as many sixes in his solid half-century coming at a strike-rate of 185.19. He was well-supported by Jake Fraser-McGurk (38), KL Rahul (15), Abishek Porel (34 not out) and Tristan Stubbs (21 not out) as DC completed the chase with four overs to spare. For SRH, debutant leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari shined with 3-42 in his four overs.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 163 in 18.4 overs (Aniket Verma 74, Heinrich Klaasen 32; Mitchell Starc 5-35, Kuldeep Yadav 3-22) lost to Delhi Capitals 166/3 in 16 overs (Faf du Plessis 50, Jake Fraser-McGurk 38; Zeeshan Ansari 3-42) by seven wickets. IANS
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