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In the IPL 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) on May 5, 2025, SRH won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. SRH's bowlers dominated early, with captain Pat Cummins taking three wickets in the powerplay, dismissing Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, and Abishek Porel. Jaydev Unadkat and Harshal Patel also contributed with key wickets, including that of DC captain Axar Patel.
DC are facing a complete batting collapse with 4 of their top-order batters being dismissed for single-digit scores. Their top performer KL Rahul was also dismissed for a mere 10 off 14 deliveries by Jaydev Unadkat. Following this collapse, Tristan Stubbs and Vipraj Nigam are currently on strike, trying to salvage something from this contest. This collapse is going to prove to be very costly for DC as this match is extremely crucial in the race for the playoffs.
SRH skipper Pat Cummins picks up 3 wickets in powerplay itself
Here’s a look at some of the fan reactions to this batting collapse from DC:
Here are the playing XIs of SRH and DC for the 55th match of the IPL 2025:
SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat
Impact players list: Travis Head, Mohammed Shami, Harsh Dubey, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder
DC: Abishek Porel, Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
Impact players list: Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Kumar
