Courtesy: BCCI/IPL
11:10 PM (IST): Both umpires having a chat with the two captains. Handshakes and that's it - the game has been abandoned. So SRH have officially been eliminated from IPL 2025 playoffs.
10:59 PM (IST): Groundstaff still at work even as Hemang Badani and Munaf Patel watch on from the boundary's edge.
10:36 PM (IST): Some good news. Rain has stopped and the Super Sopper is out. Umpires chatting with the groundsmen.
10:00 PM (IST): The rain is still pelting down in Hyderabad, and there are small puddles getting formed on the outfield at the stadium.
9:30 PM (IST): Moments before SRH's batting innings was scheduled to begin, pursuing the 134-run target, the heavens opened up at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, causing a delay in proceedings.
DC 133/7 (Over 20): Tristan Stubbs (41* off 36) and Ashutosh Sharma (41 off 26) shared a valuable 66-run stand for the seventh wicket, to help DC reach a total to compete with on a difficult batting pitch in Hyderabad.
DC 86/6 (Over 15): Impact substitute Ashutosh Sharma smashes two sixes in Zeeshan Ansari's over, to keep the DC's first innings moving forward.
DC 62/6 (Over 12.1): Vipraj Nigam gets run out after a complete mix up with Tristan Stubbs in the middle, which means that DC have lost six wickets with just about eight overs still remaining in the innings.
DC 47/5 (Over 10): Vipraj Nigam smashed a couple of boundaries in Zeeshan Ansari's first over, to give a bit of impetus to the DC scoring rate or lack thereof.
DC 29/5 (Over 7.1): Jaydev Unadkat takes big wicket of KL Rahul for 10 runs in 14 balls, nicking him off through to Ishan Kishan, which means that DC have lost half their side within the first eight overs.
DC 26/4 (Over 6): Harshal Patel deceived DC captain Axar Patel with a slower delivery, to get him caught at long-off by the man of the hour Pat Cummins, putting SRH in strong position early in the match.
DC 15/3 (Over 4.1): Pat Cummins is on fire as he takes another wicket on the first ball of the over, sending Abishek Porel back into the pavilion for eight runs in 10 balls, who top edged the pull stroke, only for Ishan Kishan to take a fantastic catch running to his left.
DC 6/2 (2.1): SRH captain takes second wicket of the night, getting the better of Faf du Plessis on the pull, who nicked it through to the wicketkeeper after scoring just three runs in eight balls.
DC 0/1 (0.1): Pat Cummins gives a perfect start to SRH, nicked off Karun Nair on the first ball of the DC innings through to wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.
Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first in the match 55th of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Delhi Capitals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. SRH have brought in Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, and Eshan Malinga, while DC have brought in T Natarajan in their playing XI.
