Watch the highlights of SRH vs DC - The 31st match of the 2026 IPL (Indian Premier League) Twenty20 cricket tournament between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad on April 21, 2026.
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| Abhishek Sharma finished with 135*, his second highest IPL score © Associated Press |
Opener Abhishek Sharma's record-breaking 68-ball 135*, Heinrich Klaasen's whirlwind 13-ball 37 and Eshan Malinga's career-best four-for sets up to Sunrisers Hyderabad comfortable 47-run victory over Delhi Capitals, despite Nitish Rana's blazing half-century and moved to third position on the point table in a high-scoring 31st match of a Indian Premier League.
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- Sunrisers Hyderabad's 47-run win was their tenth largest victory by terms of runs in Indian Premier League and It is their third biggest win by terms-of-runs against Delhi Capitals in IPL.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad's 67 for 0 was their third highest powerplay total against Delhi Capitals in Indian Premier League.
- Abhishek Sharma hammered a 25-ball his eighth fastest fifty for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League and the joint second fastest fifty by an SRH batsman against Delhi Capitals in IPL, jointly with David Warner.
- 97 : Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head set up the third highest first-wicket partnership for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Delhi Capitals in IPL.
- 79 : Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan set up the fourth highest second-wicket partnership for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Delhi Capitals in IPL.
- 66* : Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen set up the record third-wicket partnership for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Delhi Capitals in IPL, previously held by the 52-run stand between Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson at Abu Dhabi in the 2020 IPL edition.
- Abhishek Sharma hammered a 47-ball his second fastest century for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League and the fastest hundred by any batsman batsman against Delhi Capitals in IPL, surpassing the previous record of 51-ball hundred held by Murali Vijay at Chennai in the 2012 IPL edition.
- Abhishek Sharma became the first Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman to score a century against Delhi Capitals in IPL history.
- Abhishek Sharma became the third Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman to scored two centuries in IPL after David Warner and Heinrich Klaasen.
- Abhishek Sharma's unbeaten 135 was his second highest score for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League and the highest-score by an SRH batsman against Delhi Capitals in IPL, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 92 held by Shikhar Dhawan at Delhi in the 2018 IPL edition.
- Abhishek Sharma's unbeaten 135 was the highest-score by any batsman against Delhi Capitals in IPL history, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 128 held by Chris Gayle at Delhi in the 2012 IPL season.
- 9 : Abhishek Sharma equalled a join most centuries hit by an Indian player in T20s, jointly with Virat Kohli's 9-hundreds.
- 10 : Abhishek Sharma equalled a his joint most sixes in an innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League and the most-sixes hit by an SRH batsman against Delhi Capitals in an innings in IPL, He improved his joint record and surpassing the previous record of 6-sixes jointly hit by Nicholas Pooran in 2022, Travis Head in 2024, Abhishek Sharma in 2024 and Aniket Verma in 2025.
- 10 : Abhishek Sharma hit the second most-sixes hit by any batsman against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an innings in IPL after Chris Gayle's 13-sixes at Delhi in the 2012 IPL season.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad's 242 was their seventh highest score in Indian Premier League and It is their second highest-score against Delhi Capitals in IPL after their 266 at Delhi in the 2024 IPL edition.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad's 242 was their fourth highest total at Hyderabad in IPL.
- Delhi Capitals' 67 for 0 was their fifth highest powerplay total against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League.
- 86 : KL Rahul and Nitish Rana equalled a joint second highest second-wicket partnership for Delhi Capitals against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.
- Nitish Rana hammered a 27-ball his fourth fastest fifty in Indian Premier League, his second fastest fifty against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL and the fifth fastest fifty by an Delhi Capitals batsman against SRH in IPL.
- 59 : Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs set up the fourth highest fifth-wicket partnership for Delhi Capitals against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.
- Eshan Malinga's 4 for 32 was his best bowling performance for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League and the second best-bowling-figures by an SRH bowler against Delhi Capitals in IPL after T Natarajan's 4 for 19 at Delhi in the 2024 IPL season.
- Delhi Capitals' 195 was their third highest score against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League and It is their highest total at Hyderabad in IPL, previous highest was 193 against Deccan Chargers in the 2012 IPL edition.
- 437 - Runs scored between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals in the Hyderabad, the second highest runs aggregate match between SRH and DC in IPL after 465-runs aggregate at Delhi in the 2024 IPL edition.
- 437 - Runs scored between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals in this match, the fourth highest runs aggregate match at Hyderabad in IPL.
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SRH scored mammoth total of 242-2 in 20 overs with top scorer by Abhishek Sharma hammered a unbeaten 135 off 68-balls - which was his 2nd IPL hundred and his first century against Delhi Capitals in IPL.
Travis Head blasted a 37 off 26-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 142.30, Heinrich Klaasen hammered a unbeaten 37 off 13-balls included 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike-rate of 284.61 and Ishan Kishan hit 25 off 19-balls contained 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 192.30.
DC best bowler by Axar Patel took 1-wicket for 23-runs in 2-overs.
DC scored 195-9 in the allotted 20 overs with top scorer by Nitish Rana hammered a 57 off 30-balls including 7-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 160.86.
Sameer Rizvi blasted a 41 off 28-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 146.42, KL Rahul hammered a 37 off 23-balls included 3-sixes & a four with strike-rate of 160.86.
Tristan Stubbs struck 27 off 16-balls including 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 168.75 and Ashutosh Sharma scored 14 off 10-balls contained 2-fours with strike-rate of 140.
SRH best bowler by Eshan Malinga claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 32-runs in 4-overs, Harsh Dubey picked up 3-wickets for 12-runs in 2-overs, Sakib Hussain and Dilshan Madushanka both took one-wickets.
Abhishek Sharma named Player of the match for his record-breaking batting performance to smashed a unbeaten 135-runs knocked off facing 68-balls including 10-sixes & 10-fours with strike rate of 198.52.
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