IPL | Capitals will look to regain rhythm towards a lacklustre Sunrisers

Sunrisers Hyderabad Travis Head and Delhi Capitals’ Okay.L. Rahul share a lighter second throughout a apply session forward of their IPL 2025 match on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
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Having entered the season as one of many title favourites, failure on all fronts has diminished Sunrisers Hyderabad to an also-ran in IPL 2025.

Whereas some convoluted arithmetic preserve the facet in rivalry for the playoffs, Sunrisers have lengthy misplaced management over their future coming into the conflict with Delhi Capitals on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium right here on Monday.

When these two groups met in Visakhapatnam on the finish of March, Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc. Sunrisers have been 4 wickets down contained in the PowerPlay and have been watching an embarrassingly low rating till Aniket Verma introduced his arrival with an beautiful knock (74, 41b, 5×4, 6×6), which, in the long run, went in useless.

Delhi Capitals gamers at a apply session forward of the IPL 2025 match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
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SRH breached the 200-run mark six instances final season, however this time, it has performed so simply twice (vs Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings). Its 300-run ambitions have been diminished to mud. With a bowling unit that has largely lacked zing, the workforce has folded with out a lot of a struggle most of the time.

Sunrisers Hyderabad gamers at a apply session forward of the IPL 2025 match towards Delhi Capitals on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
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Capitals, too, have seen their type stutter in current weeks. Having received their first 4 matches and topping the desk then, they’ve received simply two of the final six video games, one by way of a Tremendous Over. DC will look to regain rhythm heading into the season’s enterprise finish.

Axar Patel has seemingly recovered from the harm he picked up towards the Kolkata Knight Riders a number of days in the past. His return to full health will enhance the facet heading into this must-win contest.