Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) achieved an easy victory of 47 runs Delhi Capitals (DC) In match 31 of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Tuesday, April 21. It is now the 2016 champions' third consecutive win this season, and they move up to third in the standings.
Akshar Patel invited the host team to bat and they took full advantage of the excellent batting conditions. Thanks to Abhishek Sharma's second IPL century, SRH scored 242 runs in their quota of 20 overs. The 25-year-old player scored unbeaten 135 runs in 68 balls with the help of 10 fours and as many sixes. He had a wonderful partnership with Heinrich Klaasen's late attack, scoring 37 not out at a strike-rate of 284.62.
In response, DC They gave it a good chance, but kept chasing throughout the game and managed to reach the total of 195. They had a slight chance when Nitish Rana and KL Rahul were scoring quickly in the first half of the innings. The pair scored 57 and 37 respectively, but DC had no meaningful contributions in the backend of the season. SRH's bowling was led by Ishan Malinga, who took four wickets, and Harsh Dubey, who took three wickets.
As is the case with most IPL matches, SRH vs DC also featured many achievements for both the team and the players. After his blistering century that mesmerized the Hyderabad crowd, Abhishek dominated the milestone charts today.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from Match 31:
- Akshar Patel: Played his 100th match for Delhi Capitals
- heinrich classen: Reached 100 sixes in his IPL career
- Abhishek Sharma: Made the second highest individual score of his IPL career
- Abhishek Sharma:Another example of hitting 10 sixes in an IPL innings
- Abhishek Sharma:Jointly most T20 centuries by an Indian (9)
- Abhishek Sharma: Reached 350 sixes in his T20 career
- Ishaan Malinga: Third best figures by overseas bowlers for SRH in IPL history (4-32)
- Sameer Rizvi: Reached 1,000 runs in his T20 career
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