Follow UsDelhi Capitals (DC) will await yet another team at their adopted home-the VDCA-ACA YSR Reddy Stadium in Visakhapatnam, where they will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the first match of the double-header day on March 30 (Thursday) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
While Hyderabad are coming on the back of a loss against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), the Capitals beat the same team in their season opener at that very ground. While Pat Cummins’ side will be eyeing a comeback after their humiliating home defeat to LSG.
Delhi would look to have more of the same from their previous match and continue to build momentum.
DC squad for IPL 2025
Axar Patel (c), Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Porel(WK), Tristan Stubbs, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Ajay Mandal, Donovan Ferreira, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari, KL Rahul (WK), Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurana Vijay
SRH squad for IPL 2025
Pat Cummins (c), Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Wiaan Mulder, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby.
DC Probable Playing 11
Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Sameer Rizvi, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma
Impact Player-Ashutosh Sharma
SRH Probable Playing 11
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Simarjeet Singh
Impact Player-Adam Zampa
You can catch live-streaming of DC vs SRH and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).
The DC vs SRH match will kick off on March 30 (Thursday) at 3:30 PM IST.
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Safe options: Abhishek Sharma (SRH), Ishan Kishan (SRH), Axar Patel (DC), Vipraj Nigam (DC)
Risky Options: Travis Head (SRH), Adam Zampa (SRH), Ashutosh Sharma (DC), Kuldeep Yadav (DC)
Played 24 | DC 11 | SRH 13
Last 5 matches: DC 3 | SRH 2
Both teams have won one match each. But SRH were also beaten all ends up by LSG in their previous encounter. DC don’t have the best bowling option and, hence, if Head, Abhishek and Ishan get going at the top, it would be difficult for the hosts to control the Orange brigade.
Hands down, it would have to be Ashutosh Sharma after the kind of knock that he played to rescue Delhi in their season opener against the LSG. He has all the shots in the book and doesn’t take much risk to execute them.
Amongst the bowlers, one has to go with Adam Zampa for the kind of variation he has and the control he possesses in landing those balls at the right place.
In the last game between DC and LSG, 200 was chased without much of a fuss. The boundaries are small, and the wicket is as flat as they come. Expect yet another runfest on the eastern coast of India.
The temperatures will drop a bit in the evening as the match progresses but remain constant at 27 degrees Celsius. It is going to be wet and hot in Visakhapatnam, as humidity will increase from 81 percent to 85 percent.