Follow UsA struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on the Delhi Capitals in Match 55 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 in Hyderabad on May 5, Monday. SRH have won just three of their ten matches so far and can't afford to lose a single game if they still want to remain alive in the playoffs race. Meanwhile, DC have lost some momentum with three losses on in the last four games.
We could have another high-scoring match at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, with two explosive batting line-ups on display.
SRH Playing 11
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Eshan Malinga, Rahul Chahar (IP)
DC Playing 11
Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma (IP)
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Eshan Malinga, Abhinav Manohar, Jaydev Unadkat, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Kamindu Mendis, Atharva Taide, Simarjeet Singh, Smaran Ravichandran
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (w), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
You can catch the telecast and live-streaming of SRH vs DC and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).
The SRH vs DC match will kick off on May 4 (Monday) at 7:30 PM IST.
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Safe picks: Heinrich Klaasen (SRH), Travis Head (SRH), KL Rahul (DC), Tristan Stubbs (DC)
Risky picks: Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH), Harshal Patel (SRH), Abishek Porel (DC), Kuldeep Yadav (DC)
SRH and DC have faced each other on 25 occasions, with DC winning 12 of those encounters and SRH 13. For SRH vs DC Head-to-Head and all other Head-to-Head information, use Cricket.com's latest tool.
DC certainly have the team to win the game, and they also need to register a win and confirm their playoff spot as soon as possible. So, DC should have the edge in this game.
KL Rahul has been the best batter in terms of runs across both sides, and he has scored 371 runs so far at an average of 53 and a strike rate of 146.1. He might need to up his SR in Hyderabad if DC hope to challenge SRH properly.
With 13 wickets in nine games this season, Harshal Patel will be key for SRH in this match. He has a better average (21.9) than Mitch Starc and his economy rate is a shade under 10, which he would want to get down even further.
The pacers have done the maximum damage here, having picked up nearly 80% of the wickets in IPL 2025. However, both pacers and spinners have been on the expensive side with an economy rate of 11.5 and 10.6, respectively. This has been a high-scoring venue with the average first innings score of 218 this season.
There is no chance of any rain on May 4. The temperature during the match will be around 30 degrees.