The 26-year-old Ashutosh Sharma went on to make a crucial knock under pressure during the IPL 2025 game against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
He added 2 fours and 3 sixes to his knock, helping the side to post 133 runs in Monday’s clash.
Batting First, Delhi Capitals struggled against the bowling attack from Sunrisers Hyderabad. Pat Cummins opened the bowling attack, dismissing the opener Karun Nair in the first ball of the innings.
With Abhishek Porel joined Faf du Plessis on the crease, Cummins went on to bag the wicket of the other opener for 3 runs. By picking the wicket of Abhishek Porel for 8 runs, the SRH captain left Delhi tattered with losing three wickets for 15 runs.
Meanwhile, Harshal Patel, who bowled the last over of the powerplay, went on to bag the wicket of Axar Patel for 6 runs. By the end of the powerplay, Delhi scored only 26/4.
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KL Rahul, who tried to anchor the innings, lost his wicket to Jaydev Unadkat for 10 runs leaving Delhi Capitals to struggle with 29/5. Ishan Kishan picked four catches of Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel, and KL Rahul.
After Vipraj Nigam sent out on a run out for 18 runs, Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma both scored 41 runs before Eshan Maling dismissed the latter in the final over.
By the end of 20 overs, Delhi Capitals scored 133/7 with the cameos from Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma.
SRH vs DC Playing 11
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
