Hyderabad, May 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 55th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The match will be played at Hyderabad’s home ground, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, from 7:30 pm. This is the second encounter between the two teams this season. In the last match, Delhi defeated Hyderabad by 7 wickets.
DC, captained by Axar Patel, would like to remain in the top-5 by winning this match; the team can also come in the top-4 by winning with a good run rate. The team has 12 points with 6 wins in 10 matches. At the same time, this is the last chance for SRH, led by Pat Cummins, which is almost out of the tournament. If the team loses today, it will be out of the playoff race. Hyderabad has 6 points with 3 wins in 10 matches.
Match details, 55th match
DC vs SRH
Date- 5 May Stadium- Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Time: Toss – 7:00 PM, Match start – 7:30 PM
Delhi won the last two matches at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
A total of 25 IPL matches have been played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals so far. SRH has won 13. Whereas, Delhi has won 12 matches. Both the teams have faced each other 6 times at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Both have won 3-3 times. Hyderabad has not been able to beat Delhi here since 2019. The team’s last win was in 2018. After this, 2 matches were played and Delhi won both.
Pitch Report
The pitch of the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium helps the batsmen. So far 82 IPL matches have been played in this stadium, out of which 35 matches were won by the team batting first and 47 matches were won by the teams chasing. The highest team score here is 286/6, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals this year.
Weather Conditions
There is a 55% chance of rain in Hyderabad on May 5. It will be cloudy during the day. The temperature will be between 26 and 34 degrees Celsius. The wind will blow at a speed of 9 kilometers per hour.