Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) uncapped star Aniket Verma slammed his first IPL half-century and Mitchell Starc picked up a five-wicket haul, as SRH were bundled out for 162 after 18.3 overs against Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL 2025. SRH had a disastrous powerplay, losing the wickets of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Nitish Reddy all inside the powerplay against DC. Abhishek Sharma was run out in the very first over, before Mitchell Starc took the wickets of Kishan, Reddy and Head.

Delhi Capitals kicked off their campaign with a nail-biting win over Lucknow Super Giants, chasing down a challenging target of 209. At one stage, they were reeling at 50/4, but a remarkable unbeaten knock of 66* from Ashutosh Sharma and a vital cameo from Vipraj Nigam guided them to victory in the final over. With the return of KL Rahul, DC will be confident heading into this matchup. Out of 24 encounters between DC and SRH in the IPL, SRH lead the head to head stats with 13 victories to DC's 11 wins so far.