IPL 2025 SRH vs DC: Game abandoned due to rain, SRH has been eliminated

Match abandoned

The game has been abandoned due to rain.

Umpires out for inspection!

The umpires out there, inspecting the outfield with their feet. Munaf and Venugopal Rao too do the same. The Super Sopper too doing its work.

Rain covers coming off!

Some of the blue covers are coming off. Lots of water near the boundary’s edge and also on the covers. The Super Sopper doing its work. If it doesn’t rain anymore we should get in some sort of a game. Fingers crossed!

Rain stopped!

Some good news. Rain has stopped and the Super Sopper is out. Umpires chatting with the groundsmen.

Still raining!

Live visuals show it is still raining. Umpires with umbrellas have a chat. Doesn’t look great. Large puddles of water on the covers and also on the outfield.

Still raining out there

Still pelting down. Small puddles have started to form on the outfield.

Rain stops the match

There is heavy rain on the ground. The match will start losing overs soon!

It has started raining!

It has started drizzling. And on come the covers. It has come from nowhere even though there were a few spots of rain in the air during the DC innings.

Innings break!

As DC’s innings has ended, it is now time for a small innings break. SRH openers will soon come to begin their chase in about 15 minutes.

End of DC innings!

The innings for Delhi Capitals has ended, as they have completed their quota of 20 overs. DC posted a score of 133/7 on the board, and it is now time for an innings break.

Final 2 overs

Final 2 overs of the match remain as Ashutosh Sharma and Tristan Stubbs have steadied DC’s innings and pushed the total to 115/6 on the board. Final 2 overs of the match remain for the team to do any wonder.

Final 5 overs!

Final 5 overs remain as Delhi capitals have managed to post a total score of 86/6 on the board after 15 overs. The match seems to be going like a low scoring total.

Vipraj Nigam, OUT!

In a miscommunicated run attempt, Vipraj Nigam got dismissed, as he got run out off a delivery by Zeeshan Ansari. DC 67/6 after 13 overs.

Update: 61/5- 12 overs

The match is progressing slowly as 12 overs of the game ha passed and DC have managed to post only 61 runs on the board.

DC half-down!

KL Rahul has been dismissed, caught out by Ishan Kishan. This marks half the lineup from Delhi Capitals going down. DC 30/5 after 8 overs

Axar Patel, OUT!

The powerplay has ended as DC batters has failed to deliver. After 3 initial wickets, captain Axar Patel also got dismissed- caught out by Pat Cummins off a delivery by Harshal Patel. DC 26/4 after 6 overs

Abhishek Porel, OUT!

Pat Cummins has given the third success to SRH, as he dismissed Abhishek Porel- caught out by Ishan Kishan. DC 19/3 after 5 overs.

Faf du Plessis, OUT!

DC opening pair is now gone, as Pat Cummins now also dismissed Faf du Plessis- caught out by Ishan Kishan. DC 11/2 after 3 overs.

Karun Nair, OUT!

Delhi lineup has been given their first shock as Karun Nair got dismissed for a golden duck, got caught out by Ishan Kishan off a delivery by Pat Cummins on the very first ball of their innings. DC 3/1 after 1 over.

The match begins!

Karun Nair and Faf du Plessis have come on the field to open for DC. Pat Cummins to begin the proceedings.

SRH Playing XI!

Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga

DC Playing XI!

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.

TOSS!

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss, opted to bowl first.

Hello and welcome!

Hello folks, and welcome to the live section of the SRH vs DC clash.