Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) will face each other on Tuesday in IPL 2026. The match will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad from 7:30 pm. In the points table, both the teams are tied with 6 points each, although Hyderabad is in fourth place due to better run rate. Delhi is looking for its fourth win. Hyderabad team will enter with the intention of scoring a hat-trick of wins at home. So far 26 matches have been played between the two teams. In this, SRH has won 13 matches and DC has won 11 matches. While one match remained tied. Delhi won it. While one match remained inconclusive. Pat Cummins will be missed, young bowlers took command. The biggest concern for Sunrisers Hyderabad is the unavailability of captain Pat Cummins. Cummins has joined the squad, but will not be available for this match. In his place, Ishan Kishan is handling the captaincy of the team. The team’s bowling unit looked weak in the absence of Cummins, but in the last two matches, young players like Prafulla Hinge, Saqib Hussain and Shivang Kumar have performed brilliantly. Ishan Malinga played a key role in helping the team win by bowling brilliantly in the death overs against Chennai Super Kings. Ishaan Malinga is the top wicket taker from Hyderabad. He has taken 8 wickets in the 6 matches played so far. Hyderabad’s batting order fails, increasing pressure on Clausen. Despite improvement in bowling, Hyderabad’s batting is still struggling. Openers Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and captain Ishan Kishan have failed to put together a big partnership so far. The team’s ‘high-risk’ approach is often backfiring, leaving the middle order quickly exposed. Heinrich Klaasen is having to suffer the consequences of this. Clausen has to play cautiously due to early wickets falling, due to which he is not able to play his natural aggressive innings. However, he is the highest run scorer for the team. He has scored 283 runs in 6 matches at a strike rate of 144.38. Kuldeep Yadav’s form is a concern, Ngidi is leading Delhi’s bowling department has variety, but lack of edge is visible. In the absence of Mitchell Starc, South African pacer Lungi Ngidi is leading the attack. He has taken 7 wickets in 5 matches. Captain Akshar Patel is restricting the runs in the middle overs, but star spinner Kuldeep Yadav has not been able to take wickets as expected so far. Mukesh Kumar and T. Natarajan have performed well in the bowling but are expected to perform better in the death overs. The fourth match of the season will be played in Hyderabad. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is known for its flat wicket. The pitch here is batting friendly. Bowlers also get help here. High scoring matches are seen on this ground. So far 86 IPL matches have been played in this stadium, out of which 37 matches have been won by the team batting in the first innings and 48 matches have been won by the team chasing. While one match remained inconclusive. The highest team score here is 286/6, which was made by Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals last year. This season SRH played 3 matches here, won two and lost one. There is no possibility of rain at all, the weather on April 21 will be very hot in Hyderabad. It will be sunny here today morning. The temperature here is expected to be 36 to 25 degrees. There is absolutely no possibility of rain on this day. Playing XI of both teams SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Prafulla Hinge, Saqib Hussain, Ishan Malinga. DC: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan. Impact Player: Sameer Rizvi.
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