{"id":6492,"date":"2026-04-21T12:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-ipl-2026-srh-vs-dc-preview-sunrisers-hyderabad-beset-by-middle-order-woes-against-delhi-capitals-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:46:39","slug":"ipl-ipl-2026-srh-vs-dc-preview-sunrisers-hyderabad-beset-by-middle-order-woes-against-delhi-capitals-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-ipl-2026-srh-vs-dc-preview-sunrisers-hyderabad-beset-by-middle-order-woes-against-delhi-capitals-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipl: IPL 2026, SRH vs DC Preview: Sunrisers Hyderabad beset by middle-order woes against Delhi Capitals | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130406818,imgsize-98754,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sunrisers-hyderabad.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026, SRH vs DC Preview: Sunrisers Hyderabad beset by middle-order woes against Delhi Capitals\" title=\"Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma and Travid Head (ANI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma and Travid Head (ANI Photo)\">Sunrisers Hyderabad&#8217;s Abhishek Sharma and Travid Head (ANI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>HYDERABAD: Buoyed by back-to-back victories, Sunrisers Hyderabad will bank on home conditions to make it a hattrick of wins when they host Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>The 2016 champions, placed fourth in the points table with six points, are high on confidence after their 10-run win over Chennai Super Kings while defending 194\/9 over the weekend.<!-- --> The hosts were served well by the combined bowling performances of Eshan Malinga, Nitish Reddy, Sakib Hussain and Shivang Kumar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>While Malinga\u2019s execution in crunch situations was spot on, Nitish\u2019s spell too will give the team management a lot of confidence. Though Praful Hinge, who had a sensational debut, had an off day, he can take a lot of confidence from the final he bowled \u2014 CSK needed 18 but managed just seven.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Meanwhile, the SRH batting unit has to do the heavy lifting. Openers <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/abhishek-sharma\/66799\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a> and Travis Head are adhering to the high-risk, high-reward template, but the returns are not consistent.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>This leaves <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/heinrich-klaasen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Heinrich Klaasen<\/a>, Orange Cap holder with 283 runs, curbing his natural style of aggressive batting. Abhishek raced to his fastest <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a> half-century in 15 balls against CSK and his partner Head is due for a big knock. Ishan Kishan has also blown hot and cold. Middle-order batsmen Aniket Verma and Salil Arora need to come to the party to maximise the death overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SRH vs DC\" msid=\"130406828\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-130406828\/srh-vs-dc.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Meanwhile, the Capitals began well with two wins but lost two on the trot to be fifth in the table with six points. They returned to winning ways by chasing down 176 in the previous outing against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>Despite being reduced to 18\/3, KL Rahul (57) and Tristan Stubbs (60*) revived the innings before David Miller (20*) completed the chase with a ball to spare. It was also redemption for Miller, whose brain fade resulted in his team\u2019s one-run loss to Gujarat Titans earlier. Presented a second chance, Miller hit Romario Shepherd for 6, 6, 4 to steer his side home against RCB.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"sQLTU timeline_pollWrapper_as  \" data-scrollga=\"scroll#poll_view\">\n<div>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"37\">\n<table class=\"redcator-table-advance\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2 &#8211; Delhi Capitals have won the last two of the three games vs SRH played in Hyderabad while batting first \u2014 by 39 runs on Apr 14, 2019 &amp; by 7 runs on Apr 24, 2023. The last game between the two at this venue in 2025 couldn\u2019t produce a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Stats: Rajesh Kumar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody\/><\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-srh-vs-dc-preview-sunrisers-hyderabad-beset-by-middle-order-woes-against-delhi-capitals\/articleshow\/130406799.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunrisers Hyderabad&#8217;s Abhishek Sharma and Travid Head (ANI Photo) HYDERABAD: Buoyed by back-to-back victories, Sunrisers Hyderabad will bank on home conditions to make it a hattrick of wins when they host Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.The 2016 champions, placed fourth in the points table with six points, are high on confidence after their 10-run win over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}