The Delhi Capitals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in Visakhapatnam to make it two victories from two IPL 2025 games.
Mitchell Starc (5/35) scored in the powerplay, causing SRH’s batting to falter for the second consecutive game. Aniket Verma (74 off 41) marshalled the collapse and was sufficiently aggressive to demonstrate his true abilities. In the middle overs, Kuldeep Yadav (3/22) applied further pressure, and Starc returned to finish his fifer.
Faf du Plessis (50 off 27) gave DC’s chase a head start, making the outcome merely a formality. Despite the help of the other hitters, Zeeshan Ansari (3/42) was able to give a chase that was completed in 16 overs a scare.
Here are the most important numbers from the match
2 – Mitchell Starc is the second bowler ever to take an IPL fifer for DC.
The first was Amit Mishra all the way back in 2008. Starc’s figures hence, are also the second best by a DC bowler in the IPL.
8 – Starc’s fifer was the eighth against SRH in the IPL. No other team has had even five fifers taken against them in the league.
2 – Starc’s fifer was the second most expensive in the IPL. Yuzvendra Chahal took figures of 5/40 against KKR in 2022.
5 – Faf du Plessis is the fifth batsman to make an IPL fifty after the age of 40. He was preceded by Rahul Dravid, Adam Gilchrist, Chris Gayle and MS Dhoni.
6 – du Plessis is also the sixth oldest player to make an IPL fifty. Gilchrist is the oldest, followed by three appearances for Chris Gayle and then one for Dhoni before the DC vice-captain.
1 – Zeeshan Ansari’s figures of 3/42 are the best by any bowler in their first IPL match for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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