हैदराबाद vs दिल्ली, मैच 31, राजीव गांधी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्टेडियम, हैदराबाद, 21 April 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

 FOUR! Another clever stroke from Abhishek Sharma to get a boundary to start the 17th over. 

2 runs.

Will not carry but there's another fumble in the deep. Length ball, angled across off, Sharma shimmies down the pitch and slices it over the cover region. Sameer Rizvi comes in from the deep to mop it up but misfields and the batters pinch the second run as well.

WIDE! A cutter from Ngidi, pitched wide outside off and angles further away. Sharma lets it go and gets the wide call in his favour.

Ngidi gets it right this time. Another slower one, full and wide outside off. This time, Abhishek Sharma swings at it and misses, and it is deemed a fair delivery. However, Sharma has reviewed it. The third umpire has a look and replays indicate that some part of the ball is inside the new guideline, and Sharma has now burnt two reviews for wide calls.

Excellent bowling once again. Full and slow, just outside off, Sharma tries to come down the pitch and go at it but the ball dips on him and sneaks under the willow.

Pitched full and wide outside off, Ngidi keeps it out of the swinging arc and Sharma drives it to deep cover for one.

A yorker now, pace on and on off and middle, Heinrich Klaasen stays back and plays a whippy drive through mid on for another single. Five runs off the over, can Ngidi end well?

David Miller with a herculean effort in the deep.

SIX! Bludgeoned away. Fired in at the stumps, slightly full as well. Abhishek Sharma clears the front leg and smashes it back over the bowler's head for a six.

SIX! What a way to bring up the HUNDRED from Abhishek Sharma. His second one in the IPL and the Orange Army goes wild as Sharma brings out his signature celebration as well. Short ball on leg stump, whipped away without a fuss and over deep square leg for another biggie.

MISFIELD AND FOUR! Oh, even that's gone to the fence, poor fielding in the deep from Tristan Stubbs. Full and straight, Sharma lunges ahead and jabs it straight down the ground. Tristan Stubbs at long off moves to his left, collects the ball in a jiffy, but tries to release it too quickly and ends up fumbling it onto the ropes.

OUT! ISHAN KISHAN IS RUN OUT! Too much is happening out there at the moment. Flighted ball, full and angled into the leg pole. Abhishek Sharma stays leg side of the ball, reaches for it and drives it straight back. Nitish Rana goes low to his left on the follow-through to make a stop, but the ball deflects off his fingers onto the stumps at the non-striker's end, and Ishan Kishan is backing up out of his crease. A very unfortunate way to go, but DC now have a breakthrough.

SIX! Abhishek Sharma is completely unfazed and continues on his merry way. Tossed up at the stumps, Sharma makes room and tees off as he sends the ball sailing beyond the long off fence for the 10th six of his innings.

Flatter one on the pads, shovelled down to deep mid-wicket for one. Sharma looks for the second run but won't get it. 23 runs and a wicket off the over.

A bit slower and into the pitch, around off, Kishan drags the pull aerially and over the mid-wicket region for a single.

Given as a fair delivery, but Abhishek Sharma feels it is too wide and takes the review. Sharma is early to move across to the off side, and T Natarajan uses this to his advantage by bowling a full ball, well wide outside off, even beyond the tramline and the batter leaves it alone. The question now is whether the ball is inside the new guideline or not, and replays confirm that it is.

DROPPED! Can you believe it? The Capitals have been brilliant in the outfield so far but Nitish Rana has put down Abhishek Sharma on 86. A low full toss, wide outside off, Sharma reaches for it and slices it away aerially towards the left of deep backward point. Rana covers the ground well, but the ball is dipping on him, and as he takes a tumble, the ball pops out of his hands. A single is taken.

Full and outside off, eased down to long off for a single.

WIDE! Full-length delivery, well wide of the off stump. This time, Sharma stays put and leaves it alone.

FOUR! Crashed through the off side. Full and wide outside off, not wide enough as Abhishek is able to reach it and hammers it over covers for a boundary. Sharma is now into the 90s.

Very full, around off, angling in, Sharma looks to go through the off side again, but toe ends it back past the bowler for a single.

A good yorker to begin with. Mukesh lands this at the toes but Sharma stays leg side of the ball and gets the front leg out of the way, digging the ball out to extra cover.

 Mukesh looks to target the toes again but gets the ball swinging down the leg side. It is given a wide but the keeper, KL Rahul, feels it shouldn't be a wide. DC do review it. Seems close to the pads and UltraEdge shows that the ball did brush the pads. Well spotted by Rahul and it is going to be a fair delivery.

WIDE! That's too short. Slower bumper, wide outside off, and Sharma cannot reach it with his outstretched bat.

FOUR! That's well anticipated by Abhishek Sharma. Dug in well short and over middle, Sharma backs away and carves it down to the vacant deep third fence for a boundary.

Full and at the batter, Sharma gets a bit forward and plays it down to long on for a single.

Seam-up delivery, on a fullish length and on middle. Kishan shows the full face of the bat and hits it through mid off for another single.

SIX! Oh, that's not the way Mukesh wanted the over to end. A knee-high full toss on middle stump, Abhishek Sharma picks it up and clobbers it high over wide long on for a biggie. 13 off the over and the 150 is up for SRH as well.

 SIX! Sharma greets T Natarajan into the attack with a huge six. On a length, around the pads, Abhishek Sharma picks it up with a flick and deposits this into the stands towards the deep square leg region for a massive six.

A good comeback from the left-arm pacer as T Natarajan bowls a wide yorker around off. Abhishek Sharma leaves it expecting a wide but the umpire calls it a fair one.

WIDE! A little too short this time from Natarajan and Abhishek Sharma steps down and across and leaves it. Wide called by the umpire. 

Pitched up, around off, Abhishek Sharma steps across the stumps and gently drives this to long off for a single. 

Back of a length, around off, Ishan Kishan stays deep inside the crease and flat bats this to the right of Sameer Rizvi at long off for another strike rotation. 

Good length, around off, Abhishek Sharma cuts this to sweeper cover and takes a run. 

Excellent cricket all around. On a length, around the pads, Ishan Kishan leans onto it and flicks this by rolling his wrists, towards the gap between long on and deep mid-wicket. Pathum Nissanka covers good ground to his right and puts in a dive to keep it down to two.

 SIX! Kishan hits his first biggie of the contest. Fuller, around the pads, Ishan Kishan shimmies down and just flicks this over the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. 

 FOUR! Showing a wide array of stroke-play is Ishan Kishan. Tossed up, around middle and leg, Ishan Kishan goes down on a knee and sweeps this behind square to the left of deep square leg for a boundary.

Kuldeep comes around the stumps and bowls it full and on leg, Kishan sweeps this to deep backward square leg for one.

 SIX! He makes it look so easy. Flighted by Kuldeep, around off. Abhishek Sharma dances down and away this time and lofts this inside out over the cover region for a huge six. 

Quicker one, on midlde and leg, Abhishek Sharma rolls this down to long on for a strike rotation. 

 FOUR! Kuldeep has been taken to the cleaners in this over. Kuldeep continues from around the stumps and bowls it full and onto the pads of Kishan. The SRH skipper muscles this past the left of Kuldeep and the ball races into the fence towards long on for four more runs. 

Rana bowls from around the stumps and tosses this wide outside off, Ishan Kishan presses in front and drives this through mid off for a single. 

Quicker one, into the stumps, Sharma punches this to the right of long off and takes a run.

Short of a length, around off, a bit of pause by Rana before delivering this. Ishan hits this back to the right of the bowler and a misfield from Rana allows the single. 

Full and wide outside off, Abhishek Sharma drives this through cover-point for one. 

WIDE! Full and way too wide outside the tramline. Ishan Kishan leaves it and the umpire calls it a wide.

A lot slower, around off, Ishan Kishan smashes this towards wide long off for one more. Rana is doing well to keep the ball away from the hitting arc of these destructive batters. 

Tossed up, wide outside off, Abhishek Sharma shuffles across the stumps and cuts this towards backward point. Had Sharma left it, this would have been another wide. 

 FIFTY FOR SHARMA! Full around the pads, Abhishek Sharma flicks this towards the deep mid-wicket region and comes back for the second. The throw comes in sharply towards the keeper's end with the batter looking out of his crease, but KL Rahul fails to gather this and Sharma celebrates his half-century. 

 SIX! Hammered down the ground for a biggie. Tossed up, around middle and off, Abhishek Sharma stays leg side of the ball and smashes this up and over the bowler for a biggie towards the sight screen.

Short and on off, tapped to mid on for a single.

 SIX! Second biggie off the over, and this time, it is Head. A tad fuller, around middle and off, Travis Head collapses his back knee and slogs this over the fence towards the cow corner region for six more runs. 

 OUT! CAUGHT! Head mishits one straight to Rizvi and has to walk back. Length dragged back a bit, around middle and leg, Travis rocks back and looks for that pull over the fielder at the deep mid-wicket region. Head fails to get enough power or height behind it and ends up finding Sameer Rizvi in that region. Rizvi makes no mistake and takes a good catch under pressure to break this opening stand of 97 runs. 

Under-cutter, around middle and off, Ishan Kishan steps deep inside the crease and tucks this through mid on for a single to open his account. 

Starts on a good length, on off, a hint of turn. Head punches it away to deep point for a single.

Nicely bowled! Kuldeep gives the ball a bit of air and serves it full. Abhishek lets it go but the ball sneaks just inside the guideline.

FOUR! Thumped! Floated up, closer to the off stump and slightly too full. Abhishek frees his arms and pumps it back over the bowler's head. A couple of bounces and it crashes into the ropes.

The length is pulled back and bowled slower through the air too. Abhishek reaches out and drags it to long on for a run. Moves to 49, does Sharma.

Oh, that could have gone anywhere! This is full and quick by Kuldeep, outside off. Head stays leg side of the ball and hangs back as he swings hard. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads and the ball dribbles down the strip.

Change of angle from Kuldeep. He comes from around the wicket and looks to push it across the batter. The length stays full, and Head extends his hands and gets low before lofting it back over the bowler's head. Tristan Stubbs charges across to his left and makes a tumbling stop. Two runs taken.

Flat and short, on middle, Head presses back and whips it to long on for a single.

Keeps it nice and straight, on a nagging length. Abhishek knocks it to long off. They cross.

A bit fuller but with a flatter trajectory. Travis goes on the back foot and gets on top of the bounce before punching it to the left of deep point for a brace.

Just a single. At 87.5 kph, on a good length, around leg. Travis steps out and nurdles it in front of square on the leg side. They think about the second run but the fielders in the deep are quick to charge in.

Full and quick, on leg. This is flicked to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Slightly slower and shorter, on middle. Travis plays it off the back foot to long on and keeps the strike with a single.

Out comes the dipping yorker, on off. Abhishek jams it out through covers and crosses over.

Across off, full in length. Head has a big swing at it but he does not pick the change of pace. Swings early and smears it off the inner half wide of mid-wicket for a single.

Full and at pace now, in line with the off stump. Sharma does not get the leverage to get under the ball and hits it along the ground to mid on.

Very full, going away. Abhishek steps out and digs it out to deep cover for one.

Ngidi attempts the off-cutter but it comes out as a low full toss, wide on off. Head extends his hands and chips it over extra cover for just a single.

Wide! Another off-cutter but this is sprayed beyond the tramline. Sharma gave the bowler the charge but eventually left it alone.

SIX! Wonderful use of the feet! The extra ball goes out of the park. Ngidi rolls his fingers over the ball, on a length, on middle. Sharma shimmies down the pitch and with a clean swing of the arms, he tonks it towards the sight screen for a six. At the end of 6 overs, SRH are 67/0.

SIX! Lovely swing of the arms! Drifting in from around the wicket, too full, on middle. Abhishek backs away and opens up the front hip to go inside out over cover for a biggie.

SIX! Change of angle from Rana, but the result stays the same. Nitish drops it way too short, on middle. Sharma needs no second invitation as he waits for the ball to come to him and slams it over mid on for half a dozen more.

Better from Rana! Slows it down and this is fuller, on middle. Abhishek gets his hands out in front and eases the drive wide of cover for a single.

Pushed through, full and on leg. Head charges down the track and clips it behind square leg, but he can't get it past Lungi Ngidi.

Wide! Rana probably predicted the charge from Head. He slants it across the left-hander, Travis halts the charge but still swings at it. The ball drifts beyond the tramline for a wide. The 50 comes up for SRH!

Fine stop! Flatter and shorter, on off, Head hangs back this time and powers it away to cover, where David Miller makes a sharp diving stop to his right.

SIX! All the way! Nitish gives the ball air, on a length, on middle. Head jumps out of the crease and is not entirely to the pitch of the ball. He pauses his bat swing for a brief moment before going through the line. Launches it over long on for his first six of the night. A punch in the air and a bit of a celebration with both hands raised high from the Aussie. 20 runs off the over.

Good length on off, Head hits it on the rise and through cover-point for a single.

FOUR! That didn't come out right from Ngidi's hand. Attempted dipping yorker of the slower variety but it ends up being a juicy full toss on middle. Abhishek waits well and angles it away past mid-wicket for a boundary.

Full-pitched delivery, lands it around off, Sharma heaves it off the inner half of the blade and across to mid-wicket.

FOUR! Oh, nearly goes the distance. Another length ball, outside off, Abhishek Sharma waits back before putting his weight forward and launching it with minimal effort over mid off for another boundary.

Should have been put away. A slower ball, bowled wide outside off, Sharma comes forward and ends up just patting the full toss to the cover fielder.

A single to end the over, 10 off it. Full and wide outside off, Sharma reaches out, opens the bat face and glides it to the right of the diving cover-point fielder for one.

A skiddy bumper from Mukesh, over off and middle, Head rocks back and pulls it down through square leg. Sameer Rizvi at deep backward square leg runs to his right and cuts it off, saving two runs.

FOUR! No chance for Rizvi this time as the ball wins the race. Shorter again, on off, around chest height. Travis Head pulls it firmly off the back foot and gets it a bit in front of square leg this time to pick up a boundary.

Pitched up, full and straight, driven straight back. Mukesh gets a hand on it on the follow-through, and the ball deflects away to hit the non-striker.

Fuller again, just outside off, punched down to long off for a single.

Well bowled. Abhishek Sharma charges down the pitch, giving himself a bit of room as well. Mukesh Kumar manages to adjust and bangs in a bumper over the leg stump. Sharma tries to thrash it away but is beaten for pace and bounce.

FOUR! Back of a length, slightly short and on leg stump, Sharma backs away a bit to open up the off side and slaps it away behind the point region to end the over with a boundary. SRH are 26/0 after 3 overs.

Top fielding! Floated up slower and shorter, outside off, Abhishek Sharma waits for the cut and hits it hard to the right of cover-point but Pathum Nissanka springs across to save a certain boundary. Dot ball.

Nagging length and outside off again, tapped away past point for a single.

Oh, that was bowled seam-up by Rana. On a good length and on off, angles back in, Head watchfully keeps it out.

Nice change-up again from Rana. This is bowled much slower and on off, Travis Head goes back to cut, but the ball goes under the blade. It pops out of KL Rahul's gloves, but there was no edge.

Fired in at the stumps, the ball curves back in, Head looks to pull but gets an inside edge down to fine leg and collects a single.

FOUR! Up and over! Good length again, on middle, this one sits up a bit. Abhishek Sharma stands tall and whacks it over mid on for a boundary. Still, just 6 off the over.

Up and running, are Abhishek Sharma and SRH. Fuller than a good length, swinging into the pads, Sharma clips it down to the left of deep backward square leg and picks up a couple of runs to get off the mark. Good work from Sameer Rizvi down there.

Back of a length, angled across the left-hander, Sharma stands tall and smacks it to deep point for a single.

Back of a length again, but the line is much tighter on the off stump. Travis Head hops up and pushes it down in front of mid off.

FOUR! Oh, that's timed so well. The in-between length, around leg, nibbles a bit as well. Head gets his hands out in front and plays a wristy flick, getting it between mid on and mid-wicket and the ball runs away to the fence.

A touch fuller again, around the off stump line, Head pushes it away towards extra cover.

Good work in the deep, this time from Tristan Stubbs. Good-length delivery, outside off, Head stays back and guides the ball away wide of deep backward point. Stubbs runs to his left and makes a tumbling stop, keeping it down to two. SRH are 9/0 after one.