Sunrisers Hyderabad’s dominance in IPL 2026 continued with the ball as well, as young pacer Eshan Malinga delivered a game-changing over against Delhi Capitals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Defending a massive total built around Abhishek Sharma’s stunning century, SRH tightened their grip on the contest with timely breakthroughs.
Malinga turned the momentum decisively in SRH’s favour with a dramatic double strike that left DC struggling at 109/4. His first victim was the well-set Nitish Rana, who had been leading the resistance with a fluent 57 off just 30 balls. Attempting to accelerate further, Rana miscued a slower delivery from Malinga, sending the ball high towards long-on. Abhishek, already the star with the bat, made no mistake in the field, completing a composed sliding catch to remove a key threat.
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The very next delivery compounded Delhi’s problems. David Miller walked in under pressure but failed to get off the mark. Malinga bowled a probing length delivery that held its line, and Miller’s tentative defence resulted in an inside edge that ricocheted onto the stumps. The golden duck sent shockwaves through the DC camp and triggered loud celebrations among the SRH faithful.
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Nitish Rana and David Miller fall to Eshan Malinga on 🔙 to 🔙 deliveries! ☝️☝️
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With DC already chasing a daunting target after SRH’s batting onslaught, this double blow effectively derailed their pursuit. As the innings progressed, the pressure continued to mount on the remaining batters, with Tristan Stubbs and Sameer Rizvi left with a steep task ahead in an increasingly one-sided contest.
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Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga
