Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that the Delhi Capitals’ (DC) batting issues after their IPL 2025 match against the SRH. He added that KL Rahul, the most consistent batter in their first few games, has also not been among the runs as well. Rahul scored 10 runs off 14 deliveries as DC managed only 133/7 against SRH.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Your batting is not firing. You lost faith in Jake Fraser-McGurk. Faf du Plessis has hardly played one or two knocks. Karun Nair has played one knock. Abishek Porel has played two-and-a-half knocks. KL Rahul has played a few knocks. However, he has gone off the boil.”

“After that, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Tristan Stubbs and Axar Patel. You weren’t supposed to play a punt on them. Where is your replacement for Brook? They haven’t taken one, and won’t get it as well if they don’t take it in the next two days. That story has ended for them,” he shared.

As for the SRH’s exit from IPL 2025, Aakash Chopra stated that last season’s runners-up failed to do well this year.

“Hyderabad’s story is also over. Not only the match but their hopes were also rained off. Hyderabad won’t make too many changes in the future. The team was good. However, no matter how good the team is, if you don’t play well, you have a problem,” he said.

“Pat Cummins bowled extremely well here. In fact, it wasn’t only Pat Cummins, as everyone bowled well. Ashutosh Sharma and Tristan Stubbs took the team to a fighting total, but that was about it. Hyderabad might have won this match easily had they got to bat,” Aakash Chopra concluded.