Visakhapatnam: Using on an all-round present of their second match of IPL 2025, the JSW and GMR co-owned Delhi Capitals clinched a complete seven-wicket win towards Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday in Visakhapatnam.
Sunrisers Hyderabad opted to bat first however Delhi Capitals bowlers picked wickets at common intervals to ultimately bundle out the opponents for 163 in 18.4 overs. Pacer Mitchell Starc scalped a fifer whereas Kuldeep Yadav bagged a three-wicket haul for the group.
Later, the batters totally dominated the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowling unit. Faf du Plessis notched up a quick-fire half-century whereas Jake Fraser-McGurk (38 off 32), wicket-keeper batter Abhishek Porel (34* off 18), KL Rahul (15 off 5) and Tristan Stubbs (21* off 14) additionally made useful contributions.
Reflecting on the win, Porel, through the post-match presser stated, “It was an ideal group effort and everybody made the contributions. (Mitchell) Starc bowled very well and after that Faf (du Plessis) batted very well. He has been doing a great job for us. Jake Fraser-McGurk took his time however he paced his innings very well and later, Tristan Stubbs made a great contribution and we ultimately gained the sport.”
Talking about enjoying beneath the brand new captain Axar Patel, Porel stated, “Off the sphere, Axar may be very humorous and on the sphere, he’s a really motivated man. He has been main the aspect very effectively. Total, the captaincy has been actually good.”
When requested about his conversations with fellow wicketkeeper-batter, the teenager stated, “KL Rahul has all the time been an elder brother to me. He actually consoled me after I dropped the catch and additional inspired me to concentrate on batting and play my strokes. He actually backed me.”
After two wins in two at, Delhi Capitals will face Chennai Tremendous Kings in Chennai on April 5, 2025.
