IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals Match Preview and Prediction

Sunrisers Hyderabad will go head-to-head with Delhi Capitals in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League encounter on Tuesday afternoon. The match is scheduled to take place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Preview

Sunrisers Hyderabad are currently placed fourth on the points table, with three wins and three losses in six games, and have gathered six points. They are coming into this clash with back-to-back wins and will look to make it three in a row. They have been impressive in their recent games, as they claimed a 57-run win over the Rajasthan Royals and then followed it up with a ten-run win over the Chennai Super Kings in their last game. In their win against the Chennai Super Kings, the Hyderabad posted a formidable total of 194 runs while batting first, and Chennai fell just short, managing 184 runs. Abhishek Sharma, Orange Cap holder Heinrich Klaasen, and Ishan Kishan have been the star performers with the bat for SRH. The top run scorer for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2026 is Heinrich Klaasen with 283 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad XI:

Bhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora (wk), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga

Impact Player: Liam Livingstone

Delhi Capitals Preview

Delhi Capitals have endured a mixed run of form since the ongoing Indian Premier League campaign as they have managed three wins and two losses in their opening five games. They are placed fifth on the points table with six points, and a win in this game would take them to a provisional fourth place. Delhi bounced back from their previous two defeats against the Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings and thrashed the defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 6 wickets with one ball to spare. The top run scorer for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2026 is Tristan Stubbs with 169 runs

Delhi Capitals XI:

Prithvi Shaw, Pathum Nissanka, Abishek Porel, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan

Impact Player: Vipraj Nigam

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals Prediction

Both sides have had mixed starts to the Indian Premier League season, but Heinrich Klaasen has been in fine form at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, scoring 161 runs in his last three innings there. He looks a strong pick to score over 28.5 runs, with 1xBet offering 1.83 odds.