Delhi Capitals had a disastrous start as David Warner was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the second ball of the innings. However, Phil Salt (59 off 35) and Mitchell Marsh (63 off 39) took the Capitals to 57/1 at the end of the Powerplay. The pair continued to bat at a brisk pace as Salt brought up his maiden IPL fifty off just 29 balls. In between, Harry Brook nearly pulled off a magnificent catch at long on as he plucked a one-handed catch of Marsh on the ropes, lost his balance and had the presence of mind to throw it back as the momentum took him over the ropes. It was such a good effort that even Marsh applauded it.
SRH was in desperate need of a wicket, and Mayank Markande broke the 112-run stand with a spectacular reflex caught and bowled to dismiss Phil Salt. SRH then picked up two wickets in quick succession as Abhishek Sharma had Manish Pandey stumped in the next over, and Akeal Hosein caught the dangerous Mitchell Marsh (63 off 39) at extra cover off a miscued shot after being hit for a six off the previous ball. Markande struck again as he made Priyam Garg (12 off 9) drag one onto the stumps. DC kept losing wickets and fell short by 10 runs with 26 runs required off the last over.
Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to bat. Sharma played some wonderful shots and cracked nine fours in the Powerplay. He set the tone by hitting two fours in the first over from Ishant Sharma. Mayank Agarwal survived an early scare but couldn't last long as he was caught behind off Ishant Sharma. SRH lost Rahul Tripathi too inside the Powerplay, but nothing could stop Abhishek as he took on Ishant and smashed him for four fours in the sixth over to take SRH to 62/2 at the end of the Powerplay. Abhishek brought up his fifty in style with his first six over deep mid-wicket.
SRH made three changes to the starting eleven as debutant Akeal Hosein, Rahul Tripathi, and Abdul Samad replaced Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, and T Natarajan. Delhi Capitals made two changes as Priyam Garg and Mukesh Kumar replaced Sarfaraz Khan and Aman Khan.