Big trouble in front of Delhi (Photo: PTI)
IPL 2026 The 31st match is between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals. It will not be so easy for Delhi Capitals, who reached Hyderabad after defeating RCB at home, to win the stronghold of Sunrisers. However, statistics say that whenever both the teams have faced each other in Hyderabad, the match has been equal. So far both the teams have clashed 7 times in Hyderabad, out of which both have won 3-3. One match remained inconclusive. The overall record on the IPL pitch is in favor of Sunrisers by 13-12, but now Kavya Maran’s Rs 23 crore player can further improve the win figures against Delhi.
No Abhishek Sharma, player worth Rs 23 crore is a threat
Usually, when teams make strategies against Sunrisers, Abhishek Sharma is at the center of it. But, you will be surprised to know that Abhishek Sharma is not a threat for Delhi Capitals at all. The real source of trouble for Delhiites will be Heinrich Klaasen, who has been signed by Kavya Maran to SRH for Rs 23 crore.
Clason has scored 283 runs in IPL 2026
You must be seeing the report card of Heinrich Klaasen in IPL 2026. An orange cap is decorated on his head. In the 6 innings played so far this season, he has scored 283 runs with 3 half-centuries. But, should Clauson be considered a problem for Delhi just because he has the highest number of runs in IPL 2026? No. His records against that team make Classen a threat to Delhi. The graph of his performance so far in IPL.
The class of Delhi bowlers does not move ahead.
The best thing about Heinrich Klaasen is that no bowler from Delhi Capitals is able to trouble him. Clausen’s strike rate against every Delhi bowler tells the story of his fearless batting. His strike rate against Lungi Ngidi is 243. Against Kuldeep Yadav, Klaasen scores runs at a strike rate of 192 and against Akshar Patel at a strike rate of 180.
Ngidi and Kuldeep have never even dismissed Clausen on the IPL pitch. Whereas Akshar has also been successful in getting him out only once, that too in 10 innings. Overall, it is clearly visible how big a threat this Rs 23 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad player is going to pose against Delhi. The big thing is that Classen has not yet become the victim of any spinner in IPL 2026. In such a situation, the scope for success of Kuldeep-Akshar already seems to be closed against them.
Delhi captain is enough for Abhishek Sharma!
On the other hand, if we talk about the threat of the name Abhishek Sharma, the Delhi captain has the upper hand against him. Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel has dismissed Abhishek Sharma twice in his 8 balls in IPL. Whereas his strike rate against Akshar is only 75.
