Zeeshan Ansari is brought in by SRH to bat, while KL Rahul is brought in for DC.

In the day match against the Delhi Capitals (DC) in Vishakhapatnam, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) decided to bat first after Pat Cummins made the decision at the toss. The captain who won the toss decided to bat for the first time in IPL 2025.

KL After missing DC’s opening match due to the birth of his daughter, Rahul will play his first IPL 2025 match. The lone alteration for the home team was Sameer Rizvi making room for Rahul’s comeback.

Cummins supported his hitters to carry on with their previous season’s pattern, which was to bat first, score a lot, and successfully protect it. As the game progressed, the sun was predicted to slow the pitch, thus SRH decided to substitute a quick bowler with an extra spinner. Consequently, fast bowler Simarjeet Singh was replaced by legspinner Zeeshan Ansari, who represents Uttar Pradesh in the domestic circuit.

Axar Patel stated that as “ball does more in the second innings,” he would have batted first as well. From the beginning, he encouraged his bowlers to be courageous and use death bowling if necessary.

In Vishakhapatnam, the square limits were 60 and 66 meters, while the straight hit was 73 meters. During the pitch report, WV Raman stated that as the game progresses, spin may become a factor due to the sun’s heat.

1 Travis Head, 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (week), 6 Aniket Verma, Sunrisers Hyderabad XI Seven Abhinav Manohar, Eight Captain Pat Cummins, Nine Harshal Patel, Ten Mohammed Shami, and Eleven Zeeshan Ansari

Options for Impact Players: Wiaan Mulder, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Sachin Baby, and Eshan Malinga

Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (week), Axar Patel (capt), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, and Mukesh Kumar make up the Delhi Capitals starting lineup. Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, and Tripurna Vijay are available as impact players.