SRH vs DC Predicted Playing XI: Axar Patel to finally use his multi-crore weapon T Natarjan against former team, Cummins may drop Mohammed Shami

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are practically out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 playoffs and they can spoil Delhi Capitals' (DC) campaign. With the race of playoffs getting close, DC need a win to get themselves back on track. Meanwhile, Pat Cummins will look to experiment in home conditions.

SRH have lost seven out of 10 games. Their bowlers have struggled, especially Mohammed Shami. The veteran pacer has six wickets from nine games at an average of 56.16. It is likely he may warm the bench and SRH may bring in either Simarjeet Singh or the newly-picked left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey. They are likely to stick with Kamindu Mendis for the home game as well.

SRH Predicted Playing XI plus impact player -

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami/ Simarjeet Singh

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DC have not been at their best of late and often struggled in run chase. But, it is unlikely that they will look to make too many changes. They may look to unleash left-arm pacer T Natarjan against his former franchise in familiar territory. This will mean Mukesh Kumar warming the bench. Mukesh has nine wickets from 10 games at an average of 34.55. His economy rate is near 10 runs per over. The only injury concern for them is skipper Axar Patel but he may not look to skip the crucial game even if he is not at 100 per cent.

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DC Predicted Playing XI plus impact player -

Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel (wk), Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mukesh Kumar/ T Natarajan, Ashutosh Sharma

SRH vs DC Pitch report -

There has been a stark difference in pitches used in Hyderabad. If it's spin-friendly, Axar, Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam can exploit the conditions. On the other hand, it will be a high-scoring contest if the quicker pitch is used for the DC encounter.

SRH vs DC Full Squads:

SRH squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Atharva Taide, Simarjeet Singh, Harsh Dubey, Eshan Malinga

DC Squad: Abishek Porel(w), Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tripurana Vijay, Donovan Ferreira, Mohit Sharma, Madhav Tiwari, Darshan Nalkande, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, T Natarajan