SRH wrecks DC's top order ¡ª Fans wonder: 'can they break RCB's 49 all-out record?'

A thunderous roar echoed around the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium ¡ª and for good reason. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins had finally taken matters into his own hands, dismantling the Delhi Capitals' (DC) top order in spectacular fashion. In fact, in the Powerplay, DC were reduced to 26 runs for 4 wickets. However, as of now, 5 wickets are down with 30 runs in 8 overs. Seeing this, fans were wondering if they can break Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) 49 all-out record.

Cummins struck on the very first ball of the match, dismissing Karun Nair for a duck. He then removed Faf du Plessis (3 off 8) and Abishek Porel (8 off 10), putting DC under immense pressure. Cummins bowled three overs in the Powerplay, picking up a wicket on the first ball of each over ¡ª a spell that left the much-in-need-of-a-win DC reeling. His impact wasn't limited to the ball alone ¡ª Cummins also took a catch to dismiss DC captain Axar Patel for 6 off 7.

Pat-attack at Uppal ?pic.twitter.com/iktMJXWGmg

¡ª SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 5, 2025

IPL captains who took 2+ wickets in the first six overs

Pat Cummins also etched his name into the record books as the first captain in IPL history to claim three wickets within the first six overs of an innings.

3/12 ¨C Pat Cummins (SRH) vs DC, Hyderabad, 2025

2/10 ¨C Axar Patel (DC) vs RCB, Delhi, 2025

Fans wonder if RCB's record can be broken?

With only 26 runs on the board and four wickets down by the end of the Powerplay, fans quickly took to X (formerly Twitter) to express concern and confusion over DC's sudden collapse ¡ª especially for a team that was on a winning roll in the first half of IPL 2025. Some even wondered if the RCB record would be broken?

One said, "Pat Cummins wtf? 3 overs teeno ki pehli ball pe wicket"

pat cummins wtf?
3 overs teeno ki pehli ball pe wicket?

¡ª srajal (@goatisoffline) May 5, 2025

Another said, "Pat Cummins what you doing...First ball wicket in all three overs".

Pat Cummins what you doing

First ball wicket in all three overs#SRHvDC

¡ª ???? ???? ??? (@umardott) May 5, 2025

One wrote, "PAT CUMMINS IS ON A ROLLLLLLLLLLLLL I HAVE PRAYED FOR TIMES LIKE THESEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

PAT CUMMINS IS ON A ROLLLLLLLLLLLLL I HAVE PRAYED FOR TIMES LIKE THESEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

¡ª ?Disintegrating? (@whineandchill) May 5, 2025

Another wrote, "While you're at it, can SRH break RCB's another record of 49?"

While you're at it, can SRH break RCB's another record of 49?

¡ª .... (@Mad4RCB) May 5, 2025

One even added, "Common DC break that 49 as our your home boy [KL Rahul] loves breaking RCB records".

Common DC break that 49 as our your home boy loves breaking RCB records

¡ª Sangeeta (@sangeeta_109) May 5, 2025

Teams

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w), Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
Impact Subs: Travis Head, Harsh Dubey, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (w), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Sharma

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