Rain washed out Sunrisers Hyderabad’s meager hopes of making the Indian Premier League playoffs on Monday.

Skipper Pat Cummins gave Hyderabad a strong start by claiming three early wickets with the new ball, restricting Delhi Capitals to 133 for 7. However, heavy rain and an unplayable outfield forced the match to be abandoned.

With the game called off, both sides were awarded one point each. The result officially eliminated last year’s finalists, Hyderabad, from playoff contention—making them the third team to exit the race, following Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.

Delhi, despite another poor showing from its top-order batters, was fortunate to escape with a point and now sits fifth on the table, still in the hunt for a playoff spot.

Delhi stumbles against Cummins

Cummins perfectly read the tricky grassless pitch and ran Delhi into all sorts of trouble with three wickets off his first 13 balls after he won the toss and elected to field.

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He had Karun Nair caught behind off the first ball of the match and Faf du Plessis was beaten by a short ball and edged behind to Ishan Kishan, who kept wickets for the first time this season in place of Heinrich Klaasen.

Cummins, who took the new ball after Mohammed Shami was left out, made it 15-3 when Kishan took a smart running catch at square leg after Abhishek Porel top-edged an attempted flick.

Cummins added a brilliant catch over his right shoulder when he back-pedalled from mid-off to dismiss Delhi captain Axar Patel.

Kishan's fourth catch made it 29-5 when Lokesh Rahul edged Jaydev Unadkat.

Tristan Stubbs, 41 not out, and impact player Ashutosh Sharma, 41, helped Delhi cross 100 but all of Hyderabad's sterling work in the field was washed away by the rain.