Rajasthan vs Hyderabad: In IPL 2021 Phase-2, a match was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Monday, which Hyderabad won by 7 wickets by showing a great game. SRH had a target of 165 runs in the match, which the team achieved with 9 balls to spare.
Hyderabad Spoils the Game of Rajasthan
This was Hyderabad’s first win after consecutive defeats in the last four matches. With the win, SRH have four points. However, the team is still ranked 8th. At the same time, with the defeat, now the difficulties have increased a lot for RR. The team will now have to win their remaining four matches and also have to improve the run rate. There is no doubt that every single match for Samson & Co is going to be nothing short of do or die.
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SRH Got Off to a Good Start
Chasing the target, SRH got off to a quick start. Jason Roy and Wriddhiman Saha added 57 runs in 31 balls for the first wicket. Saha scored 18 runs and returned to the pavilion after being stumped off the ball of Mahipal Lomror.
Roy Made His Place
Jason Roy, playing his first match for SRH, scored 60 runs in 42 balls while batting brilliantly. Roy hit 8 fours and a six in his innings. This was his second and half-century in the IPL. In the IPL auction, Hyderabad bought Jason Roy for Rs 2 crore. With this innings, the explosive batsman has cemented his place in the playing XI. Rajasthan vs Hyderabad.
Great Innings From Ken
Within six balls after Roy’s wicket, RR showed the way to Priyam Garg for zero. Garg’s wicket came in Mustafizur Rahman’s account. However, these two wickets did not have any significant effect on Hyderabad. Captain Kane Williamson batted brilliantly for the team and played an unbeaten innings of 51 runs off 41 balls and returned from the field to give victory to the team. Apart from Captain Kane, Abhishek Sharma also scored an unbeaten 21 off 16 balls.
Bhuvi Got Success on the First Ball
The first wicket for RR fell as Evin Lewis (6). His wicket came in the account of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bhuvi gave a big success to Hyderabad by getting Lewis caught by Abdul Samad on the very first ball of the second over.
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Jaiswal Got Out After a Good Start
The wickets of Lewis Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson added 56 runs for the second wicket. Jaiswal looked in fine form but Sandeep Sharma picked up his wicket to give SRH a second breakthrough. Jaiswal was dismissed after scoring 36 runs in 23 balls. The young opener also hit 5 fours and a six in his innings. After the wicket of Yashasvi, Liam Livingstone (4) also could not do anything amazing and his wicket came in the account of Rashid Khan.
Both Team Playing XI
RR– Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Liam Livingston, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakaria, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman.
SRH – Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul.
