Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 201 runs by batting first. Pat Cummins was aiming for victory on their own ground. Finally, Bhuvneshwar Kumar led the team to victory by getting Ravichandran Ashwin out. Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan by one run.
Only losing three wickets on Thursday, Hyderabad scored 201 runs. Opener Travis Head scored 58 runs off 44 balls. The other opener, Abhishek Sharma (12), couldn’t score big. Anmolpreet Singh (5) also failed to score runs.
Nitihs Rana partnered with Head, scoring 96 runs together. After Head’s dismissal, Henry Klaasen took responsibility for scoring big runs. They made 70 runs together. Reddy hit eight sixes, scoring 76 runs off 42 balls. Klaasen scored 42 runs off 19 balls.
Yuzvendra Chahal boosted the Indian team’s morale. Since the announcement of the T20 World Cup squad, none of the 15 players have performed well. Chahal’s name was added to that list. He scored 62 runs in 4 overs but couldn’t take any wickets.
Rajasthan Royals started chasing 201 runs aggressively, scoring 10 runs per over from the beginning. However, they were also losing wickets. Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson got out without scoring any runs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar took their wickets. He took three wickets with his swing. But Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag managed a partnership of 133 runs.
At one point, it seemed Rajasthan would easily win the match. But T Natarajan bowled out Yashasvi. This brings Hyderabad back into the game. Pat Cummins got Parag out.
The match went down to the wire. Rajasthan needed two runs off the last ball for victory. But Albidoubliew became Powell’s victim. That’s how Rajasthan’s dream of victory ended. They lost by one run.
