Rajasthan Royals team celebrating a wicket against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2022
A fresh look and a revamped Rajasthan Royals attacked from the start and smashed a 61-run stand to open their campaign over Sunrisers Hyderabad. IPL-15 on an encouraging note here on Tuesday.
RR got better than SRH in every department after captain Sanju Samson played a brilliant innings of 55 off 27 balls to take his team to 210 for six.
Sharp to smart in the first half of their opening fixture, SRH failed to pose any serious threat to RR after a disastrous start to their innings, which saw them slip to 9/3 and then 29/4.
Ultimately, Kane WilliamsonThe Key(2) team was restricted to 149 for seven, with the captain himself facing a bad day at the office.
SRH doesn’t even have enough that many don’t Aiden MarkramK 57 and Washington Sundar’s 14-ball 40, followed by his oblivion with the later ball, followed somewhat of a willow.
SRH’s top-order batting was in contrast to Samson and Devdutt Padikkal (41 off 29 balls; 4×4; 6×2), who had earlier added 73 runs for the third wicket off 41 balls. Shimron Hetmyer Used his brute force to dodge 32 in just 13 deliveries and take RR past 200.
Samson’s six-hitting skills were on display as he hit five maximums and three boundaries during his entertaining stay in the middle, not sparing any bowler.
Hetimar later hit three sixes to add to SRH’s misery.
Clinical show by the bowlers, led by leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (3/22 in four overs), then completed the task for RR.
Chasing an impossible target of 211, Sunrisers lost key batsman Williamson to a diving catch from Padikkal before Rahul Tripathi (0) became the second victim of the day for the famous Krishna.
It became 9/3 as Trent Boult Nicholas Pooran (0) was caught in front of the wicket.
To make matters worse, Chahal removed two more batsmen in quick succession, in Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad, as Sunrisers lost their half for 37 runs and suffered a massive defeat.
But Markram, Romario Shepherd (24) and Sundar, who scored 24 runs in the 17th over, delayed the inevitable and narrowed the margin.
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Butler (35) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (20) then gave the team a good start and added 58 runs to lay the foundation for a big score.
Buttler was brutal on Umran Malik, hitting two fours and two sixes in the fourth over as RR scored 21 runs.
The two openers then hit a six off Sundar (0/47) in the next over as RR reached 52 for no loss in five overs.
Jaiswal, however, was dismissed in the seventh over by Markram off Shepherd’s delivery.
While Buttler, who hit three fours and as many sixes, was dismissed early in the ninth over as RR slipped to 75 for two.
Showing direct intent, Samson hit a boundary and a six at long-off and hit another maximum at fine-leg, taking SRH’s attack with enthusiasm.
While Samson found the fence of his own accord, Padikkal too got into the groove and started attacking in the 12th over when he pulled T Natarajan for a maximum.
Samson was again brutal on Sundar, hitting two consecutive sixes in the 16th over as RR marched on.
SRH removed Paddikkal and Samson in quick succession, but by then much of the damage was done before Hetmyer compounded the bowling team’s woes with his big hit as RR scored 123 runs in the last 10.