Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Rajasthan Royals 4th Match 02 April 2023

4th T20 • Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium • Hyderabad

Rajasthan Royals

203/5 (20)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

131/8 (20)

RR won by 72 runs

Info

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Stadium

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Pitch

Batting friendly pitch

Type

Hard track

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

S Samson

J Buttler

Expert Team 2

J Buttler

R Tripathi

Venue Details

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

1st Innings

158Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

147Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Jos Buttler's performance in last IPL was amazing. He is the best opener in the RR lineup and provides a fiery start for the team. He is a consistent player and can score good amount of runs for the team.

Rahul Tripathi is an excellent batter. He performs well in the IPL and is consistent with his performance throughout the season. He is a must pick in the fantasy team.

Trent Boult is an amazing bowler. He can pick wickets in both power play as well as death overs. He can lower the RR of the opposition team and can change the game.

Umran Malik, the Jammu Express is back with his fast and death bowling. He is consistent with his pace bowling attack and can bowl consistently at a speed of 150+. He is a must pick in fantasy team.

Hot Picks: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson

Safe Picks: Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik

Stay Aways: Abdul Samad

Grand League Picks: Jos Buttler, Rahul Tripathi

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Rajasthan Royals

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SRH

6- 4

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

163

Average Score

161

207/3

Highest Score

190/4

68/10

Lowest Score

130/9

Player of the Match Jos Buttler

54(22)

SRH

Info

Rajasthan Royals

203/5 (20)

Batters

Yashasvi Jaiswal

145.95

c M Agarwal b F Farooqi

Jos Buttler

245.45

b F Farooqi

Sanju Samson

(C)

171.88

c A Sharma b T Natarajan

Devdutt Padikkal

40.00

b U Malik

Riyan Parag

116.67

c F Farooqi b T Natarajan

Shimron Hetmyer

137.50

Not out

Ravichandran Ashwin

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.15)

203/5

Did not Bat

Jason Holder, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini

Bowlers

EXT

12.00

10.25

10.67

7.67

8.25

10.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jos Buttler

b F Farooqi

1-85

5.5

Yashasvi Jaiswal

c M Agarwal b F Farooqi

2-139

12.3

Devdutt Padikkal

b U Malik

3-151

14.1

Riyan Parag

c F Farooqi b T Natarajan

4-170

16.1

Sanju Samson

c A Sharma b T Natarajan

5-187

18.3

Sunrisers Hyderabad

131/8 (20)

Batters

Abhishek Sharma

0.00

b T Boult

Mayank Agarwal

117.39

c J Buttler b Y Chahal

Rahul Tripathi

0.00

c J Holder b T Boult

Harry Brook

61.90

b Y Chahal

Washington Sundar

20.00

c S Hetmyer b J Holder

Glenn Phillips

133.33

c K Asif b R Ashwin

Abdul Samad

100.00

Not out

Adil Rashid

138.46

st S Samson b Y Chahal

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

60.00

b Y Chahal

Umran Malik *

237.50

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 3, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.55)

131/8

Did not Bat

T Natarajan

Bowlers

EXT

Trent Boult

5.25

KM Asif

5.00

5.33

6.75

4.25

17.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Abhishek Sharma

b T Boult

1-0

0.3

Rahul Tripathi

c J Holder b T Boult

2-0

0.5

Harry Brook

b Y Chahal

3-34

6.6

Washington Sundar

c S Hetmyer b J Holder

4-39

8.2

Glenn Phillips

c K Asif b R Ashwin

5-48

9.3

Mayank Agarwal

c J Buttler b Y Chahal

6-52

10.6

Adil Rashid

st S Samson b Y Chahal

7-81

13.6

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

b Y Chahal

8-95

17.5

Match Info

Date & Time

02 Apr, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

4th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India), Rohan Pandit (India), Navdeep Singh (India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty (India)

Weather

No Chance of Rain

Pitch Report

Batting friendly pitch

Toss

Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bowl

Player of the Match Jos Buttler

54(22)

Analysis

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Pradeep. Do switch over to the coverage of the second game between two heavyweights in the form of RCB and MI. There is also other cricket in the form of ECS and the final ODI between South Africa and the Netherlands. Follow those games if interested as we are never short of cricketing action at Sportskeeda. Until next time, adios!

Jos Buttler, Player of the Match: It is a fantastic start for us. We had a really good season last year but it counts for nothing this year. (Whether he pre-meditates stuff) Little bit, try to plan a little but also react according to the conditions and put pressure on the bowlers. (Whether he does anything differently with his pull shot off spinners) Not particularly, keep a clear mind and try to react.

Sanju Samson: Yeah absolutely. I was wondering how we will start the season, very happy. Having a bat like Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal, we can expect that with the mindset they coming in. We definitely are a very good side but you have to keep the heads down and follow the process. We know that things can turn around at any point. Wanted to finish the innings off well and feel we did pretty well. There should be strengths and there will be weaknesses too. We will find out as the tournament goes on!

Time for the Post-match Presentation!

Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals): The way we started, especially Jos bhai and Jaiswal, we knew 200 was a good score as it was difficult to hit when the ball gets old. I always back myself, some plans work and my plan was to bowl stump to stump. Nothing new, I back my skills, sometimes I get wickets, sometimes I don't.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad captain): We need to forget this performance and move on, but there's also positives that we can take from here, we pulled things back at the backend well. There was something in the wicket, when you bowl with the spinners but they batted well, it's just the first match of the season and it's a long way to go. There are South African players are coming back, we need to move forward from this match. It was a pretty good track, generally what we get in Hyderabad, we're not worried about what the wickets bring in.

MATCH OVER!

Rajasthan Royals win by 72 runs!

Rajasthan Royals 203-5 (20)
Sunrisers Hyderabad 131-8 (20)

Abdul Samad 32* (32) | Mayank Agarwal 27* (23)

Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-17-4 | Trent Boult 4-1-21-2

What a resounding performance from last year's finalists Rajasthan Royals. They start the new season with a 72-run victory. Chasing 204 even on a good surface was going to be difficult and Trent Boult made it impossible with a stunning new ball spell. Boult removed the pair of Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi for ducks in the very first over. The RR seamers including KM Asif and Holder continued the good work as Harry Brook and Mayank Agrarwal found it difficult to rebuild after that.

Eventually, Chahal bowled Brook in the seventh over with the Englishman only managing 13 off 21 balls in his IPL debut. Holder joined in the party as he bounced out Washington Sundar. Glenn Phillips didn't last long too as Ravichandran Ashwin got a scalp of his own. SRH continued to collapse even after that with Mayank Agarwal holing out to long-off to become Chahal's second victim. Abdul Samad was brought in as an impact player but he was pretty rusty. After a few impressive strikes, Adil Rashid fell to a lovely googly from Chahal. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also saw himself stumped off the leggie as SRH slipped to 95-8. Thereafter, the J&K pair of Abdul Samad and Umran Malik hit some lovely hits over the fence to provide some consolation to the passionate Orange Army crowd.

Not many things went right for SRH but they will definitely be stronger with the presence of skipper Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen arriving for the next game. On the other hand, RR will hope this is just the start of some great things to come!

overs

131 /8 score

7nb

runs

Abdul Samad *

32 (32)

Umran Malik

19 (8)

Navdeep Saini

0 /34

19.6 Navdeep Saini to Abdul Samad, THAT'S IT! Rajasthan Royals annihilate Sunrisers Hyderabad here! Short delivery outside the off-stump. Samad too early into the pull and misses, that's a dot to finish. Royals picked up two points.

19.5 Navdeep Saini to Abdul Samad, FOUR MORE! Yet another boundary for Samad. Change of pace on the middle and leg. Samad flicked it away, beats the short fine-leg fielder, runs away and finds the ropes.

19.4 Navdeep Saini to Abdul Samad, FOUR MORE! Length delivery outside the off-stump. Samad sits on one knee and carves it away, goes one bounce into the deep point fence for another boundary. Saini has been taken for cleaners here!

19.3 Navdeep Saini to Umran Malik, takes the pace off, short outside the off-stump. Malik slammed it down to long-on, fielder gets to it quickly to stop it as they get just one.

19.3 Navdeep Saini to Umran Malik, SIX! KABOOM! Umran Malik sends this one into the second tier, what a shot. Short into Umran, he swivels and DEPOSITS this one way over deep mid-wicket fence and into the stands for a humongous maximum. It's definitely a day to forget for Saini, he's overstepped and it's a no-ball!

19.2 Navdeep Saini to Abdul Samad, OH! Length delivery on the stumps. Samad misses out this time as he looks to hoick, toe ends it down to long-on for one.

19.1 Navdeep Saini to Abdul Samad, SIX! BOOM! Shots coming in very late for Sunrisers. Back of a length on the middle and off. Samad finally connects one big as he flicked it and SMOKES it over deep backward square-leg fence for a huge maximum.

Some entertainment from Umran Malik finally. He is showing off his hitting skills!

overs

108 /8 score

runs

Umran Malik *

12 (6)

Abdul Samad

17 (27)

Trent Boult

2 /21

18.6 Trent Boult to Umran Malik, full toss outside the off-stump. Malik carves it past extra-cover, they scamper back for the brace.

18.5 Trent Boult to Umran Malik, SIX! BAM! Umran Malik showing that he can bat as well. Short into Malik and he DISPATCHED it way over deep square-leg fence for a huge maximum.

18.4 Trent Boult to Umran Malik, FOUR! SHOT! Back of a length on the off-stump. Malik clears his front foot and smacked it over the top of mid-off, goes one bounce into the fence for a boundary.