Match 28: RR vs SRH
The 28th game of the season took place between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. The former team came up with the win by 55 runs after what seemed to be a one-sided game right from the start.
The Royals were put to bat after losing the toss which, in retrospect, was the best thing that could happen to them. After losing Yashasvi early on, Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson established their dominance over the bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad with a 150-run partnership from just under 14 overs. Samson supported Buttler with his mature knock of 48 from 33 balls. Buttler, on the other hand, went on a striking spree, scoring a whopping 124 runs from just 64 balls before playing on to the stumps in the penultimate over. The Royals set a hard target of 221 at the end of the first innings.
In response, the Sunrisers got off to a pretty decent start, with Manish Pandey and Jonny Bairstow scoring at almost 10 runs per over. Pandey’s dismissal by Mustafizur seemed to be the turning point of the game as the run rate fell sharply post that. The Sunrisers lost wickets at regular intervals thanks to a brilliant spell of 3/29 from Chris Morris. In the end, Jos Buttler was awarded the player of the match for his brilliant knock.
Match Info:
Match:RR vs SRH, 28th Match, Indian Premier League 2021
Date:Sunday, May 02, 2021
Toss:Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opt to bowl
Time:3:30 PM
Venue:Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires:Chris Gaffaney, Chettithody Shamshuddin
Third Umpire:Ulhas Gandhe
Match Referee:Sunil Chaturvedi
Rajasthan Royals Squad:
Playing:Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), David Miller, Riyan Parag, Anuj Rawat, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Kartik Tyagi, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Bench:Shivam Dube, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Shreyas Gopal, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad:
Playing:Jonny Bairstow (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Bench:Shreevats Goswami, Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jason Holder, Virat Singh, Basil Thampi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg, Jagadeesha Suchith, Siddarth Kaul, David Warner
RAJASTHAN ROYALS INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 11.00)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Jos Buttler | b Sandeep Sharma | 124 | 64 | 193.75 | 11 | 8 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | lbw Rashid Khan | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sanju Samson | c Abdul Samad b Vijay Shankar | 48 | 33 | 145.45 | 4 | 2 |
| Riyan Parag | NOT OUT | 15 | 8 | 187.5 | 0 | 1 |
| David Miller | NOT OUT | 7 | 3 | 233.33 | 0 | 1 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 8, b 0, lb 5, pen 0) | 14 | ||||
| TOTAL | (3 wickets; 20 overs) | 220 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Anuj Rawat ,Rahul Tewatia ,Chris Morris ,Kartik Tyagi ,Chetan Sakariya ,Mustafizur Rahman |
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | 7 |
| Sandeep Sharma | 4 | 50 | 1 | 12.5 | 7 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Khaleel Ahmed | 4 | 41 | 0 | 10.25 | 8 |
| Vijay Shankar | 3 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-17 (Jaiswal, 2.6 ov) ,2-167 (Samson, 16.4 ov) ,3-209 (Buttler, 18.6 ov)
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 8.25)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Manish Pandey | b Mustafizur Rahman | 31 | 20 | 155 | 3 | 2 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c Anuj Rawat b Rahul Tewatia | 30 | 21 | 142.85 | 4 | 1 |
| Kane Williamson | c Chris Morris b Kartik Tyagi | 20 | 21 | 95.23 | 1 | 0 |
| Vijay Shankar | c David Miller b Chris Morris | 8 | 8 | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Kedar Jadhav | b Chris Morris | 19 | 19 | 100 | 0 | 1 |
| Mohammad Nabi | c Anuj Rawat b Mustafizur Rahman | 17 | 5 | 340 | 1 | 2 |
| Abdul Samad | c Anuj Rawat b Chris Morris | 10 | 8 | 125 | 0 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | c Chris Morris b Mustafizur Rahman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | NOT OUT | 14 | 10 | 140 | 2 | 0 |
| Sandeep Sharma | NOT OUT | 8 | 6 | 133.33 | 1 | 0 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 7, b 0, lb 1, pen 0) | 8 | ||||
| TOTAL | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 165 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Khaleel Ahmed |
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Kartik Tyagi | 4 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Chetan Sakariya | 4 | 38 | 0 | 9.5 | 7 |
| Chris Morris | 4 | 29 | 3 | 7.25 | 8 |
| Rahul Tewatia | 4 | 45 | 1 | 11.25 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-57 (Pandey, 6.1 ov) ,2-70 (Bairstow, 7.6 ov) ,3-85 (Shankar, 10.4 ov) ,4-105 (Williamson, 12.5 ov) ,5-127 (Nabi, 14.2 ov) ,6-142 (Samad, 16.3 ov) ,7-142 (Jadhav, 16.6 ov) ,8-143 (Khan, 17.2 ov)