Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) by a margin of 55 runs in the first game on Sunday (May 02) played in Delhi. Jos Buttler who scored his maiden T20 century has been the stand-out performer in this match! Sun Risers going into this game sacked David Warner as their captain and also dropped him from the playing XI. And that cost them dearly as they failed to get off to a good start.
After being sent into bat first, Rajasthan lose opener Yashasvi Jaiswal cheaply for just 12 runs. Then Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson shared a massive 150-run partnership for the second wicket to give them a great foundation. In the process, Samson was dismissed on 48 (off 33 balls) but Buttler (124 off 64) continued on his merry way to score his maiden T20 century in this game. With some brilliant hitting in the death overs, RR finished with a massive 220/3 on the board in 20 overs.
Sun Risers Hyderabad, in reply, struggled as their batsmen failed to convert their starts to a big score! Openers Manish Pandey (31 off 20) and Jonny Bairstow (30 off 21) whereas no other SRH batsmen failed to put up a 20+ total in this heavy run-chase. In the end, SRH managed to just 165/8 in 20 overs conceding a huge 55-run victory for Rajasthan Royals. Among RR bowlers, Mustafizur Rahman and Chris Morris bagged 3 wickets each.
Jos Buttler has been deservingly adjudged as the Player of the Match for his superb century with the bat. This is the third victory for Rajasthan in 7 games and are still in the bottom half of the points table. On the other hand, SRH lost their 6th out of 7 games and are currently reeling at the bottom of the points table.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals – 220/3 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler – 124, Rashid Khan – 1/24) defeated Sun Risers Hyderabad – 165/8 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey – 31, Mustafizur Rahman – 3/20) by a margin of 55 runs
Toss: Sun Risers Hyderabad won the toss and opt to bowl first.
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), David Miller, Riyan Parag, Anuj Rawat, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Kartik Tyagi, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Sun Risers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
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