At Hyderabad’s RGI Stadium, the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad squared off in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) Match 50. Having won the toss, Pat Cummins decided to open the batting against RR. Sunrisers Hyderabad amassed 201 for 3 against the Rajasthan Royals, driven by fifty-score runs from Travis Head and Nitish Reddy. Head scored a very low 58 off 44 deliveries, while Reddy dominated his innings, smashing three fours and eight sixes to reach 76 off 42 deliveries.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag both got fifty-scores, and RR looked like they would win their seventh game in a row. To give SRH hope, Bhuvneshwar took two early wickets. Rovman Powell needed to score two runs off the final ball as the game came down to the wire. Bhuvneshwar grabbed his third wicket and won the game for SRH by just one run. Rajasthan Royals remain atop the points table in spite of the loss, while SRH has now returned to the top four after winning six of their last ten games.
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The losing skipper, Sanju Samson, said:
We have played some really close games this season, won a couple of them and lost this one. Credit to the SRH bowlers for the way they fought back. The margin of errors is very less in the IPL. The game is never done till it is done. It was tough to bat against the new ball and when it got old, it became easier. Credit to both youngsters (Jaiswal and Parag), myself and Jos (Buttler) got out in the powerplay, they played well and got us to that position.
Winning skipper Pat Cummins said:
I am good, was an amazing game. That’s T20 cricket. Anything can happen, Bhuvi excuted that last ball. You try to take some wickets in the middle. Natarajan is a good yorker bowler, fortunately we got some wickets. Played some games here, thought 200 could have been chased down. He (Nitish Reddy) sums up the conditions pretty well, he’s amazing, great in the field, gives some overs with the ball as well.
POTM Bhuvneshwar Kumar said:
I think that’s my nature, I wasn’t thinking about the result in the last over. There was no discussion in the last over, was just focussed on the process. Was thinking just about bowling two good balls, anything could happen. I wasn’t thinking much, was just focussed on the process. The ball swung so much, can’t really pinpoint, really enjoyed it. Luckily got wickets today. When the season started thought process was different, but it changed when the batters played in such a way. My thought process changed completely to be honest (from the time the time the season started to today.)
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