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RR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2023: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan by 4 wickets in a high-scoring last-over thriller
Would've also batted first. It's a used wicket. There's been some close ones. Most of the time we've played decent cricket but not been able to get over the line. Couple of changes - Phillips comes in for Brook. Vivrant Sharma makes his debut.
SRH skipper Aiden Markram at the toss
Decided to bat first. Conditions also demand the same. Climate has been different. Not much dew in the later half. And sometimes it suits us also. We would've wanted to play better standard of cricket. We've had hard and honest chats. Would like to come back stronger. Few injury issues in the team. Joe Root makes his debut.
RR skipper Sanju Samson at the toss
I’m very passionate about playing for England clearly. It was a dream to just play one Test match, let alone so many. Looking forward to what’s to come later on in the year. But got my hands full now and I’m enjoying what’s happening here right now. The last few weeks for me have been really good to just be around T20 cricket. Been a long time since I’ve had a block of time to concentrate only on T20. To get the opportunity to be here, learn from the coaches and see some young guys come through has been beneficial for me as a player. I’m in this format just to try and look at the game slightly differently, and that’s always what you want to do when you’re new somewhere - just be a sponge and soak as much as possible. I may not be playing but I feel like I have had a huge amount of learning in the last few weeks. If I get an opportunity, I’ll try to do my best for the side. I think we (RR) need to play to our abilities, there is so much experience and exciting talent within the group, and it is just about putting on a show and expressing ourselves. Hopefully, we can play with confidence and freedom, and entertain the crowds.
RR's Joe Root ahead of the start
68 meters to my left, 63 to my right, and 78 meters down the ground. Home team were dismantled by spin in the last game. This is the same pitch, but we shouldn't be fooled by what happened in that game. There was nothing wrong with the pitch, it was a good pitch. But looking at it now. The colour of the grass has changed a little bit, and it's a little bit drier. It looks very similar, the only difference is the grass colouring a little bit, and the cracks are a little bit wider. So what impact might that have? I don't think too much. I said 180 was a good score the other day. Will dip that down a little bit.
Samuel Badree and Nick Knight in Pitch Report
For us, I think the equation now is quite simple. We haven't done the math yet but we're assuming it is a must-win game every time we take the field so the guys are looking forward to that. It's not the most ideal position for the team to be in but unfortunately we can't undo the past. We've got five games to look forward to.
SRH captain Aiden Markram after last game
02:30You can't sit and wait in T20 cricket and let the bowlers bowl to us...we played a very poor game. Even a defence in T20 cricket has to have the intent of wanting to score. You work down the sequence of 6, 4, 3, 2, 1; or, if you're under pressure, you go 4, 3, 2, 1. But you are always looking for opportunities to score, and at the minimum, getting off strike. And once that intent is shown, it doesn't matter how good a bowler you are, you are always thinking that you can't give the batter anything loose because you're going to get put away. So that's one area that we've got to really look at.
RR coach Kumar Sangakkara after last game
