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RR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2023: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan by 4 wickets in a high-scoring last-over thriller

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 08, 2023, 17:12:20 IST

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RR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2023: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan by 4 wickets in a high-scoring last-over thriller

Abdul Samad smashed a six off the last ball as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by four wickets to keep their playoff hopes alive in a high-scoring IPL thriller. Riding on aggressive fifties by Jos Buttler (95) and Sanju Samson (66), Rajasthan Royals posted a challenging 214 for two after winning the toss and electing to bat. In response, Abhishek Sharma (55), Rahul Tripathi (47) kept them in the hunt before Yuzvendra Chahal (4/29) snapped four wickets to almost derail their chase. A cameo from Glenn Phillips (25) reignited the chase as Abdul Samad's (17 not out off 7 balls) knocked off the winning runs with a six in the last ball following a no-ball from Sandeep Sharma. For Sunrisers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/44) and Marco Jansen (1/44) took one wicket each.

20:14 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Smoked X 2!

SIX! SIX! Sanju Samson in attack mode! He takes on Mayank Markande in his second over, slamming him for back-to-back sixes. The first one was whacked down town and the second creamed over the deep extra cover fence. RR 86/1 after 8.2 overs

20:07 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Buttler, Sanju keep the scoreboard moving

16 runs including a couple of boundaries have come in the last two overs for Royals after the departure of Yashasvi Jaiswal as Jos Buttler and Sanju Samsom keep the scoreboard moving. RR scoing at 10 RPO at the moment as Samson ends Mayank Markande's first over with a boundary to the backward point fence. RR 70/1 after 7 overs

20:02 (IST) May 07

End of Powerplay | Rajasthan Royals 61/1 | Run rate - 10.17

Jos Buttler 14* | Sanju Samson 6* | Marco Jansen 1/22

19:55 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Jansen ends Yashasvi Jaiswal blitz

OUT! Breakthrough for Sunrisers as a much-needed wickets comes their way. Marco Jansen ends Yashasvi Jaiswal's 18-ball 35 blitz. A short of length ball outside off and Jaiswal glides it straight to short third. A fiery knock from Jaiswal comes to an end. RR 54/1 after 5 overs

19:52 (IST) May 07

50 up for Rajasthan Royals in just 4.2 overs!

19:48 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Jaiswal, Buttler take on SRH pacers in powerplay

0 0 Wd 1 1 4 1 - Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler are up and running for the Royals inside powerplay. They both have added 34 runs in the first three overs. T Natarajan starts off his evening with an 8-run over. Change of ends for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. RR 34/0 after 3 overs

19:42 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - First maximum of the contest!

1 0 L4 4 1 Wd 6 - An expensive 17-run first over from Marco Jansen comes to an end with a monstrous strike from Yashasvi Jaiswal. The first SIX of the match is an 88-metre strike from Jaiswal. Jansen goes short and Jaiswal pulls it in style over the deep fence. Royals openers off to a fast start. T Natarajan replaces Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the other end after just one over. RR 26/0 after 2 overs

19:40 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Buttler off the mark with a boundary

FOUR! Easy pickings! Marco Jansen strays down the leg side twice and the ball races to the fence on both the occasions. The first one hit the thigh-pad of Jos Buttler but on the second occasion the Englishman manages to get his bat on the ball. Back-to-back boundaries for the Royals. RR 18/0 after 1.4 overs

19:35 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Jansen partners up with Bhuvi

4 0 0 4 1 0 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts off with a nine-run over that had a couple of boundaries in it. Yashasvi Jaiswal hitting both of them. Marco Jansen to share the new ball with Bhuvi from the other end. RR 9/0 after 1 over

19:33 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Boundary first ball for Jaiswal!

FOUR! Yashasvi Jaiswal opens his and Rajasthan Royals account with a boundary first ball off Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Streaky but safe! A length ball from Bhuvi and Jaiswal takes a couple of steps down the track. Chips the ball over the in-field and the ball just beats the fielder at mid-on and races to the fence. RR 4/0 after 0.1 overs

19:29 (IST) May 07

Game On!

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler are in the middle to begin the innings for Rajasthan Royals. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to start the proceedings for Sunrisers Hyderabad. A slip in place for Bhuvi. Jaiswal on strike. Here we go!

19:21 (IST) May 07

RR vs SRH IPL 2023 Live Score - Impact Substitutes

SRH - Harry Brook, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh | Rajasthan Royals - Devdutt Padikkal, Adam Zampa, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy

19:12 (IST) May 07

Royals bat first at home!

— IPL (@IPL)

19:07 (IST) May 07

Sunrisers Hyderabad XI

Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan

19:07 (IST) May 07

Rajasthan Royals XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal

19:05 (IST) May 07

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

19:05 (IST) May 07

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

19:01 (IST) May 07

Toss News

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson wins the toss and decides to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur.

18:56 (IST) May 07

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

18:54 (IST) May 07

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

18:54 (IST) May 07

JUST IN - Englishman Joe Root to feature for Rajasthan Royals in tonight's contest. He gets his cap ahead of the contest.

18:29 (IST) May 07

Form guide (last five matches, most recent first)

Rajasthan Royals - L L W L L | Sunrisers Hyderabad - L W L L L

18:24 (IST) May 07

All set!

— IPL (@IPL)

18:17 (IST) May 07

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

17:58 (IST) May 07

Every game a 'must-win' for Sunrisers from here!

SRH, on the other hand, have registered just three wins from nine games and are at the bottom of the table in the 10-team competition. SRH have been hit hard by the poor show of the batters. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal has failed to provide quick starts, putting immense pressure on the likes of Rahul Tripathi, skipper Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen to do the job. Harry Brook also seemed to have lost his touch after his unbeaten 100 as he scored just 63 runs in the next eight games. SRH's bowling unit led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar too needs to deliver for the side.

17:36 (IST) May 07

Match Preview

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17:36 (IST) May 07

Bowlers need to fire in unison

On the bowling front too, RR will have to pull up the socks with Trent Boult and Adam Zampa going for runs. The onus would be on Boult and Sandeep Sharma to provide a good start and the the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal taking charge.

17:23 (IST) May 07

You 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

17:23 (IST) May 07

Royals middle order in focus

In their last outing RR, which boasts of one of the potent opening duo of the in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler, put up a disastrous batting display. But the batters failed to live up to the expectations. RR have always looked like a dominating side when Jaiswal and Buttler click but the team management would be concerned with the inconsistent run of its middle-orders as the likes of Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer are yet to fire in unison.

17:23 (IST) May 07

RR remain in top four despite back-to-back defeats

Despite back-to-back defeats against Mumbai Indians and GT, RR have managed to hold on to their spot in the top four of the standings with five wins and as many losses.

17:23 (IST) May 07

Royals look to avoid a hat-trick of defeats

Bruised and battered in their last game, Rajasthan Royals would look for a much-improved effort from the batting unit against Sunrisers Hyderabad in order to avoid a hat-trick of defeats. RR dished out a shoddy batting display as they were bowled out for 118 by Gujarat Titans on Friday.

17:22 (IST) May 07

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Match 52 of IPL 2023 where Rajasthan Royals host Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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RR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2023: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan by 4 wickets in a high-scoring last-over thriller

SRH skipper Aiden Markram at the toss

RR skipper Sanju Samson at the toss

RR's Joe Root ahead of the start

Samuel Badree and Nick Knight in Pitch Report

SRH captain Aiden Markram after last game

RR coach Kumar Sangakkara after last game

Match Statistics

Venue

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

RR PLAYING XI

SRH PLAYING XI

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