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Updated : May 02, 2024, 11:24 PM IST
In the 50th match of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad at 7:30 PM IST. Rajasthan Royals currently lead the points table with 8 wins in 9 matches, while Sunrisers Hyderabad is in 4th place with 5 wins in 9 games.
With both teams having won 9 matches each in their head-to-head battles, another exciting clash is anticipated.
Jaydev Unadkat into the attack, replaces Cummins. Two singles off as many deliveries to start off. Unadkat goes short and Jaiswal pulls it through the ground, good piece of fielding from Shahbaz in the deep. Overhead wide. A double to end the over
Jansen to Jaiswal. A bit full next as Jaiswal pushes it off-side for a dot ball. Another dot follows as Jaiswal drives it to the covers, straight to a fielder. FOUR!!! Jaiswal pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. A single next. An out-swinger next that is left by Parag, dot ball. A bouncer to end the over with a dot ball.
Avesh to Head, two wide balls to start. Head hits a six over deep square. A wide yorker for a dot. Another wide, Head misses and survives a close run-out. Head out as he tries to scoop, but the ball hits the stumps off his bat.
Avesh Khan bowls to Nitish as SRH take two quick singles. He delivers a wide yorker for a dot ball, followed by a lofted shot over mid-wicket for a flat SIX by Nitish. The next delivery is a bouncer resulting in another dot ball. A full-toss ends the over, pushed by the batter for a single on the on-side.
Ashwin replaces Sandeep. he tosses it up and goes straight, Head makes room and tries to loft it but fails. However, the ball falls short of the fielder inside the circle. Full and straight, Head picks it up and lofts it over long on for a SIX. SIngle to finish the over, nine came off it
Avesh Khan strikes with his first delivery! Abhishek tries to clear the fence but Dhurv Jurel takes an easy catch. Anmolpreet Singh enters and hits a four over midwicket to get off the mark. Head then finds the boundary through the gap between point fielders with a straight shot.
Ravi Ashwin to bowl the second. And he starts off with a dot. Tossed up and Abhishek capitalises, he comes down the ground and hits it straight into the stands for a SIX! Angled towards the pads, Abhishek trickles it for a single. Eight off the over
Boult's first delivery moves away from Head, who slashes at it. The ball flies past Riyan Parag, who almost catches it but misses the opportunity. Boult then targets Abhishek's pads, and the batter plays it with a straight bat for a single. Six runs come from the first over.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan
Pat Cummins win the toss and elect to bat first!
Samson: We also wanted to bat looking at the conditions. It does suit the team, we have done both well this season. The momentum is the key in this tournament. Lot of things have been working well. To recognise what is working well, we just want to stick with that.
Pat Cummins: We are gonna have a bat. The games we have won, we batted first. That's probably our strength. Looks like a good wicket.
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Upendra Yadav, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Akash Maharaj Singh