Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first against Rajasthan.
Hyderabad and Rajasthan will have to overcome the unexpected loss of their respective captains, David Warner and Steve Smith, when the two teams clash in the IPL 2018 on Monday. Rain could play spoilsport as Hyderabad had been hit by a hailstorm and heavy showers on Saturday.
Here's what happened at the match:
23:05
Hyderabad beat Rajasthan by 9 wickets.
A blockbuster start to the season for Hyderabad, clinical and dominating as it gets. Firstly, their bowlers with a disciplined effort restricted the opposition to a scanty 125 and then when they came out to bat, it was Shikhar Dhawan who just stole the show. He was dropped on 0 by Ajinkya Rahane and boy, he made them pay big time as he just tore them apart. Not sure if that dropped chance would have made much of a difference but at least the mockery that the southpaw made, wouldn't have been the
22:24
Hyderabad- 50 partnership between Dhawan and Williamson.
Kane Williamson was taken at mid-on but that was free hit. Williamson then brings Dhawan on stike who then hits a couple of fours to make a bad over even worse for Laughlin.
Hyderabad: 57/1
22:19
Dhawan and Williamson are taking the game away.
Hyderabad need 81 to win off 90 balls
21:40
Rajasthan post 125/9 in their 20 overs, Hyderabad have to make 126 to win.
Rahane will be dissapointed with the way his batsmen have surrendered.
21:37
OUT
Jaydev Unadkat is run out. Yusuf Pathan with a bullet throw from the boundary.
Rajasthan: 122/9
21:35
OUT
Shreyas Gopal departs. Bhuvneshwar gets the wicket.
Rajasthan: 122/8
21:28
OUT
Jos Buttler falls, for just 6. Rashid bowls a Googly and Buttler is all over the place, ends up getting an inside edge on to the stumps.
21:11
Another one bites the dust. K Gautham is gone- Rajasthan are 96/6 after 14.4 overs now.
21:08
OUT
Sanju Samson misses out on a half-century. Shakib gets another. Shakib draws out Samson, bowls it slow outside off and Samson comes out but the connection is not good. Rashid slides in to complete the catch.
Rajasthan: 94/5 after 13.5 overs
21:05
OUT
Tripathi falls for 17. Rajasthan are losing wickets quickly.
Rajasthan: 92/4 after 13.2 overs
20:40
OUT
Oh, it gone from bad to worse for Rajasthan. Big Ben Stokes is gone.
Rajasthan: 63/3 after 9 overs
20:30
OUT
Big blow for Rajasthan as Ajinkya Rahane departs for just 13. Siddharth Kaul gets the wicket.
Rajasthan: 52/2 after 6.5 overs
20:15
Sanju Samson has joined Rahane in the middle.
20:07
OUT
Not a great IPL debut for D'Arcy Short. He is run out for just 4. Williamson picks it up from mid off and throws it on the stumps. Short is caught short (had to make that pun).
19:50
19:45
Here are the two teams:
Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Wriddimaan Saha, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, Siddharth Kaul
Rajasthan: Ajinkya Rahane, D'Arcy Short, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, R Tripathi, Jose Buttler, K Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin
19:40
Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first against Rajasthan
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