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And Chris Morris's late assault almost won this one for RR!
SRH did well to hold their nerve and close out this match which propels them up the table.
A three-wicket haul from Bhuvaneshwar Kumar was the star show for SRH, whereas Steve Smith's fiery 68 went in vain for RR.
Even James Faulkner and Sanju Samson despite their best efforts could not rescue RR as the total was well beyond their range in the end.
So it is two points for SRH whereas RR go back to the drawing board.
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Over 20
RR - 194 for 7 lose by 7 runs
End of Innings.
And SRH escape here with a win....Morris almost won this for RR!
Single.
9 off 1 needed.
FOUR! Hammered down the track by Morris...still SRH have aon this now...barring a miracle!
Morris on strike.
What a knock by c morris!! #RRvsSRH
— ranjithkrishna (@ranjith4krishna) May 7, 2015
Two huge ones needed for RR!
13 off 2 needed.
Two runs.
15 off 3 needed.
Single.
Amazing match!
Bhuvaneshwar is the bowler.
16 off 4 now.
Single again.
17 off 5 needed.
Single.
Over 19
RR - 184 for 7
18 needed of the last over.
Single to end the over.
21 off the over so far.
19 from 7 needed.
Single.
Morris has turned the tie on it's head with that blast!
20 from 8 needed.
Two runs.
What a turn around!
22 from 9 needed.
He is on a rampage.
SIX SIX AND SIX! Morris is hammering Praveen here!
Over 18
RR - 162 for 4
End of Over.
RR - 157 for 7
He pulls a slog onto his stumps and is gone for 21.
GONE! And it is even beyond Samson now.
45 from 15 needed.
SIX AND SIX! Samson is going for it now...hammers two huge one's off Bhuvaneshwar.
RR - 145 for 6
Game over for RR?
OUT! And Faulkner is gone for 30....hammers one to Bopara at wide-long on.
Over 17
RR - 145 for 5
End of Over.
57 from 18 needed.
58 from 20 needed.
SIX! Whacked over deep-mid wicket by Samson...amazing timing!
67 from 23 needed.
Bopara to bowl this over.
Over 16
RR - 135 for 5
End of Over.
Clever bowling by Henriques which has him mixing the occassional slower one.
Can RR pull off a great escape here?
Faulkner is on 29 and has Samson for company.
@KarbonnSmart Morpheus is with us #RR fans ... Hold you nerves.. We haven't lost it yet #MachMatch #RRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/jnRI8R5Qm8
— Mr. Amazeball (@mramazeball) May 7, 2015
FOUR! Faulkner is going ballistic here...this one flies over the keeper to the boundary.
FOUR! Vihari valiantly tried to stop that at long-on but Faulkner's shot was too powerful!
Henriques the new bowler.
Over 15
RR - 126 for 5
End of Over.
RR - 121 for 5
Loses his off-stump.
BIG WICKET! Smith is out for 68...Bopara's slider was too fast for him.
Over 14
RR - 117 for 4
End of Over.
FOUR! Beautifully timed away to long-off by Smith...good timing.
Can RR pull off a stunning win?
Praveen to bowl this over.
Wohooo! Now they have started showing their Class! Go on @JamesFaulkner44 @stevesmith49 #RRvsSRH @rajasthanroyals #HallaBol
— Neha (@NehaYagnik) May 7, 2015
Over 13
RR - 107 for 4
End of Over.
95 meters.
MONSTER HIT! Smith dances down the track and sends it miles into the air.
WELL PLAYED!
HAMMERED! Smith reaches fifty with that huge shot which flies near the sight screens.
Over 12
RR - 93 for 4
End of Over.
Memories of Faulkner's assault on Ishant in the famous Inda-Australia ODI revoked!
SIX! A full-toss is mercilessly dispatched by Faulkner over deep-mid wicket.
117 from 51 needed.
KING JAMES!
SIX! Faulkner sweeps that one into the second tier stand of deep-mid wicket.
Can Smith-Faulkner rescue RR?
James Faulkner is the new batsman.
While Smith is holding up one end, the other end is falling like dominos. #RR need Smith and Faulkner to put up a good partnership. #RRvsSRH
— Tanvi (@TanviChitnis7) May 7, 2015
Ishant to bowl this over.
Over 11
RR - 77 for 4
WICKET! Hooda perishes for 7...slams it into Bhuvaneshwar's hands at deep-extra cover.
K Sharma is the bowler.
He is on 44.
FOUR! Cut away to backward point by Smith..fine tuned!
Over 10
RR - 68 for 3
End of Over.
#RRvsSRH If I were RR captain I would have loved seeing Sanju samson on field than in dugout, He is the one who can save the drowning ship
— Shashank (@FarziBatman) May 7, 2015
136 from 61 needed.
FOUR! Same shot...same result...Smith is going after the bowler.
RR need to switch gears fast!
GOOD SHOT! Smith hooks Henriques to deep-square leg for a boundary.
RR is in huge trouble aftet Morgan storm.. #RRvsSRH
— Muzamil ahmed (@Muzzukaiff) May 7, 2015
Why are RR holding Sanju Samson back...mystery it is!
Over 9
RR - 53 for 3
End of Over.
Dear Alan Wilkins, If Bopara had a Pandora's box of tricks, he'd have had a bag full of wickets. #RRvsSRH
— RuBluez (@RuBluez) May 7, 2015
And RR reach fifty.
Bopara is the bowler.
HUGE TASK AT HAND.
13.01 is the required run-rate for RR.
Over 8
RR - 47 for 3
End of Over.
Deepak Hooda is the new batsman.
RR - 45 for 3
Dances down the track and top-edges it to Ojha...he goes for 4.
TAKEN! Karun's patience runs out..so does his luck.
#IPL: Look, who's back! And with a bang! LIVE: http://t.co/GRzsEhFEND #RRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/o0Z11jzdZk
— cricketnext (@cricketnext) May 7, 2015
Henriques is the new bowler.
Over 7
RR - 43 for 2
Six off the over.
#RRvsSRH Morgan came out all guns blazing for today’s match! #IdeaTweet20 @SunRisers #PepsiIPL https://t.co/GLy2Wyx7yt
— Shravan (@kumarshraven) May 7, 2015
Karn Sharma to bowl this over.
Over 6
RR - 36 for 2
End of Over.
RR need him to play a special one.
Smith has reached 16.
#SRH missed 2 catches of Smith #RR will It be costly #RRvsSRH
— PowerStar (@VLCspeaks) May 7, 2015
Ishant to bowl this over.
Smith has been dropped twice in the game.
Over 5
RR - 35 for 2
End of Over.
DROPPED! Warner drops a chance in the deep...Karun gets a life-line.
FOUR! Edged away from the keeper by Smith.
Watson is out! But the bigger surprise is that it was Ishant Sharma who took him out. NOICE. #RRvsSRH
— ain (@ironicphonic) May 7, 2015
CLOSE! And he surives a lbw appeal to Praveen.
Karun Nair is the new batsman.
Over 4
RR - 30 for 2
He goes for 12.
WICKET! And Watson scoops that into Praveen's hands at mid-on.
No target is big enough when you have Ishant sharma in the opposite team #RRvsSRH
— Mesut Messi (@goldykahma) May 7, 2015
Ishant is paying dearly for his half-volleys.
CRACKING! Smith is going after Ishant Sharma...two boundaries hammered with disdain!
Over 3
RR - 21 for 1
Eight off the over.
CLOSE! An edge from Watson flies past the diving fielder at slip...four again.
GOOD SHOT! Watson punches that off the back-foot through the covers...four runs.
Bhuvaneshwar back in the attack.
Over 2
RR - 12 for 1
Four off the over.
Rahane is out! Bhuvi, you beautiful bowler, you. And good catch by Ojha! #RRvsSRH
— ain (@ironicphonic) May 7, 2015
GOOD SHOT.
FOUR! Watson flicks that to deep-square leg off Praveen.
Over 1
RR - 8 for 1
WICKET! Rahane edges one to Ojha...poor shot selection.
SRH have literally cruised to 201 for 4 thanks to Shikhar Dhawan's fine 54 and Eoin Morgan's fiery 63.
A total team-effort which saw them give the RR bowler's no chance.
RR were off-color in their bowling and simply could not halt the SRH charge.
It will be interesting to see as to whether their batsmen can step up and rise to the challenge now.
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Over 20
SRH - 201 for 4
End of Innings.
Bopara remians unbeaten on 17 while Ojha scores 8.
Single.
Last ball.
Bopara tries to whack that over long-on...but gets a single.
Two balls to go.
Can SRH end this with a flourish?
WIDE!
Morris to bowl the last over.
Over 19
SRH - 195 for 4
11 of Faulkner's over.
FOUR! Ojha ends the over with a sublime boundary...the fielder could not avert that one rocketing away.
That was some vintage Eoin Morgan innings,sublime touch... #RRvsSRH #SRH #IPL
— कृष्ण कुमार (@WakeUpKriish) May 7, 2015
Over 18
SRH - 184 for 4
Naman Ojha is the new man at crease.
SRH - 180 for 4
WICKET! And Morgan goes after a fiery 63...Smith takes an easy catch at long-off.
HAMMERED! Morgan cuts loose and smashes a good-length delivery over wide-long off.
Shane Watson is back in the attack.
Over 17
SRH - 170 for 3
End of Over.
GOOD KNOCK.
FOUR! And a cut shot to third-man brings up his half-century.
SIX! Morgan dances down the traqck and hammers it over long-on.
Hyderabadi gun powder #RRvsSRH
— Mohammed YöUSūF (@YsfXlnt) May 7, 2015
GOOD KNOCK!
Morgan has reached 40.
FOUR! Shoddy fielding which sees a cut shot from Morgan fly away through backward-square.
Over 16
SRH - 151 for 3
End of Over.
SIX! And Morgan ends the over with a fine shot down the teack which rockets away.
GOOD SHOT! Morgan drives that beautifully through covers for a boundary.
CLOSE! Pravin Tambe entices an edge from Morgan which Samson cannot latch on to.
Over 15
SRH - 133 for 3
End of Over.
FOUR! Runs behind the keeeper and fielder at slip..Lucky boundary for Bopara!
Single.
Ravi Bopara is the new batsman.
SRH - 127 for 3
TAKE A BOW!
WICKET! And Faulkner ends Dhawan's adventure for 54...castles him with a beauty!
Over 14
SRH - 126 for 2
End of Over.
CLEVER.
FOUR! Cut away to deep-third man by Dhawan.
STAND AND DELIVER.
FIFTY! Dhawan hoicks that over deep-square leg.
Single.
Hooda is the bowler.
Two runs.
Over 13
SRH - 109 for 2
End of Over.
SIX! Hammered down the track by Morgan...superb shot.
FOUR! Morgan smashes that through covers...fine tuned!
Morgan was rattled by a good bouncer by Watson.
GOOD BALL.
happy RT @cricketnext: #IPL: David Warner hits a new milestone in IPL 8! LIVE: #RRvsSRH… https://t.co/iTSEgetZST pic.twitter.com/pgq5FHiaMI
— Chikori c c (@chikori_c) May 7, 2015
ORANGE!
SRH in cruise control mode here.
Single.
Dhawan has reached 40.
Watson is the bowler.
Single.
Over 12
SRH - 96 for 2
End of Over.
Single.
Arun lal is a wicket taking comentrator #RRvsSRH
— Mandar Sangvikar (@MandarSangvikar) May 7, 2015
No run.
Hooda is the bowler.
Single.
Single.
Over 11
SRH - 91 for 2
End of Over.
Dot ball.
Eoin Morgan is the new batsman.
Single.
SRH - 89 for 2
BOWLED! And Henriques goes for 20...a cheeky shot led to the wicket.
Tambe is the bowler.
Single.
Over 10
SRH - 88 for 1
No run to end the over.
Ajinkya Rahane's super effort #RRvsSRH #IPL @rajasthanroyals https://t.co/Ht7Ih8MkUN
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL8_2015) May 7, 2015
Two runs.
SRH are flying now.
FOUR! And Henriques slams that to deep-mid wicket...fine tuned.
Single.
Faulkner is back in the attack.
Single.
Over 9
SRH - 76 for 1
End of Over.
Single.
Single.
Tambe is the bowler.
SIX! Swept away by Dhawan to deep-mid wicket....amazing shot.
Over 8
SRH - 67 for 1
Dot ball to end the over.
FOUR! Smashed away through covers by Dhawan...good timing!
Kulkarni is testing Dhawan here...accurate bowling.
Dot ball.
Ajinkya Rahane is faster than light .#RRvsSRH
— TweeterBoy (@IPLUSINFINITY) May 7, 2015
Dot ball.
Kulkarni is bowling this over.
GOOD SHOT.
WHACKED! Dhawan hammers that to deep-extra cover with disdain.
Over 7
SRH - 58 for 1
End of Over.
Single.
GOOD STOP! Ajinkya Rahane is his usual live wire on field...great reflexes to avert that!
No run.
Pravin Tambe to bowl this over.
Over 6
SRH - 56 for 1
No run.
SRH are cruising now.
Two runs.
Single.
The stress is finally sinking in. Warner is out. Time to see if the changes to the middle order pay off. #RRvsSRH
— ain (@ironicphonic) May 7, 2015
James Faulkner to bowl this over.
Single.
Moises Henriques is the new batsman.
Over 5
SRH - 49 for 1
Single to end the over.
SRH - 48 for 1
Warner goes after a fine 24.
WICKET! Watson nabs the big wicket...entices an edge from Warner to Samson.
FOUR AND FOUR! Warner is on fire...literally...Watson bears the brunt.
Over 4
SRH - 40 for 0
Single to end the over.
WIDE AND FOUR! An off-day for the RR bowlers by the looks of it...leaking away the runs!
No run.
GREAT SHOT.
CRACKED AWAY! Warner hammers that to long-off..the ball rockets away!
look-a-like @SDhawan25 !!! @SunRisers #RRvsSRH #PepsiIPL pic.twitter.com/J0MQ1CnoJH
— Anupam (@Akkaler) May 7, 2015
Single.
No run.
Morris to Warner.
Over 3
SRH - 28 for 0
End of Over.
FOUR! An all to familiar trend by now...Dhawan is rollicking here!
No run.
Dot ball.
Empty Stands Galore for the #RRvsSRH game. Expensive Tickets for a 4 pm game on a working day in THIS Mumbai heat ? No Thank You. #IPL
— Aditya (@forwardshortleg) May 7, 2015
FOUR! Cut away to deep-fine leg...Dhawan on fire.
Dhawal Kulkarni to bowl this over.
Over 2
SRH - 18 for 0
End of Over.
No run.
Dot ball.
WARNERvsRR #RRvsSRH
— Ajay Sihag (@apsihag) May 7, 2015
Dot ball.
Warner is looking in awesome form.
Dot ball.
FOUR! Morris' first ball is flicked away by Warner to fine-leg...good shot.
Over 1
SRH - 13 for 0
End of Over.
FOUR! Shoddy fielding by RR...give away a wasteful boundary.
Dot ball.
#RR win toss, opt to bowl against #SRH #IPL #IPL2015 #RRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/dL0HC1EqzC
— IPL Crazy Fans Club (@iplcrazyfans) May 7, 2015
Single.
FOUR! Driven through covers by Dhawan...good shot.
Dot ball.
Hooda to Dhawan.
Can they do a volte-face today?
SRH were miserable against KKR last time around.
Deepak Hooda to open the bowling for RR.
David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan have walked in to bat for SRH.
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RR - AM Rahane, SR Watson*, SPD Smith, KK Nair, SV Samson†, STR Binny, JP Faulkner, CH Morris, DJ Hooda, DS Kulkarni, PV Tambe
SRH - S Dhawan, DA Warner*, MC Henriques, EJG Morgan, RS Bopara, NV Ojha†, GH Vihari, KV Sharma, P Kumar, B Kumar, I Sharma
TOSS TIME - RR have won the toss and elect to field first.
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