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Good game which went till the fag end. Ajinkya Rahane's 62 was the cornerstone of RR's innings which helped them to a great start. And of course James Faulkner held his nerve in the end to ensure that RR pulled off a fine last-ball win.
As for SRH...their performance left a lot to be desired overall!
Man-of-the-Match is Ajinkya Rahane for his fine 62.
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Over 20
RR - 131 for 4 win by six wickets
He is unbeaten on 6.
FOUR! And he hits the all-important boundary through covers...great win for RR!
Faulkner needs to smash this one for a single looks out of context!
Everyone is brought in the circle to prevent the single.
Warner is looking tense..he and Praveen are pondering for which field to opt?
Faulkner on strike for the last ball.
One from one...what will happen here?
And it goes down to the last ball.
Single.
Pressure here for both teams.
Praveen to Binny.
Amaing contest so far.
2 from 2 needed.
Faulkner mis-hits one...runs home.
Single.
If SRH win this one, it would be memorable indeed.
MISS! Faulkner misses one that pitches near off...3 of 3 now!
SRH are rejigging their field placements here.
Faulkner on strike.
3 off 4 needed.
CLOSE! Binny scrambles away for a single...escapes being run-out!
Praveen to Binny.
Might Be Early To Say, But Ajinkya Rahane Does Have Potential To Become India's Rahul Dravid In Future. RT If Agree. #SRHvsRR #RRvSRH #IPL
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 16, 2015
4 off 5 needed.
Single by Faulkner.
Can SRH pull off an unlikely win?
Praveen to bowl.
Over 19
RR - 123 for 4
5 from the last over!
FOUR! binny's wild swing goes to the boundary.
9 from 7 needed.
Single.
Faulkner strides in...finisher he is!
RR - 118 for 4
He goes for 62.
WICKET! Rahane loses his off-stump...do SRH have a chance here?
RR should close this one out on all probability.
10 from 9 now.
Single.
Rahane is on 62.
11 from 10 needed.
Single...SRH have lost the plot.
Boult to bowl this over.
Over 18
RR - 116 for 3
12 from 12 needed.
Single.
13 from 13 needed.
SRH have look cluless on field tonight...a poor performance overall.
Single.
FOUR! Rahane slams that to deep-mid wicket...15 from 15 needed.
Absolutely no competition whatsoever! #SRHvsRR #IPL8
— Maloy Kumar Roy (@maloy_roy) April 16, 2015
Rahane has been spectacular so far.
RR have the game in the bag...almost!
Single by Binny.
Bhuvi in the attack.
20 from 18 needed.
Over 17
RR - 108 for 3
End of Over.
SRH's bowling has all but failed tonight.
Single.
One knows the value of Rahane when he plays for the opposition team. #SRHvsRR
— Sir Lazy (@iLazyLad) April 16, 2015
22 from 22 needed.
GREAT SHOT! Rahane whips that to mid-wicket...fine tuned that one for a four!
26 from 23 needed.
Bopara to bowl this over.
Over 16
RR - 101 for 3
End of Over.
RR also reach the 100-run mark.
Single..and Rahane reaches fifty..well played!
29 from 26 needed.
Rahane needs one more for a fine fifty.
30 from 28 needed.
GOOD BALL! Almost beat Binny's defences...swung in sharply.
Reddy to bowl this over.
Over 15
RR - 96 for 3
FOUR! Rahane chips that to square-leg..reaches 49.
Binny is the new batsman.
RR - 91 for 3
WICKET! Nair is out for 1..laps it straight into Bopara's hands
Rahane is on 45...and has wrested the Orange Cap back from skipper Smith!
A tad too late for SRH?
Bopara is the bowler.
37 from 35 needed.
K Nair is the new batsman.
Over 14
They have almost clinched it now.
RR - 90 for 2
End of Over.
Smith out !!! #SRHvsRR
— Abhilashnaidu (@142Naidu) April 16, 2015
38 from 37 needed.
Single.
FOUR! And Rahane hits a fine shot through covers..he is on 43.
RR - 84 for 2
Smith goes for 13.
WICKET! Smith plays it into Warner's hands at Cover...Karn has the big wicket here.
Over 13
RR - 80 for 1
Single to end the over.
And he gets the Orange Cap...as for now!
Rahane is on 38...fine knock by him.
Bopara is the bowler.
50 from 46 needed.
Over 12
RR - 77 for 1
Single to End the Over.
FOUR! And Smith gets in the hang of things..hits that one to long-on..fine shot.
Ajinkya rahane.. wat a beauty you are.. #SRHvsRR #IPL2015
— Abhishek Agarwal (@abhi526) April 16, 2015
57 from 52 needed...all too easy now for RR?
SMASHED AWAY! Rahane hits that to square-leg..awesome timing!
RR almost have reached the half-way line here.
Boult to Smith...Single.
Over 11
RR - 65 for 1
End of Over.
GOOD BALL! Bopara beats Rahane with a beauty which rises away.
63 from 56 needed...Rahane is on 33...good knock by the lad so far.
Skipper Smith walks in...can he produce another blitz here?
RR - 64 for 1
Samson goes for 26.
But is it too little too late for SRH.
WICKET! SRH hit back...Samson edges Bopara to the wicket-keeper.
Over 10
RR - 63 for 0
Single to end the over.
Two runs...great alertness showed by the duo between wickets.
Both batsmen look in the groove here.
68 from 64 needed.
The usual trickle of runs continue on.
I like to watch #TestCricket rather than #IPL #SRHvsRR #IPL2015 #WIvsENG #GaryBallance
— PRATAP THAPA (@yourpratap) April 16, 2015
K Sharma back in the attack.
Over 9
RR - 57 for 0
End of Over.
Single
Both batsmen are milking it around here.
72 from 68 needed.
Rahane-Samson have set things perfectly for RR here...they need a calculated assault later on.
Ffity partnership up.
Single by Rahane.
Praveen back in the attack.
77 to win off 12 overs...certainly not impossible for RR!
Over 8
RR - 51 for 0
End of Over.
GOOD BALL! That one spun a mile.
Rahane is on 26 wjile Samson is on 20.
Karn is keeping things tight here.
79 from 76 needed.
Single by Rahane.
48 run partnership so far.
Karn Sharma to bowl this over.
Over 7
RR - 48 for 0
Dot ball to end the over.
FOUR! Samson edges one and it races behind to the boundary...lucky!
FOUR! Whipped away by Samson to deep-mid wicket...fine shot!
RR are going steady at the moment.
90 from 83 needed.
And SRH are leading the Fairplay award list at that!
Praveen chugs in.
Over 6
RR - 36 for 0
Single to end the over.
FOUR! Rahane hits that over mid-on...the fielder can't reach it...boundary.
100 from 88 needed now.
127 is not enough against strong #RR ! I guass #SRH may be 20 or 30 runs short. Well bowled Royals. #SRHvsRR #IPL
— Imran khan (@imkhan5csn) April 16, 2015
Bhuvi is back in the attack.
Over 5
RR - 27 for 0
Dot ball to end the over.
Swing Kings = SRH?
Even Kumar is getting the ball to swing!
Rahane has reached 15...good start for him...he needs to stick at crease for a long time.
P Kumar is the new bowler.
Over 4
RR- 22 for 0
End of Over.
FOUR! And Rahane gets a much needed boundary...flicked away to fine-leg.
GOOD BALL! Another out-swinger beats Rahane hands down..Boult looks good.
A trickle of runs coming by off this over.
RR have slowly but steadily got off the mark.
Boult steams in...SRH need to 'Boult RR' here!
Over 3
RR - 14 for 0
Dot ball to end the over.
GOOD BALL! Nice swing from Bhuvi...Samson was clueless with one the swung away rapidly!
Indian umpires. LOL. #SRHvsRR
— Sir Lazy (@iLazyLad) April 16, 2015
And Bhuvi is back in the attack.
Over 2
Good start so far for RR
RR - 11 for 0
Dot ball.
Boult is looking good here...SRH need a wicket from him.
CLOSE! And Rahane survives a leg-before appeal...'Boult from the blue'?
Dot ball.
FOUR! Boult's delivery is glided away to fine-leg by Rahane...good start for him so far.
Over 1
SRH - 6 for 0
Bhuvi swings that one...Rahane manages to ward it off.
GOOD BALL.
FOUR! Rahane cuts that away to square-leg...a beauty at that!
Dot ball to Samson.
SRH have packed the off-side here.
RR need a solid start here.
Single.
Bhuvaneshwar to Rahane.
And Sanju Samson and Rahane walk in to bat for RR.
Sunrisers finish at 127 for 5. Not a huge total at that one. Highlights of the innnings for SRH was David Warner's fine cameo and Eoin Morgan-Naman Ojha's partnership which steadied the ship.
This remains the lowest total in IPL 8 so far.
SRH need a super-human effort to defend this one.
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Over 20
SRH - 127 for 5
Two..Reddy hits that to long-on and ends the innings.
Last ball from Southee.
Single again...Bopara tries to hook it out..but cannot connect properly.
Two to go.
Yorker played away by Reddy.
Single.
Last three balls to go.
Single! Hooked by Bopara and falls short of the man at square-leg.
Single...cheeky and Reddy scrambles for a quick one.
SIX! Reddy hits that over the ropes off Southee...Faulkner takes it but inside the ropes!
Over 19
SRH - 115 for 5
GOOD STOP! Smith dives full lenght and averts a sure-shot boundary at extra-cover.
Big one's needed from him now.
CLOSE! And Bopara survives a run-out chance.
MAXIMUM! That one flies far far into the stands...great hit by Bopara!
SRH need runs here.
Tambe is back.
Over 18
Can they blast through in the last two overs?
SRH - 104 for 5
End of Over.
Dot ball.
FOUR1 Bopara hits that through mid-off..good shot.
SRH are crawling for the moment.
SRH desperately need big hits now.
Morris to bowl this one.
Over 17
SRH - 98 for 5
End of Over.
Huge respionsibilty on Ashish Reddy now.
Tambe gets the in-form man here.
SRH - 96 for 5
WICKET! Morgan is snapped up by Tambe for 27...a sweep shot gone wrong horribly.
Over 16
SRH - 95 for 4
Single to end the over.
Sedate over so far..SRH need to get into fourth gear to pile up runs.
If you want proof that you shouldn't give up on your dreams, just watch Pravin Tambe. #SRHvsRR
— Sir Jadeja (@pbarde1) April 16, 2015
Hooda is the new bowler...SRH and Morgan need to accelerate..fast!
Over 15
SRH - 90 for 4
Dot ball to end the over.
And he gets off the mark with a single.
Ravi Bopara is the new batsman.
SRH - 87 for 4
He goes for 25.
Ojha is castled by a beauty.
WICKET! Tambe pulls out a stunner of a delivery...that one flummoxed Ojha.
Over 14
SRH - 87 for 3
End of Over.
FOUR! Cut away by Morgan to square-leg...good timing.
Run-rate is 6.00..good going for SRH so far.
Southee has failed to make an impact so far.
Southee to bowl this over...RR need a breakthrough here.
Over 13
SRH - 79 for 3
DROPPED! Ojha is let off at the boundary..another reprive for him!
RR need a Tambe special here!
Tambe is the new bowler.
Over 12
SRH - 75 for 3
HOOKED AWAY! Great shot to end the over by Morgan..that one flies to square-leg.
This stay a while, we'll review that is very annoying every time. Umpire decision should be final, doesn't it? #IPL2015 #SRHvsRR
— gowthAm kAturi (@gautam050) April 16, 2015
SRH have swung back the momentum as for now.
Binny comes in to bowl.
Over 11
SRH - 67 for 3
End of Over.
FOUR! Ojha flicks that to third-man.
Single by Ojha.
Ojha and Morgan are on 12 each.
SIX! And Morgan makes the most of it as he sends that into the stands...maximum.
SRH escape here.
Yes Faulkner!! Keep giving us those no balls, yeah? #OrangeArmy #IPL #SRH #SRHvsRR
— Ramya. (@BiryaniZiall) April 16, 2015
FREE HIT!
NO BALL! Reprieve for Ojha..he was initially caught off Faulkner..but now he survives.
Over 10
SRH - 55 for 3
Two to end the over.
Binny's slowish-medium deliveries can help RR get another wicket.
And finally gets a single.
Morgan looks uncomfortable facing Binny here.
Binny is the new bowler.
Over 9
SRH - 51 for 3
Dot ball.
Morgan looks like the best bet as for now.
SRH have some task at hand now...they have to revive their innings.
WIDE BALL.
FOUR! Glanced away to fine-leg by Ojha.
Faulkner to bowl his first over.
Over 8
SRH - 43 for 3
Dot ball.
E Morgan : Form is temporary and Class is permanent #SRHvsRR #IPL
— SST (@SanjaySTank) April 16, 2015
If Kulkarni gets a couple more...then SRH are in real trouble!
Single by Ojha.
2 for 6...impressive figures so far for the Mumbai based lad.
Kulkarni is back again.
Over 7
SRH - 40 for 3
End of Over.
Single by Morgan.
Superb bowling by @dhawal_kulkarni & top class fielding from @ajinkyarahane88 once again!! @rajasthanroyals on top #SRHvsRR #IPL8
— yash agarwal (@yashagarwal685) April 16, 2015
FOUR! Flies away through cover...Ohja opens his account.
Beaten on the off...Ojha tries to connect but fails.
Morris to Ojha.
Over 6
SRH - 35 for 3
Wicket maiden for Kulkarni.
Well left by Morgan.
Single by Morgan...Kulkarni has taken two wickets in a jiffy.
Eoin Morgan joins Naman Ojha at crease...SRH are tottering here!
SRH - 35 for 3
Rahul goes for 2.
GONE! Rahul is plumb by Kulkarni..amazing ball that just swung in and rapped his pads.
Over 5
SRH - 35 for 2
End of Over.
RR have the big wicket...Warner walks off in a huff for 21.
DIRECT HIT! And Warner is gone...great throw by Rahane.
Warner ko dekh super Mario yaad aagaya :p #SRHvsRR #OrangeArmy
— Abhilashnaidu (@142Naidu) April 16, 2015
He has to give Warner excellent company tonight.
KL Rahul is the new batsman.
Warner is looking ominously good...and even mutters something to the on-field camera.
Single.
SIX! Warner smacks that one and greets Southee with a big one.
Over 4
SRH - 25 for 1
End of Over
He goes for 10.
WICKET! And Dhawan perishes...edges it to the wicket-keeper off a ball that just nips away.
GOOD SHOT! Dhawan hits that through short-mid wicket for a fine boundary.
Single.
Swing and Miss again...Kulkarni is testing the Aussie here.
GOOD BALL! Warner tries to slash at one that swings outside...and misses.
Kulkarni to bowl this over.
Warner is the leading run-scorer in IPL 8 now.
Over 3
SRH - 19 for 0
End of Over.
Dot ball to Warner.
Single.
Smith havent lost a match in his captaincy this summer. Captained 3 Tests, 1 ODI, 3 #IPL matches #SRHvsRR
— Zɑяєєη #KXIP Mascot (@HollyFerling5) April 16, 2015
Dot ball.
FOUR! Hit away to extra-cover...fine shot by Shikhar.
Two dot balls to Shikhar.
Hooda to bowl this over.
Over 2
SRH - 13 for 0
End of Over.
Dot ball.
Dot ball.
FOUR! This one is glided through leg-gully...great shot.
The second boundary was cut away beautiully by Warner...way to go.
Another big one from the Aussie tonight?
FOUR and FOUR! Warner show begins...two in a row off Morris!
Over 1
SRH - 1 for 0
End of Over.
CLOSE! Smith just about holds on to Dhawan's edge at square-leg.
YORKED! Another fine ball from Southee which Dhawan blocks.
Good ball...Southee beats Shkihar with a fine one that swings away.
Dot ball to Shikhar.
Single...flicked away to third-man by Warner.
RR need to get rid of Warner quickly before he gets in groove.
Dot ball.
Southee to Warner.
Game on #SRH #Orangearmy orange mode!!! #ipl #srhvsrr
— Tharun KC (@3a0_kc) April 16, 2015
Another Warner special tonight?
And David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan come in to bat for SRH.
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No Dale Steyn again for SRH...mystery?
SRH XI - Warner (C), Dhawan, Rahul, Morgan, Ojha (WK), Bopara, Reddy, K Sharma, P Kumar, B Kumar, Boult
RR XI - Rahane, Samson (WK), Smith (C), Nair, Binny, Hooda, Faulkner, Morris, Southee, Kulkarni, Tambe
TOSS TIME! And Steven Smith (RR) has won the toss and has opted to bowl first.
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Welcome to LIVE coverage of Match 11 of IPL 8 which has Sunrisers Hyderabad hosting Rajasthan Royals at Vishakapatnam.
Here is the Match Preview for the game.
Rajasthan are flying in IPL 8 with three wins out of three, where as Sunrisers are rising thanks to David Warner's amazing half-century in their previous match against RCB.
RR skipper Steven Smith is in fine form as his superb 79 ensured that the Men-in-Purple edged out Mumbai Indians in a three-wicket thriller in the previous match.
Even RR's Deepak Hooda is expected to fire given his heroics against Delhi Daredevils previously.
Warner will be the guy to watch out for Sunrisers especially after his blazing knock against RCB, and the RR bowlers including Tim Southee will have to find out ways to dismiss him early on.
This contest may just prove to be another cliff-hanger that IPL 8 has produced in it's initial half, and it reamains to be seen as to whether SRH can halt RR' winning streak.
