A maiden T20 century from Jos Buttler arrange Rajasthan Royals’s convincing 55-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) sport on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Buttler smacked 124 off 64 that powered RR to 220 for 3 in 20 overs.
Chasing a mammoth goal of 221, Mustafizur Rahman and Chris Morris took three wickets every as SRH had been restricted to 165 for eight wickets in 20 overs.
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Put in to bat first, RR misplaced Yashavi Jaiswal lbw to Rashid Khan early. However, Buttler’s second-wicket partnership with captain Sanju Samson – 150 runs off 88 balls with Samson scoring 48 off 33 – drove RR.
SRH missed an opportunity early to take away Buttler. Rashid Khan hit Buttler’s pad with the batsman attempting to reverse sweep, however the umpire turned down the lbw attraction. SRH didn’t have a assessment remaining both, as they’d burnt theirs in an attraction towards Jaiswal.
That proved to be very expensive as Buttler made use of the reprieve. He struggled to get going initially, taking 37 balls for his first 42 runs. From there, although, he kicked on to punish SRH’s hapless bowling.
SRH went for the kill early, bowling out Rashid Khan as early because the eleventh over, the earliest he has completed a spell within the IPL. But as soon as Buttler and Samson noticed him out, there was loads of runs on the provide.
Samson fell to Vijay Shankar trying to assault within the seventeenth over, after which Buttler acquired his ton, off 56 balls. He then smashed Sandeep Sharma round in a 24-run nineteenth over earlier than falling to him within the final ball.
By then, he had performed greater than sufficient harm.
SRH went in with a brand new opening pair in Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey, with David Warner being axed. The duo began nicely, including 57 within the Power Play. However, the primary ball after the Power Play triggered a turnaround and Mustafizur Rahman bowled Pandey for 31 off 20.
SRH’s solely hope was a giant one from Jonny Bairstow, however that wasn’t to be. He fell within the subsequent over, trying to assault Rahul Tewatia unsuccessfully. He was caught at lengthy on.
Kane Williamson struggled, Vijay Shankar did not take the chance and Kedar Jadhav couldn’t get going. Mustafizur and Chris Morris stored getting wickets at common intervals to finish SRH’s probabilities.
SRH are firmly on the backside of the desk after the loss.
Brief scores: RR 220/3 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 124, Sanju Samson 48; Rashid Khan 1/24) vs SRH 165/8 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 31, Jonny Bairstow 30; Mustafizur Rahman 3/20, Chris Morris 3/29)
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