Rajiv Gandhi International (*72*) Stadium underneath flood lights throughout IPL 2023 cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International (*72*) Stadium, in Hyderabad, on April 2, 2023.
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Rajasthan Royals crushed Sunrisers Hyderabad by an enormous 72-run margin in a one-sided match to start out their 2023 Indian Premier League marketing campaign on a profitable notice right here on Sunday.
Half-centuries from openers Jos Buttler (54) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (54) and captain Sanju Samson (55) propelled Rajasthan Royals to an enormous 203 for five batting first, after which Trent Boult (4-1-21-2) and Yuzvendra Chahal (4-0-17-4) ran via SRH’s batting line-up, sharing six wickets between them to seal the sport in emphatic type.
Chasing 204, SRH might handle a meagre 131 for 8 in 20 overs as Jason Holder, enjoying in opposition to his former franchise, returned with figures of 3-0-16-1 whereas Ravichandran Ashwin recorded 4-0-27-1.
Mayank Agarwal’s 27 (23 balls, 3x4s) was the one shiny spot for SRH within the high order whereas debutant Harry Brook, enjoying his first IPL sport, managed 13 (21 balls, 1x4s) earlier than he was cleaned up by Chahal.
Boult rocked SRH twice within the first over, cleansing up Abhishek Sharma (0) within the third ball and an excellent catch on his left on first slip by Holder noticed Rahul Tripathi strolling again for a two-ball duck.
SRH by no means recovered from the poor begin as rampant RR saved making inroads.
Brook fell within the seventh over whereas Holder removed Washington Sundar (1) within the ninth.
In the tenth over, whereas Ashwin had Glenn Phillips (8) caught by KM Asif, Chahal ended Agarwal’s resistance within the subsequent over to seal the sport in favour of his aspect.
SRH’s impression substitute Adbul Samad remained unbeaten on a run-a-ball 32 whereas RR’s Navdeep Saini bowled two costly overs for 34 runs, giving freely 23 within the ultimate over of the sport.
Earlier, final 12 months’s runner-up aspect RR made a rollicking begin, amassing 203 for 5, ripping aside the Bhuvneshwar Kumar-led SRH in their very own yard to pile up season’s highest complete but.
In the method, additionally they turned the primary group to breach the 200-run mark.
One of the constant performers within the IPL for RR over the previous few years, Buttler made a sensational begin stroking his solution to a 22-ball 54 with seven fours and three sixes till his assault was ended by SRH debutant Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Buttler began with a six off Bhuvneshwar within the third over and smacked 4 boundaries off T. Natarajan within the fifth over to make it an ideal begin for the Royals, after SRH stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar opted to bowl.
Buttler hit three extra fours within the subsequent over from Afghanistan’s Farooqi earlier than the left-armer cleaned him as much as finish the opening stand for 85 that got here off simply 35 balls.
RR’s 85 for one was general the sixth highest complete for any group within the powerplay whereas it was additionally their highest rating within the first six overs in IPL historical past.
The dismissal, nonetheless, had no impact on RR’s cost as their skipper Samson teamed up with Jaiswal so as to add 54 runs for the second wicket, with the group crossing the 100-run mark within the eighth over.
RR, although, misplaced some steam with common fall of wickets and it took them the penultimate ball of the innings to get previous the 200-mark.
If Buttler was ruthless at one finish, Jaiswal efficiently transitioned his home circuit kind into making a robust opening to IPL 2023 with ease.
The left-handed batter introduced up his general fourth fifty within the competitors, ending at 54 off 37 balls with 9 hits to the fence.
Farooqi obtained the second wicket for SRH within the thirteenth over with Abhishek Sharma taking a superb catch to dismiss Jaiswal.
Overall, RR loved a profitable outing with the bat with captain Samson hitting 55 from 31 balls (3x4s, 4x6s).
If RR’s high three made merry with the bat, the younger Devdutt Padikkal (2) had no reply to Umran Malik’s 149.2 kmph thunderbolt — within the first supply of the fifteenth over — that despatched his off-stump flying.
Riyan Parag (7) perished early whereas Shimron Hetmyer (22 not out from 16 balls, 1x4s, 1x6s) took them previous 200.
With 4 of their six bowlers giving freely greater than 10 runs an over, SRH’s stand-in captain for the sport Bhuvneshwar (3-0-36-0) would definitely have revisited his choice to bowl first.
Natarajan completed with 3-0-23-2 whereas Farooqi took 2/41 from his 4 overs.
England’s Adil Rashid was wicketless however bowled a managed spell of 4-0-33-0.
