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RR VS SRH

Eliminator, 27-May-2026

243/8 20.0 oversRun Rate: 12.15
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196/10 19.2 overs Run Rate: 10.21
Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs
Rajasthan Royals First Innings
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Ravindra Jadeja(12 | 9)*
Sushant Mishra(1 | 3)
S Hussain|4|0|52|0
019.619.6: Sakib Hussain to Ravindra Jadeja, A bizarre piece of play to end the innings. Rajasthan Royals finish with 243/8, their highest IPL total ever, beating their previous best of 242/6 against SRH as well last season. Sakib Hussain takes pace off for the umpteenth time and drags the length back, angling it across off. Jadeja comes forward and misses the swipe across the line, but the batters go for the bye. Ishan Kishan fires in a wide throw at the keeper's end and the bowler fails to collect it cleanly. This allows the batters to pinch the second bye as well.
6 Over | Run: 243/8 | Run Rate: 12.15
119.519.5: Sakib Hussain to Sushant Mishra, Length ball outside off, Mishra advances, gets bat to ball and gets it towards cover for a quick single.
019.419.4: Sakib Hussain to Sushant Mishra, Another swing and a miss, and another dot ball. Sakib Hussain keeps it full and around off, slower too. Sushant Mishra goes after it but fails to lay a bat on it and Jadeja isn't interested in the bye either.
019.319.3: Sakib Hussain to Sushant Mishra, Could have easily been another run out. Slower one, full and outside off. Sushant Mishra swings and misses and looks for the single but Jaddu sends him back. Ishan Kishan misses his shy at the stumps.
119.219.2: Sakib Hussain to Nandre Burger, OUT! BURGER IS RUN OUT! They say never run off a misfield and why would Ravindra Jadeja even go for the second run when he's the senior batter out there? Strange running and RR aren't quite finishing with any sort of a flourish here. This is bowled on a length, just outside off. Nandre Burger pushes it to deep point for one. Eshan Malinga misfields and Jadeja calls him back for the second run. Malinga is quick to pick it up again and throws it to the keeper. Ishan Kishan whips off the bails with Nandre Burger nowhere in the frame.
119.119.1: Sakib Hussain to Ravindra Jadeja, Jadeja takes the single off the first ball, surprising. Slower ball, back of a length and outside off. Jadeja angles it down in front of mid-wicket and picks up a single.
018.618.6: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jofra Archer, OUT! CAUGHT! Such calm under pressure from Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy has delivered a stellar 19th over for his side. Reddy keeps the length full but bowls it much straighter this time. Jofra Archer can't quite under the ball and heaves it down to long on. Sharma pouches it over his head and has the presence of mind to lob it up as he is about to touch the ropes. However, he ends up not touching the ropes at all and pouches it back with ease.
6 Over | Run: 238/7 | Run Rate: 12.53
018.518.5: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jofra Archer, Reddy comes back well. Another wide yorker, perfectly just an inch or two inside the tramline and right on the popping crease. Jofra Archer fails to get any bat on it.
418.418.4: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Reddy overpitches and gets punished. Misses the yorker and serves a full toss around off. Archer manages to power it to the right of the cover fielder for a boundary.
018.318.3: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jofra Archer, Wow, another dot. Very full and very wide outside off, but Nitish Kumar Reddy lands it perfectly inside the tramline. Archer leaves it in hopes of a wide but won't get it.
018.218.2: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jofra Archer, Full and outside off again, Jofra Archer jams it into the turf and straight to the cover fielder.
118.118.1: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Donovan Ferreira, OUT! FERREIRA IS RUN OUT! Never a two there, and Donovan Ferreira has to walk back. Nitish Kumar Reddy dishes out a full and wide ball, outside the off stump. Ferreira reaches out and squeezes it to the right of deep third for a single. Shivang Kumar runs across and picks it up, and the batters decide a bit late to go for the second run. Kumar throws it to the keeper and Ishan Kishan whips off the bails in a flash. Replays show that Ferreira put in a dive, but he is well short.
417.617.6: Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! A boundary off the final ball makes it 13 off the over. Full and tailing in at the toes, Jadeja manages to jam his bat down, and cue ends it fine of short fine leg for a boundary.
6 Over | Run: 233/5 | Run Rate: 12.94
217.517.5: Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, And again! A fourth double in the over. Back of a length, around off, Ravindra Jadeja hangs back, waits for it and short-arm jabs it between deep mid-wicket and long on for two runs.
217.417.4: Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Full and around off, Jadeja leans on and punches it across to wide long on for yet another brace.
217.317.3: Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, A bit of a bad bounce now and they get two more. Slower and shorter, angling away. Jadeja dabs it down to backward point, where Shivang Kumar gets a bad bounce and spills it behind.
117.217.2: Pat Cummins to Donovan Ferreira, Slower one, short of a good length and outside off. This is hit away down to long off for a single.
217.117.1: Pat Cummins to Donovan Ferreira, Should have been a run out! Full and angling into the pads, Ferreira clips it down to the right of deep backward square leg and wants two right away. Ravindra Jadeja is a bit hesitant and Eshan Malinga in the deep throws it to the keeper. Ferreira is well in, but had Malinga thrown it to the bowler, Jadeja would have been well out.
116.616.6: Eshan Malinga to Donovan Ferreira, Good length on off, punched down to long off for one.
6 Over | Run: 220/5 | Run Rate: 12.94
416.516.5: Eshan Malinga to Donovan Ferreira, FOUR! That's streaky, and not the first time that an edge has run away to the boundary this evening. Pace on from Malinga, a bit short and wide outside off. Ferreira goes hard at the cut and gets an outside edge that flies between the keeper and the short third fielder for a boundary.
116.416.4: Eshan Malinga to Ravindra Jadeja, Short again, this time Jadeja gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to deep square leg for one.
016.316.3: Eshan Malinga to Ravindra Jadeja, Oh, that could easily have been a run out, but Ravindra Jadeja escapes. A skiddy short ball from Malinga, right at the throat. Jadeja leans back to pull but mistimes it to the left of mid-wicket and sets off for the single. Pat Cummins picks it up and fires in a throw at the keeper's end, but misses and Jaddu is able to make it back in.
016.216.2: Eshan Malinga to Ravindra Jadeja, Length again, around middle, Jadeja gets forward and pushes it straight back to the bowler.
016.116.1: Eshan Malinga to Dasun Shanaka, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust. Eshan Malinga peppers the hard length at 141 clicks and jams it in over off and middle. Dasun Shanaka backs away to swing it leg side but gets it really high on the bat. Shanaka clubs it between long on and deep mid-wicket, and it is Abhishek Sharma from the former position, who runs to his right and takes a well-judged catch. Malinga gets his fellow Sri Lankan and RR are now 214/5.
015.615.6: Praful Hinge to Donovan Ferreira, Excellent over given the match situation, just 7 runs and a wicket off it. A yorker, just outside off, jammed out firmly towards extra cover by Ferreira.
6 Over | Run: 214/4 | Run Rate: 13.38
215.515.5: Praful Hinge to Donovan Ferreira, Dug in short over middle, gets big on the batter. Donovan Ferreira miscues the pull into the vacant mid-wicket region and picks up a couple of handy runs.
115.415.4: Praful Hinge to Dasun Shanaka, On the pads again, tucked away through the big gap at mid-wicket for a single this time.
415.315.3: Praful Hinge to Dasun Shanaka, FOUR! Delicate touch from Dasun Shanaka, but that's down the wrong line from Hinge. Good length around the hips, Shanaka gets inside the line and tickles it past the keeper into the fine leg fence.
015.215.2: Praful Hinge to Riyan Parag, OUT! CAUGHT! Another timely wicket for Praful Hinge, his third of this game. Hinge hits the deck hard and just bowls it back of a length over middle. Riyan Parag hangs deep, looks to swat it over long on, but snatches at it. He hits it flat towards long on, where Heinrich Klaasen times the leap well and snaffles it with both hands. End of a breezy cameo from the RR skipper.
015.115.1: Praful Hinge to Riyan Parag, Seemed like a quick off-cutter, slightly into the pitch and angled into the batter. Parag swings across the line but misses and the ball goes off the pads, rolling into the off side. Parag isn't quite fit enough to go for a quick single here.
114.614.6: Sakib Hussain to Riyan Parag, Bowled on a back of a length, outside off. Parag swings across for the pull. Ekes out an inside edge that goes towards short fine leg. A fumble there allows the batters to sneak in a single.
6 Over | Run: 207/3 | Run Rate: 13.80
614.514.5: Sakib Hussain to Riyan Parag, SIX! Nothing edgy about this one. Sakib goes into the surface, over middle. Parag stands tall and latches onto it. He nails the pull in front of square on the leg side for a flat six.
414.414.4: Sakib Hussain to Riyan Parag, FOUR! A fortuitous boundary for the RR skipper. Sakib keeps the stumps in play and hurls it on a length. Parag has a hoick across the line but gets a top edge and it flies over short third for a boundary. The 200 comes up for RR.
114.314.3: Sakib Hussain to Donovan Ferreira, Fuller and attacking the front pad, this is driven to long on for one more.
114.214.2: Sakib Hussain to Riyan Parag, Lands it on a back of a length, on middle. Riyan whips it towards wide long on for a single.
214.114.1: Sakib Hussain to Riyan Parag, Edgy! Angled in at the sticks, on a length, on middle. Parag tries to clip it away on the leg side with a closed bat face. The ball straightens a bit to catch the leading edge. It goes uppishly but away from the backward point fielder to his right. Parag limps but manages to come back for the second run.
013.613.6: Praful Hinge to Donovan Ferreira, Are they going to review it? Another short ball, over middle and leg. Donovan Ferreira ducks under it. A quizzical look at the umpire by Ferreira, but he does not get the wide call. Parag at the non-striker's end was a bit reluctant to review it. The on-air commentators felt the batters had run out of time, but after a chat between the umpires, Rajasthan's review is eventually allowed to go through. Riyan felt that it was the third bouncer of the over and wanted to check the height. As it turns out, the Ball Tracking shows that the ball is below the shoulder, and it is a fair delivery. RR lose their review.
6 Over | Run: 192/3 | Run Rate: 13.71
013.513.5: Praful Hinge to Dhruv Jurel, OUT! CAUGHT! High but not long enough. A well-directed short ball by Hinge at the bodyline of the batter. Jurel swivels for the pull but the ball also gets big on him. Dhruv gets the height but not the distance. It goes only as far as deep square leg, where Nitish Kumar Reddy settles under the skier and does the rest.
613.413.4: Praful Hinge to Dhruv Jurel, SIX! Just over and that takes Dhruv Jurel to his sixth FIFTY of the season. Dhruv has perhaps been guilty at times of not quite matching the tempo set by the openers, but he has walked out with clear intent tonight and ensured the momentum has not dipped after the blazing start. Banged in short, on off, Jurel hops and reaches out to flay it towards deep backward point. Sakib Hussain leaps and sticks out the right hand but can only get fingertips it to it and the ball drops beyond the fence. The 50-run stand is also up between these two.
113.313.3: Praful Hinge to Riyan Parag, Hinge bowls the off-cutter, on a good length, on middle. Parag swipes it through square leg and turns the strike over.
113.213.2: Praful Hinge to Dhruv Jurel, This is on a length, on off, Jurel dabs it into the off side for a single.
413.113.1: Praful Hinge to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Not in complete control, but he will take it. With this boundary, Jurel brings up 500 runs for the season. Hing directs a short ball around the left shoulder. The ball gets big on Dhruv, who swivels and manages to get it away. It goes more off the gloves but fine of the man at deep fine leg.
012.712.6: Eshan Malinga to Riyan Parag, Well bowled! A bit of tail back into the right-hander, a yorker at the base of the middle stump. Parag watchfully keeps it out.
7 Over | Run: 180/2 | Run Rate: 13.85
412.612.5: Eshan Malinga to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Good use of the wrists. Malinga errs in both line and length. Low full toss, sliding onto the pads. Riyan clips it behind square leg and manages to beat the man in the deep to his left.
112.512.4: Eshan Malinga to Dhruv Jurel, Takes pace off and this is on a shortish length, outside off. Jurel reaches out and hits it towards deep point. They cross.
212.412.3: Eshan Malinga to Dhruv Jurel, In the air...but it lands safely! Malinga hurls it on a length, outside off. With mid off inside the circle, Jurel extends his hands into the lofted hit. He does not quite get hold of it, and Heinrich Klaasen runs over his left shoulder from mid off but the ball drops out of his reach. The ball bounces in front of the boundary cushions and plugs. Klaasen is able to flick it away and prevent the boundary. Two runs taken.
012.312.3: Eshan Malinga to Dhruv Jurel, Wide! Out comes the slower, short ball, outside off. It is too high as the ball balloons over Jurel's head.
012.212.2: Eshan Malinga to Dhruv Jurel, In and around the off stump, on a short of a length. A bit of extra bounce as Jurel glides it behind the wicket on the off side. He is keen for a single but Ishan Kishan dives to his right and cuts it off.
412.112.1: Eshan Malinga to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Nitish Kumar Reddy's effort goes in vain. On the shorter side and Jurel gets the width to free his arms. He waits on the back foot and cuts it past backward point. Reddy moves to his left swiftly and dives but to no avail.
111.611.6: Pat Cummins to Dhruv Jurel, Another expensive over from the SRH skipper. Cummins pulls the length back, on off. Jurel plays the short-arm jab down to long on for a single. 17 runs off the over. Pat's figures read 3-0-51-0.
6 Over | Run: 168/2 | Run Rate: 14.00
411.511.5: Pat Cummins to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Class written all over it. Cummins goes searching for the yorker but ends up with a half-volley, on off. Jurel springs onto the front foot and drives it all along the ground to the right of mid off for a four.
611.411.4: Pat Cummins to Dhruv Jurel, SIX! Into the stands! Cross-seam ball, dug in short, around the right shoulder at 141 kph. Jurel swivels and parks the pull behind square leg for a biggie.
211.311.3: Pat Cummins to Dhruv Jurel, Pace on now, full and outside off. Jurel extends his hands and angles the drive to the right of deep point for a couple of runs.
411.211.2: Pat Cummins to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Nicely done! Pace taken off, angled in on a length, around off. Jurel walks across the stumps just as Pat is about to release the ball. He hangs low to get under the ball and scoops it over short fine leg for a boundary.
011.111.1: Pat Cummins to Dhruv Jurel, At 134.4 kph, on a back of a length, outside off. Fast hands from Jurel as he cuts it behind point but can't beat Travis Head this time.
610.610.6: Shivang Kumar to Riyan Parag, SIX! Stand and deliver stuff! Fractionally short at 91.3 kph, it is the googly that spins away from the right-hander. Parag hangs deep in the crease and pummels it over wide long on for his first six of the night. The 150 is up for RR.
6 Over | Run: 151/2 | Run Rate: 13.73
110.510.5: Shivang Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, Fine footwork! Drops it short, does Shivang, on middle and leg. Jurel rocks back and whips it wide of deep mid-wicket. Eshan Malinga covers good ground to his right in the deep and slides. He sticks out the right foot and makes the stop. Just a single.
610.410.4: Shivang Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, SIX! Good hit. Floated up there by Shivang, a bit too full, on middle. Jurel is quick to get down on a knee and plays the slog sweep over deep square leg for a biggie.
110.310.3: Shivang Kumar to Riyan Parag, Short and on leg, that is flicked off the back foot through square leg for a run.
010.210.2: Shivang Kumar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! CAUGHT! Yashasvi Jaiswal holes out. A good little phase in the game for SRH. Shivang serves the googly, full and outside off. Jaiswal dances down the strip and manages to get to the pitch of the ball. He was intending to go inside out but ended up hitting it a lot straighter. Hits it flat and down to long off. Abhishek Sharma bends and takes the catch safely to his right.
110.110.1: Shivang Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, Flighted delivery, full and on middle. Jurel gets down on a knee and sweeps it through backward square leg for a single.
09.69.6: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Yashasvi Jaiswal, No run there either and SRH slip in another decent over, just 7 off it. A few inches shorter than good length and over middle. Jaiswal presses back and rises with the bounce, punching it straight to extra cover.
6 Over | Run: 136/1 | Run Rate: 13.60
09.59.5: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Good-length delivery, attacking off stump, Jaiswal angles it towards point. Again, Jurel wants the quick single but is sent back.
29.49.4: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Full and outside off, Jaiswal stays back, goes hard at it and carves it wide to the left of deep point for a couple of runs.
09.39.3: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shortish delivery, attacking the bodyline. Jaiswal leans back and tries to cutely guide it between keeeper and short third, but hits it straight to the man at short third.
19.29.2: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Dhruv Jurel, Back of a length again, around off, dabbed past backward point for a single.
49.19.1: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Cracking shot. Back of a length, just outside off. Dhruv Jurel hangs back well and cuts it late, to the left of Travis Head at backward point and it goes through for a boundary. Head will feel he should have done better there.
08.68.6: Shivang Kumar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Flighted ball, outside off, tapped away towards cover. Jurel wants the single, but Jaiswal rightly says no. That is the first over of this innings without a boundary.
6 Over | Run: 129/1 | Run Rate: 14.33
18.58.5: Shivang Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, Oh, gets a hand on it, does Shivang Kumar, and that will sting a bit as well. Full and flat, dished outside off. Dhruv Jurel goes on one knee, drags it straight back, with power. Shivang sticks out his left hand and deflects it to mid off for a single. That's a certain boundary saved, rather than a dropped catch.
18.48.4: Shivang Kumar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Length, on off, Jaiswal shows the full face of the bat and punches it down to long off for a run.
08.38.3: Shivang Kumar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Play and a miss! Flatter trajectory, a bit full and darted outside off. Jaiswal gets low to cut but misses.
18.28.2: Shivang Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, A bit flatter now, around leg, Jurel presses back and dabs it wide of square leg for one more.
18.18.1: Shivang Kumar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Floated full, around middle, Jaiswal lunges and eases it through mid on for a single.
07.87.6: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, OUT! CAUGHT! Would you believe it? Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is standing there, in absolute disbelief, and so is the crowd, but he has to walk back on 97, and Chris Gayle can breathe a sigh of relief. Praful Hinge bangs it in quick and short, wide outside off. Sooryavanshi throws his hands at it and gets it off the outer half of the blade. The ball flies down to deep third, where Ravichandran Smaran runs in off the ropes and dives to snaffle it. That's the end of one of the most memorable knocks in IPL history.
8 Over | Run: 125/1 | Run Rate: 15.63
67.77.5: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! This is just ridiculous hitting now, but it was there to be hit as well. A full-length ball outside off, right in the slot. Sooryavanshi just swings through the line and nails it over long off for a biggie. 97 off just 28 balls. Chris Gayle holds the record for the fastest IPL ton in 30 balls, and that is in danger now.
67.67.4: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! Sooryavanshi has zoomed into the 90s, and the fastest IPL ton is surely on the cards now. A low full toss, on middle. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hangs deep and hoicks it away in front of mid-wicket for another biggie.
47.57.4: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, NO BALL AND FOUR! Ominous signs for SRH and even the beamer has gone for four. A very high full toss, right around the rib cage. Sooryavanshi fends it away well and manages to get it to the left of short fine leg for four runs. Free Hit loading...
47.47.3: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! No one in the deep square on the off side, and that's not an ideal delivery to bowl with that field. Fractionally short but wide outside off. Sooryavanshi is able to free his arms and thrashes it over the point region for a boundary.
07.37.3: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, WIDE! Hinge looks to go for the wide yorker, but spills it just beyond the tramline outisde off stump.
67.27.2: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! That's a stylish hit from Vaibhav now. Full and attacking the toes, a bit too full though. Sooryavanshi takes the front leg out and nonchalantly flicks it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. The 100-run stand is up between the RR openers as well.
17.17.1: Praful Hinge to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Back of a length, on off, Jaiswal punches it off the back foot to extra cover for a single.
66.66.6: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! No problem with the connection on this occasion. Another off-pace delivery, sliding it across the left-hander. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi leans to the off side, gets low and inside the line and picks it handsomely over long leg for another biggie.
6 Over | Run: 96/0 | Run Rate: 13.71
46.56.5: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Just short of the ropes. Slower ball, back of a length and on leg. Sooryavanshi waits well and wallops the pull, doesn't time it greatly, but finds the vacant fence at deep backward square leg.
16.46.4: Sakib Hussain to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Direct hit, but Sooryavanshi is safe! Full and outside off, jammed to the right of the point fielder by Jaiswal and the batters set off for the single. Shivang Kumar is a bit slow to pick it up, but hits the bullseye at the keeper's end. Sooryavanshi is well home, though.
06.36.3: Sakib Hussain to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Goes back to hitting a good length, does Hussain. Serves it on middle and Jaiswal plays it back to the bowler.
46.26.2: Sakib Hussain to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Jaiswal's done extremely well to reach it. Dug in halfway into the pitch, over off. Yashasvi Jaiswal gets on his toes, reaches out with his willow and manages to get enough of a connection to angle it between the keeper and short third for a boundary.
16.16.1: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Good length, slanted across off. Sooryavanshi pushes it off the higher part of the blade and to the right of mid off for a single.
05.65.6: Praful Hinge to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hinge does well to end the Powerplay with a tidy over, just 6 off it. He goes for the yorker outside off, Jaiswal backs away and ends up squeezing it down to short third. Still, RR are flying high at 80/0 after 6 overs.
6 Over | Run: 80/0 | Run Rate: 13.33
15.55.5: Praful Hinge to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, A low full toss on leg stump, Sooryavanshi crouches a bit and slogs it across to deep mid-wicket for a single. Decent over so far from Praful.
15.45.4: Praful Hinge to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hard length on off, shanked away towards cover for a quick single. The fielder over there scampers to his right, but fails to collect the ball cleanly.
45.35.3: Praful Hinge to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! A well-manufactured shot from Jaiswal. Predictable line and length, just outside off. Yashasvi Jaiswal reads it well, shuffles across and forces the scoop over short fine leg and picks up a boundary. Not the prettiest of shots, though.
05.25.2: Praful Hinge to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hinge hits the length hard, bowling it over the top of off stump. Jaiswal leans back to smack it downtown but finds the fielder at mid off.
05.15.1: Praful Hinge to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Beaten! Hinge dishes out a fullish delivery, darting it wide of the off stump. Yashasvi Jaiswal slashes and slashes hard, but fails to lay a bat on it.
04.64.6: Eshan Malinga to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Edgy! Keeps the stumps in play, and the length is full this time. Sooryavanshi tries to turn it away on the leg side but he closes the bat face early. Gets a soft leading edge and it dribbles past the stumps at the bowling end.
6 Over | Run: 74/0 | Run Rate: 14.80
14.54.5: Eshan Malinga to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Good stop! Bowled on a nagging length, on off. Jaiswal punches it off the back foot between cover and mid off. Pat Cummins sprints and dives to his right to save a certain boundary. Keeps the batters down to a single.
14.44.4: Eshan Malinga to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Low full toss, at the sticks, this is knocked to long on for a single.
44.34.3: Eshan Malinga to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Carved away! This is on a length, angled away from the left-hander. Sooryavanshi angles the bat face and swings at it to split the fielders at point and cover and pick up a boundary.
14.24.2: Eshan Malinga to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hurls it on a shortish length, on off. Jaiswal cuts it to deep point for a single.
44.14.1: Eshan Malinga to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Lovely shot! On a hard length, on off. Jaiswal gets on his toes and punches it neatly through covers for a boundary.
63.63.6: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! Vaibhav Sooryavanshi goes back-to-back to bring up a 16-ball FIFTY. This has been ball-striking of the highest order. As many as 8 sixes and just a solitary four in this knock. Hussain goes short, on middle. He fails to get it high enough to trouble Vaibhav, who swivels and parks it over square leg with a pull for a biggie.
6 Over | Run: 63/0 | Run Rate: 15.75
63.53.5: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! High and long enough! Hussain dishes it out on a length, off-cuttter, on off. Vaibhav holds his shape as he hangs back and thumps it over long off with a clean swing of the arms. Six number 60 for Sooryavanshi. With this, Vaibhav has overtaken Chris Gayle for most sixes in a single IPL season.
03.43.4: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, And again! Off-cutter bowled into the surface, outside off. Vaibhav swivels for the pace but is undone by the slowness of the ball and the ball sneaks under the willow.
03.33.3: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, A swing and a miss. Pace on now, very full and near the tramline. Sooryavanshi throws his hands at the ball and is beaten for pace.
63.23.2: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! Wow, that is a shot and a half. Out comes the off-cutter from Hussain, on a good length, angling away. Sooryavanshi picks the slower one and waits for the ball to arrive. He presents a high elbow and goes inside out over cover for a six. 59th six of the season for the youngster. Vaibhav is now level with Chris Gayle for most sixes in an IPL season.
03.13.1: Sakib Hussain to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Starts well, does Sakib. Gets the yorker in at the base of the off stump. Vaibhav digs it out to cover.
12.72.6: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Nails the yorker, at the toes. Sooryavanshi jams it out through mid on and keeps the strike with a single. 25 runs off the over!
7 Over | Run: 45/0 | Run Rate: 15.00
62.62.5: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! Make that a hat-trick of sixes from Sooryavanshi. Cummins is being taken to the cleaners. Pat takes pace off and bowls it on a length, keeping it away from the batter's arc. Vaibhav reaches out and slams it back over the bowler's head. It bounces just beyond the boundary cushions for yet another six. 24 runs off the over with a ball to go.
62.52.4: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX MORE! Not quite from the middle but it does the job for the youngster. Cummins digs it in short and pushes it across the left-hander. Sooryavanshi lets the ball come to him and uses the angle to flay it over backward point. It comes more off the lower half of the blade but he gets enough bat on it to clear the fence.
62.42.3: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! All the way! Pat slips in a full ball, on middle and leg. Sooryavanshi clears the front leg and he does not try to overhit this one. Just checks his lofted hit with a straight bat and goes over mid on for a flat six.
02.32.3: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Wide! Play and a miss! Well wide on off, Vaibhav lets it go.
42.22.2: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Banged away! Pat delivers it full, on off. Sooryavanshi gets his hands through the line and drills it down the ground. Travis Head is placed at a straight mid off but he is a mere spectator. The ball flies well wide of him to his right and races into the fence. Vaibhav brings up 600 runs this season.
12.12.1: Pat Cummins to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Fine stop! Cummins hurls it on a back of a length, on off. Jaiswal stands tall on top of the bounce and punches it neatly towards cover. Shivang Kumar moves to his left and puts in a dive to save at least a couple of runs for his side. Just a single.
61.61.6: Eshan Malinga to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! That has gone back a long way. Malinga bends his back and serves a bumper at the bodyline of the batter. Sooryavanshi pivots and gets inside the line of the ball. He hooks it way beyond the long leg fence for half a dozen.
6 Over | Run: 20/0 | Run Rate: 10.00
01.51.5: Eshan Malinga to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Missed out! A bit of shape back into the left-hander, low full toss, on the pads. Sooryavanshi tries to work it away on the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
11.41.4: Eshan Malinga to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Lands it on a hard length, on off. Jaiswal arches back and flays it down to deep backward point for a single.
01.31.3: Eshan Malinga to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Beaten! Tighter line, closer to the off stump, on a back of a length. Jaiswal hangs back and looks to push it away. The ball kisses the deck and skids through to beat the southpaw for pace.
41.21.2: Eshan Malinga to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Off the edge! This is on a good length, outside off. Jaiswal throws the kitchen sink at it. It flies off a thickish outside edge and goes wide of the man at short third to his right for a boundary.
01.11.1: Eshan Malinga to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hits the deck hard, angling away. Jaiswal punches it on the up without much timing to cover.
60.60.6: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! Sooryavanshi comes up with the first six of the Eliminator. Cummins switches to around the wicket and goes searching for the yorker. Dishes it out right in the slot, on off. Sooryavanshi puts his head down, swings through the line and pumps it back over the bowler's head for a six.
6 Over | Run: 9/0 | Run Rate: 9.00
10.50.5: Pat Cummins to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Drags the length back and pushes it across the left-hander. Jaiswal gets on top of the bounce and slaps it to deep point for a single.
10.40.4: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Another yorker by the SRH skipper. This is just outside the off stump. Sooryavanshi squeezes it out towards mid off and hurries to the other end. 'Hold, hold' is the call from Pat, but Shivang Kumar still has a shy at the bowling end. It rolls down to deep square leg but it does not cost SRH any extra runs.
00.30.3: Pat Cummins to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Pat nails the yorker in line with the middle stump. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hurriedly gets his bat down and digs it out to mid off.
10.20.2: Pat Cummins to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shaping back in at the pads and the length stays full. Jaiswal's head falls over to the off side as he attempts the flick. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads. The ball drops in front of square leg and the batters cross over. Yashasvi and the Royals are underway.
00.10.1: Pat Cummins to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hit too straight! Cummins steams in from over the wicket and pitches it up, on off. Jaiswal brings his bat out in front and firms the drive down the strip. Pat can't lay a hand or a foot on the ball, and it crashes into the sticks at the bowling end.
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019.319.2: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, OUT! CAUGHT! Fittingly, it is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi who takes the catch to wrap up the proceedings. The Rajasthan Royals win by 47 runs and book their place in Qualifier 2, where they will face the Gujarat Titans. Bowled at pace by Mishra from around the wicket, on a good length and outside off. Kumar swings to force it through the off side. The ball flies off a thickish outside edge to short third, where Sooryavanshi is placed a bit fine, and he takes the catch around his face.
019.219.1: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, Closer to the off stump, on a short of a length. Kumar flashes hard at it but can't connect.
019.119.1: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, Wide! Mishra sprays it well wide on off, on a good length. Shivang Kumar lets it go.
018.718.6: Brijesh Sharma to Sakib Hussain, Sakib connects with thin air once again. Fuller and it is the slower one, outside off. Hussain swings across and one hand comes off the bat handle. The ball dribbles behind towards the keeper.
7 Over | Run: 195/9 | Run Rate: 10.26
018.618.5: Brijesh Sharma to Sakib Hussain, A swing and a miss! Bowled into the strip by Brijesh, on off and middle. Sakib Hussain has an ungainly swipe across the line but fails to connect.
118.518.5: Brijesh Sharma to Shivang Kumar, NO BALL! Brijesh Sharma gets it all wrong. An above-waist full toss at the bodyline of the batter. Shivang is cramped for room but manages to fend it away towards square leg and crosses over. RR have reviewed the no-ball call as they want the height to be checked. The ball is indeed above the waist. Free Hit coming up.
118.418.4: Brijesh Sharma to Sakib Hussain, At the sticks, on a length. Hussain swings at it but gets an inside edge that goes wide of short fine leg for a run.
018.318.3: Brijesh Sharma to Sakib Hussain, That has got to hurt. Brijesh rolls his fingers over the ball again, on a good length, on middle. Sakib has a hoick across the line but is way too early into the shot and catches it on the stomach.
118.218.2: Brijesh Sharma to Shivang Kumar, Brijesh delivers the off-cutter, angled in on a good length, on middle. Shivang walks across the stumps for the scoop but toe-ends it through square leg. Kumar hobbles to the other end.
018.118.1: Brijesh Sharma to Shivang Kumar, Does not carry! Oh, Shivang is down with cramps after playing the shot. Brijesh bowls the slower, short ball, on off. Kumar slaps it down the ground with a horizontal bat. Donovan Ferreira runs in off the ropes and gets low with his hands out in front but the ball bounces in front before getting to him. He does well to get his body behind the ball and prevents it from going past him.
017.617.6: Nandre Burger to Sakib Hussain, The length is pulled back a bit, on middle at 143.5 kph. Sakib swings with all his might. It is miscued wide of deep point. Ravindra Jadeja is quick across the turf and slides to mop it up. Hussain was off for a single but Shivang sent him back.
6 Over | Run: 191/9 | Run Rate: 10.61
417.517.5: Nandre Burger to Sakib Hussain, FOUR! Sweetly struck! Burger varies his length as he goes full and straight, aimed at the sticks. Hussain makes room and pumps it over the leaping Donovan Ferreira at mid off for a boundary.
017.417.4: Nandre Burger to Sakib Hussain, From around the wicket to the new batter, on a short of a good length, on middle. Sakib backs away to run it down to deep third but misses.
017.317.3: Nandre Burger to Eshan Malinga, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Wicket number 2 for Nandre Burger. Hits the deck hard, on a back of a length, on off. Eshan hangs back and swings at it. The bat turns a bit in his hand and he slices it over mid off. Jofra Archer takes a couple of steps back at mid off and takes a reverse cup catch over his head. Third catch for Jofra. SRH are now 9 down for 187.
117.217.2: Nandre Burger to Shivang Kumar, Pace taken off and bowled into the wicket, across off. Shivang rises with the bounce and taps the ball on its head. He works it through point and picks up a single.
117.117.1: Nandre Burger to Eshan Malinga, In the channel, on a good length. Eshan pushes at it with hard hands. The ball flies down to deep third off an outside edge. Single taken.
016.716.6: Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, This is on a hard length, outside off. Kumar hangs deep in the crease and throws the kitchen sink at it. It is bowled at 144.8 kph and the ball keeps rising to go over the blade. 16 runs off Archer's final over.
7 Over | Run: 185/8 | Run Rate: 10.88
016.616.6: Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, Wide! Full and sprayed down leg, Shivang misses out on the tickle.
416.516.5: Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, FOUR! Dispatched. Archer bangs it in short, angled in at the batter. Kumar is waiting on the back foot, expecting the short ball. He gets his hands high and pulls it through mid-wicket for another boundary.
216.416.4: Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, Tucking the batter up for room this time, on a back of a length. Kumar shovels it over mid-wicket. He does not quite get hold of it and there is no protection in the deep. Ravindra Jadeja goes after it from the inner circle and hunts it down. Two runs taken.
416.316.3: Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Cross-seam ball, on a good length, just outside the off stump. Kumar hangs back and plays it on the up. He goes over wide mid off and picks up four more.
416.216.2: Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, FOUR! Nicely done! Archer bashes the hard length, over middle. Kumar arches back to stay leg side of the ball and uses the pace. He glides it down to deep third, where Yash Punja gets to his right and extends his right hand to make the stop but fails to do so.
116.116.1: Jofra Archer to Eshan Malinga, Archer steams in from around the wicket and angles in a length ball, following the batter. Eshan backs away, exposing all three stumps. He chips it over cover and crosses over.
115.615.6: Yash Punja to Eshan Malinga, In the air...but lands safely! A bit short, turning in on middle. Eshan hops back to launch it down the ground. It goes back over the bowler's head and lands well away from the long on fielder. Just a single. Yash is done for the night. He finishes with figures of 4-0-39-1.
6 Over | Run: 169/8 | Run Rate: 10.56
115.515.5: Yash Punja to Shivang Kumar, At 84.1 kph, stays on the shorter side, on middle. Shivang rocks back to force it down the ground. He mistimes it towards long on. They cross.
115.415.4: Yash Punja to Eshan Malinga, Flat and short, outside off. Malinga uses the angle to cut it late and behind point for a single.
015.315.3: Yash Punja to Eshan Malinga, And again! Another wrong'un, this is fuller and a bit quicker as well. Eshan hangs back to punch it away but the ball spins past the outside edge.
015.215.2: Yash Punja to Eshan Malinga, Beaten! Out comes the googly, on a good length, spinning away. Malinga tries to steer it away on the off side but misses.
115.115.1: Yash Punja to Shivang Kumar, Tossed up, on a nagging length, on the off stump. Shivang hits it off the back foot to long on for a single.
114.814.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Shivang Kumar, Just short! Another flighted ball, at the stumps, Shivang Kumar lifts it on the bounce to the long on fielder and picks up a single.
8 Over | Run: 165/8 | Run Rate: 11.00
114.714.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Eshan Malinga, Really slow through the air, at just 61.4 kph, on a length and on leg. Eshan Malinga waits for an eternity before pulling it through square leg for one.
014.614.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, OUT! TAKEN! Ravindra Jadeja has the final say here and picks up his second wicket. This is floated up wide outside the off stump, a bit fuller as well. Salil Arora gets on one knee, reaches for it and looks to go over covers. He isn't completely in control and hits it straight down the throat of the fielder in the deep. Nandre Burger makes no mistake, and SRH are 8 down for 163.
614.514.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, SIX! Salil Arora decides to take on Jaddu. Full, on leg stump, Arora clears the front leg and launches it high over long on for a biggie.
014.414.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, WIDE! Good take from Jurel, could have easily been four extra runs as well. Fired in well down the leg side, Jurel springs to his left and gobbles it up.
114.314.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Shivang Kumar, Darted into the batter, on a length, hit off the back foot and in front of mid-wicket for one more.
114.214.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, Dragged length again, around off, hit away down to long on for a single.
014.114.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, WIDE! Length ball, wide outside off, sprayed beyond the tramline and left alone.
113.713.6: Yash Punja to Salil Arora, Dragged well short and outside off, slapped down to long off for a single.
7 Over | Run: 153/7 | Run Rate: 10.93
013.613.5: Yash Punja to Salil Arora, Tossed up this time, outside off, pushed to the right of point by Arora.
113.513.4: Yash Punja to Shivang Kumar, A bit shorter, angled into the pads, pulled away to deep mid-wicket for just a single.
013.413.3: Yash Punja to Shivang Kumar, Flatter googly on middle, Shivang jams it down the deck.
113.313.2: Yash Punja to Salil Arora, In the air, lands safely! Flighted ball outside off, Salil Arora throws the kitchen sink at it but gets it nowhere. The ball gets sliced high towards extra cover, where the bowler and long off fielder run after it. But the ball falls in between and Salil gets a single.
013.213.2: Yash Punja to Salil Arora, WIDE! Full and lobbed way down the leg side. Left alone by Salil and the 150 is up for SRH.
113.113.1: Yash Punja to Shivang Kumar, A shorter googly, turning into the stumps. Kumar rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
112.612.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Shivang Kumar, The over's gone by in a flash, just three off it. Generously tossed up, on off stump. Shivang Kumar lunges and drives it through mid off for a run.
6 Over | Run: 148/7 | Run Rate: 11.38
112.512.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, Fuller this time, outside off, driven through cover for a single.
012.412.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, On the shorter side now, outside off, Arora reaches out but fails to get it through the infield.
012.312.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, Flatter one around off, cut away straight to point.
012.212.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, Nearly outfoxed the batter, did Jaddu. Jadeja sees Arora advancing and fires in a full and wide one. Arora does well to reach it.
112.112.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Shivang Kumar, Flighted ball, angled into middle. Kumar gets forward and drives it uppishly through mid off for one.
111.811.6: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, Shorter in length, outside off, nudged down through the short third region for one.
8 Over | Run: 145/7 | Run Rate: 12.08
311.711.5: Sushant Mishra to Salil Arora, Jadeja showing young Vaibhav Sooryavanshi how good he is in the field. A high full toss outside off, Salil Arora just dabs it down to backward point. Vaibhav lets it go through his hands and just jogs towards the ball. Jadeja runs to his left from deep point and puts in a big dive, saving a run for his side.
111.611.4: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, Good length, sliding on from around off, punched on the up and through cover-point for one.
011.511.3: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, Another short one, wide outside off, and let down through to the keeper by Shivang.
011.411.2: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, Full and wide outside off, lands it well inside the tramline. Kumar looks to square drive but misses.
011.311.2: Sushant Mishra to Shivang Kumar, WIDE! Too short. An effort ball from Mishra, as he grunts it and digs it in high over middle. Shivang Kumar ducks under it.
011.211.1: Sushant Mishra to Pat Cummins, OUT! CAUGHT! You simply cannot keep Jofra Archer out of the action. A good change of angle from Sushant Mishra as he comes around the wicket. This is dug in short and angled into the batter. Pat Cummins tries to wallop it over deep mid-wicket but gets cramped for room and gets it high and wide of long on. Archer runs to his right and takes a fine catch, managing to not step on the ropes, and RR are just 3 wickets away from victory now.
011.111.1: Sushant Mishra to Pat Cummins, WIDE! Banged in on a hard length and angled well outside the off stump. Wide called.
110.610.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Pat Cummins, Flatter one on off, Pat Cummins hangs back and plays a late dab to the left of short third for a single.
6 Over | Run: 138/6 | Run Rate: 12.55
010.510.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, OUT! CAUGHT! Ravindra Jadeja might have just dealt the decisive blow here. Jadeja had been bowling a bit slower throughout this over, but this is darted in at nearly 100 clicks. Bowled full and on off, Nitish Kumar Reddy sits down to slog sweep but is rushed. He ends up hitting it aerially down to deep mid-wicket, where Dasun Shanaka charges in and takes a good low catch. Reddy is devastated, and SRH are 6 down for 137.
110.410.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, Attacking the stumps now, worked away through mid on for one more.
110.310.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Slower through the air, on a dragged length and grips a bit as well. NKR rocks back and slaps it down to wide long off for a single.
210.210.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, The initial call is for two and they get it with ease. Flighted on middle and leg, Nitish Kumar Reddy clips it through mid-wicket and picks up a brace.
110.110.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Salil Arora, Length ball outside off, played with an angled bat and towards deep cover-point for a single.
19.79.6: Brijesh Sharma to Salil Arora, Honing in on the off stump, on a length. Arora angles it behind point and retains the strike with a single. 18 runs off the over. At the halfway mark, SRH are 132/5, needing 112 runs from 60 balls.
7 Over | Run: 132/5 | Run Rate: 13.20
49.69.5: Brijesh Sharma to Salil Arora, FOUR! Thumped! The 50-run stand comes up in real quick time. Brijesh attempts the back-of-the-hand slower one. This is floated up right in the slot, on off. Arora gets his hands through and smacks it back past the bowler. Sharma sticks out his right hand but the ball is past him by then and it races down the ground for four more.
19.59.4: Brijesh Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Takes pace off now, served on a short of a length. Reddy jabs it through mid-wicket for another single.
19.49.3: Brijesh Sharma to Salil Arora, Bashes the hard length, over middle. Arora rolls his wrists over the ball and pulls it wide of square leg for a run.
09.39.3: Brijesh Sharma to Salil Arora, Wide! Well wide on off. Salil lets it pass.
49.29.2: Brijesh Sharma to Salil Arora, FOUR! In the gap! Back-of-the-hand slower one by Brijesh, on a back of a length, on middle. Arora waits on the back foot and lets the ball come to him. He pulls it hard and to the left of deep square leg for a boundary.
69.19.1: Brijesh Sharma to Salil Arora, SIX! Salil Arora gets it on the six-hitting act now. Full and angled into the pads. Easy pickings for Salil as he keeps a still head and plays the pick-up shot off the pads. It sails over square leg for a maximum.
68.68.6: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! Excellent innovation! A bit quicker through the air by Punja and fuller as well, aimed at the stumps. Nitish Kumar Reddy goes for the reverse and executes it well. He nails the shot over backward point for half a dozen more. 18 runs off the over.
6 Over | Run: 114/5 | Run Rate: 12.67
68.58.5: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! Yash Punja continues to pay the price for being a bit too short. This is in line with the middle stump. Reddy uses the depth of the crease and pummels it to the right of deep mid-wicket for half a dozen.
08.48.4: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Around off and he goes full this time. Reddy stabs it down to cover.
48.38.3: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, FOUR! The 100 comes up for SRH. Punja drops it a bit too short, on middle. Nitish Kumar Reddy is quick to pick up the length. He rocks back and makes room to open up the off side. He powers it up and over cover and picks up a boundary.
18.28.2: Yash Punja to Salil Arora, Attacking the front pad and the length stays full. Salil eases it to long on and gets to the other end.
18.18.1: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Bowled full and following the batter as he backs away. Nitish Kumar Reddy works it down the ground to long on for a run.
17.67.6: Sushant Mishra to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fuller and on off, this is drilled to long off for a single.
6 Over | Run: 96/5 | Run Rate: 12.00
27.57.5: Sushant Mishra to Nitish Kumar Reddy, A bit short, on middle. NKR swivels and gets on top of the bounce before pulling it wide of deep square leg for a couple of runs.
17.47.4: Sushant Mishra to Salil Arora, Arora was gone had the ball hit the stumps. Mishra angles it across the right-hander once again, on a back of a length. Salil taps it in front of cover and sets off for the run. Donovan Ferreira moves to his right and kicks the ball in the direction of the stumps at the bowling end but misses. Salil was struggling to get home.
17.37.3: Sushant Mishra to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Across off, on a back of a length. Reddy angles it in front of backward point and hurries to the other end. Dasun Shanaka has a shy at the batting end but misses. Sahil would have been in anyway.
47.27.2: Sushant Mishra to Nitish Kumar Reddy, FOUR! Hammered away! Sushant Mishra errs again, as this is too short and too wide on off. Reddy cashes in as he frees his arms and smacks it with a horizontal bat past the man at mid off inside the circle for four more.
47.17.1: Sushant Mishra to Nitish Kumar Reddy, FOUR! Up and over! Short and wide on off, Reddy stands deep in the crease and rises with the bounce to slap it over cover for a boundary.
26.76.6: Yash Punja to Salil Arora, Wayward throw! Tossed up, outside off. Arora extends his hands and plays the square drive through point. Ravindra Jadeja charges across to his left and fires in a throw at the batting end. It sails over the keeper's head and the batters run one more on the overthrow.
7 Over | Run: 83/5 | Run Rate: 11.86
06.66.5: Yash Punja to Heinrich Klaasen, OUT! LBW! The Royals get the review right, and they have the big fish. Yash Punja lets out a big roar. RR's joy knows no bounds. This is a body blow for SRH. Floated up, on a length, around off. Heinrich Klaasen switches his stance and goes for the reverse. The ball sneaks under the bat and hits him on the pads. A confident shout from Jurel and Punja but it gets turned down. Riyan Parag checks with the bowler and the keeper before taking the review. Where has this hit Klaasen? Well, the impact is line with the off stump and the ball goes on to crash into the off stump on Ball Tracking. It is three reds. The on-field decision is reversed and SRH lose Klaasen.
66.56.4: Yash Punja to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Incredible shot! Yash drops it fractionally short, on middle and leg. Klaasen hops deep in the crease and backs away. He opens up the front hip and goes inside out over cover for a biggie.
16.46.3: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Flighted delivery, full and outside off. Reddy reaches out in front and drags it through mid-wicket for another single.
06.36.3: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Wide! Full and fired down leg. Reddy attempts the fine sweep but fails to connect.
16.26.2: Yash Punja to Heinrich Klaasen, Slightly slower through the air and a bit of air given too. On a nagging length, outside off, a hint of turn. Klaasen hits it down to long off for one.
16.16.1: Yash Punja to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sliding in at the leg stump, fractionally short. Reddy uses the depth of the crease and pulls it through square leg for a run.
25.65.6: Brijesh Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, Back to bowling pace on, on a short of a length, on top of off. Klaasen stands tall and plays the short-arm jab towards wide long on. Donovan Ferreira gets around to his right and slides to mop it up. A couple of runs to end the Powerplay. After 6 overs, SRH are 71/4, needing 173 from 84 balls.
6 Over | Run: 71/4 | Run Rate: 11.83
45.55.5: Brijesh Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Nicely done! Klaasen backs away early and Brijesh follows him with the leg-cutter, bowled on a back of a length. Heinrich waits on it and just helps it through backward square leg for a boundary.
15.45.4: Brijesh Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Skidding through again, on a short of a good length. Reddy presses back for the pull but is a bit rushed. It goes aerially but drops well in front of the man at deep square leg. They cross.
05.35.3: Brijesh Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Bowled at 139.3 kph, on a back of a length, on off. Reddy taps it from the crease to cover.
15.25.2: Brijesh Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, Pushes the length up, angled in on middle and leg. Klaasen brings his bat out in front and drives it to long on for a run.
15.15.1: Brijesh Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Digs it in short first up, on middle. Reddy swivels and mistimes the pull wide of mid-wicket for a single.
44.64.6: Jofra Archer to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Oh, what a shot, so pleasing to the eyes. Back of a length and outside off, Heinrich Klaasen just hangs on the back foot, gets his arms high up and pats it down through the gap at covers for a boundary.
6 Over | Run: 62/4 | Run Rate: 12.40
14.54.5: Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Short of a length, around off, nudged down with soft hands towards backward point for one.
04.44.4: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, OUT! TIMBER! Is that the game right there? Jofra Archer needs to get his own statue outside Sawai Mansingh Stadium for his performances in the last couple of games. Archer's been peppering the length until now, but this time he goes full, and he goes fast as well at over 150 kph. He saw Travis Head making room a couple of times and Head does just that yet again. The length is a surprise for Head and he is also beaten for raw pace as he tries to hammer it through the off side. The ball smashes into the off pole and knocks it out of the ground. SRH in a spot of real bother at 57/4 as Archer gets his third wicket.
04.34.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Better timing than the last one, but Head finds the fielder this time. Fractionally short and over middle, slapped straight to the point fielder.
44.24.2: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, FOUR! That's well played. Hard length on leg, Travis Head steps away to the leg side, makes room and forces the cut through point for a boundary.
04.14.1: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Back of a length, right at the batter. Head hops up to defend.
03.73.6: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, Nandre Burger has sucked all the momentum out of the chase, just a run and a wicket off the over. Length again, attacking the stumps, Klaasen inside-edges it back onto the pads.
7 Over | Run: 53/3 | Run Rate: 13.25
03.63.5: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, A full toss now, on middle, Heinrich Klaasen opts to just pat it down the pitch.
03.53.5: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Well bowled, just a bit too high though. A quick bumper, over middle and leg. Klaasen looks to pull but is well beaten.
03.43.4: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, Oh, that must have stung. Dug in a bit short over middle, shoots off the deck. Heinrich Klaasen hops up to defend but gets hit on the gloves. Four dots in the over so far.
03.33.3: Nandre Burger to Ravichandran Smaran, OUT! CAUGHT! Ravichandran Smaran comes, and Ravichandran Smaran goes. SRH are haemorrhaging wickets now. Nandre Burger hits a hard length and bowls it around off. Smaran comes down the pitch and looks to take it on, and he's undone by the pressure of the previous two dot balls. Smaran mistimes it badly, Jofra Archer backtracks at mid on and takes it safely.
03.23.2: Nandre Burger to Ravichandran Smaran, Swing and a miss! The last thing SRH want is a new batter eating up deliveries in the Powerplay. Bowled on a good length, over middle. Smaran comes forward to go over mid off but misses.
03.13.1: Nandre Burger to Ravichandran Smaran, Good length, in and around off, Smaran pats it down to cover.
12.62.6: Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Smaran, A fiery length ball, angling across off. Ravichandran Smaran stays back and angles it down to deep third for one.
6 Over | Run: 52/2 | Run Rate: 17.33
02.52.5: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, OUT! CAUGHT! The Ishan Kishan show is over and Jofra Archer has the last laugh in this battle. Archer bangs it in a bit short again and darts it quickly across the left-hander. Ishan Kishan looks to hammer it down the ground but ends up slicing it off the top edge. The ball lobs up towards cover, where Donovan Ferreira takes a dolly of a catch. Archer has two big wickets and SRH now need 193 off 103 balls.
62.42.4: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, DROPPED AND SIX! Just over. Could Ravindra Jadeja have done better? Surely, by his standards, he should have even taken it. A really well-directed bumper from Jofra Archer and Ishan Kishan nearly gets cleaned up. However, Kishan does go after it and gets a top edge that sails down to deep square leg. It goes so high that even Jaddu doesn't quite get his position right and lunges to take it over the ropes but spills it. 50 UP FOR SRH.
02.32.3: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Oh, a dot ball. Boo, hoo! Good length, slanted across off, Kishan looks to make room and cut but ends up just tapping it down to mid off.
62.22.2: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Even better and Ishan Kishan is on fire out there. Fuller one, targeting the pads, Kishan gets low and shovels the pick-up shot over long leg for a biggie. He's raced to 27 off just 8 balls.
42.12.1: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! The ball is really flying around tonight. Archer bowls it back of a length and outside off, at around 150 clicks. Kishan makes a bit of room and shows tremendous bat speed to flay it up and over backward point for a boundary.
41.71.6: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, FOUR! No respite from the batters, 19 off the over. Length ball on off, Head backs away and slaps it between mid off and cover, over the infield and for a boundary.
7 Over | Run: 35/1 | Run Rate: 17.50
61.61.5: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, SIX! Travis Head has literally dragged the ball to the fence here. Shorter but around waist height. Head swivels and pulls it flat over the man at deep backward square leg for a biggie.
11.51.4: Nandre Burger to Ishan Kishan, Good length, angled into middle and leg at 143.6 clicks. Kishan stabs it in front of mid on for an easy single.
01.41.3: Nandre Burger to Ishan Kishan, Pitched fuller and outside off, Kishan leans ahead and just checks his shot, pushing it to cover.
11.31.2: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, Back of a length, on off and middle, Head pulls it off the back foot, without much timing and through mid-wicket for a single.
01.21.2: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, FIVE WIDES! Down the wrong line and Burger pays a hefty price for it. Full and looking to swing it into the batter, but the starting line is middle and leg. That ball swings well down leg and beats the diving keeper to roll into the fine leg fence.
21.11.1: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, Off the mark right away. Burger comes from over the wicket, cramps the batter as he angles it into the ribs. Head hops back and dabs it gently through the space between square leg and mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
40.60.6: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! That's pinged off the bat. What an entertaining first over, a wicket and then 16 runs thereafter. Full and wide, bowled at a brisk pace again. Kishan goes on one knee and smacks it flat over point for another boundary.
6 Over | Run: 16/1 | Run Rate: 16.00
40.50.5: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Flies off the edge! Pitched fuller and in the channel outside off. Ishan Kishan flashes hard at it and gets a thick outside edge that flies over the slip cordon for a boundary.
60.40.4: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, SIX! On the pads, and with that much pace already on the ball, that's easy pickings for KIshan. Good length on leg, picked up and dumped over fine leg for a biggie.
20.30.3: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, No fear from Ishan Kishan. Another quick short ball, at 150.8 kph this time. Kishan goes after it and top edges it well wide to the right of long leg for a couple of runs.
00.20.2: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Jofra Archer has done it again. He's been lethal in the first over, and he gets a huge wicket. Archer bowls this at a searing 148.5 kph, over leg stump and digs it in short. The ball flies right between the shoulder and the helmet and Abhishek Sharma awkwardly tries to fend it away. He ends up gloving it behind and Dhruv Jurel takes a simple catch. Archer is off in celebration, and why not? SRH are rocked early.
00.10.1: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, A loose shot from Abhishek Sharma and he nearly chips it straight to mid off. Back of a length and wide outside off, Sharma goes after it but gets it off the toe end of the bat and in front of the mid off fielder.