SRH vs RR Ball by Ball Commentary

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.

Closer to the off stump, on a short of a length. Kumar flashes hard at it but can't connect.

Wide! Mishra sprays it well wide on off, on a good length. Shivang Kumar lets it go.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wide! Full and sprayed down leg, Shivang misses out on the tickle.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Flat and short, outside off. Malinga uses the angle to cut it late and behind point for a single.

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.

Beaten! Out comes the googly, on a good length, spinning away. Malinga tries to steer it away on the off side but misses.

Tossed up, on a nagging length, on the off stump. Shivang hits it off the back foot to long on for a single.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Darted into the batter, on a length, hit off the back foot and in front of mid-wicket for one more.

Dragged length again, around off, hit away down to long on for a single.

WIDE! Length ball, wide outside off, sprayed beyond the tramline and left alone.

Dragged well short and outside off, slapped down to long off for a single.

Tossed up this time, outside off, pushed to the right of point by Arora.

A bit shorter, angled into the pads, pulled away to deep mid-wicket for just a single.

Flatter googly on middle, Shivang jams it down the deck.

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.

WIDE! Full and lobbed way down the leg side. Left alone by Salil and the 150 is up for SRH.

A shorter googly, turning into the stumps. Kumar rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

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.

Fuller this time, outside off, driven through cover for a single.

On the shorter side now, outside off, Arora reaches out but fails to get it through the infield.

Flatter one around off, cut away straight to point.

Nearly outfoxed the batter, did Jaddu. Jadeja sees Arora advancing and fires in a full and wide one. Arora does well to reach it.

Flighted ball, angled into middle. Kumar gets forward and drives it uppishly through mid off for one.

Shorter in length, outside off, nudged down through the short third region for one.

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.

Good length, sliding on from around off, punched on the up and through cover-point for one.

Another short one, wide outside off, and let down through to the keeper by Shivang.

Full and wide outside off, lands it well inside the tramline. Kumar looks to square drive but misses.

WIDE! Too short. An effort ball from Mishra, as he grunts it and digs it in high over middle. Shivang Kumar ducks under it.

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.

WIDE! Banged in on a hard length and angled well outside the off stump. Wide called.

Flatter one on off, Pat Cummins hangs back and plays a late dab to the left of short third for a single.

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.

Attacking the stumps now, worked away through mid on for one more.

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.

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.

Length ball outside off, played with an angled bat and towards deep cover-point for a single.

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.

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.

Takes pace off now, served on a short of a length. Reddy jabs it through mid-wicket for another single.

Bashes the hard length, over middle. Arora rolls his wrists over the ball and pulls it wide of square leg for a run.

Wide! Well wide on off. Salil lets it pass.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Around off and he goes full this time. Reddy stabs it down to cover.

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.

Attacking the front pad and the length stays full. Salil eases it to long on and gets to the other end.

Bowled full and following the batter as he backs away. Nitish Kumar Reddy works it down the ground to long on for a run.

Fuller and on off, this is drilled to long off for a single.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Flighted delivery, full and outside off. Reddy reaches out in front and drags it through mid-wicket for another single.

Wide! Full and fired down leg. Reddy attempts the fine sweep but fails to connect.

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.

Sliding in at the leg stump, fractionally short. Reddy uses the depth of the crease and pulls it through square leg for a run.

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.

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.

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.

Bowled at 139.3 kph, on a back of a length, on off. Reddy taps it from the crease to cover.

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.

Digs it in short first up, on middle. Reddy swivels and mistimes the pull wide of mid-wicket for a single.

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.

Short of a length, around off, nudged down with soft hands towards backward point for one.

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.

Better timing than the last one, but Head finds the fielder this time. Fractionally short and over middle, slapped straight to the point fielder.

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.

Back of a length, right at the batter. Head hops up to defend.

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.

A full toss now, on middle, Heinrich Klaasen opts to just pat it down the pitch.

WIDE! Well bowled, just a bit too high though. A quick bumper, over middle and leg. Klaasen looks to pull but is well beaten.

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.

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.

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.

Good length, in and around off, Smaran pats it down to cover.

A fiery length ball, angling across off. Ravichandran Smaran stays back and angles it down to deep third for one.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Good length, angled into middle and leg at 143.6 clicks. Kishan stabs it in front of mid on for an easy single.

Pitched fuller and outside off, Kishan leans ahead and just checks his shot, pushing it to cover.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.